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Warning : Spoilers for Blood Hunt # 4!Doctor Strangemay be fix to lose his place as the Sorcerer Supreme . For anyone wonder what itmeans to be Sorcerer Supreme , it refer to a mystic arts master who wields more magic and more access to magic energy than any other charming drug user in their realm . Stephen Strange has magnificently been attached to this function for decades and remains as such .
However , Doctor Strange may be forced to pass the role off to Doctor Doombased on the events ofBlood Hunt#4 by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz . Most lecturer know Doom to be one of the most splendid intellect and scientists in the Marvel Universe , even smarter than Iron Man . However , his skill as a wizard user are often overlooked .
Doom ’s interestingness in the Sorcerer Supreme persona has been longstanding in Marvel lore , but this fourth dimension , he might in the end have his just scene at the office .
Doctor Doom Demands to Be the Sorcerer Supreme
Will Doctor Strange Grant His Wish?
Blade has been possessed by the first vampire in pop culture chronicle , Varnae ( yes , even pre - dating Dracula ) , and as such , he ’s led a vampire army to wreck the worldly concern around him . By blot out the sun , Blade has made himself and the world ’s vampires all the more unstoppable , especially with the Darkhold on Varnae ’s side . With nowhere else to call on , a non - material Doctor Strange ( his vampiric torso is roaming without him ) and his married woman Clea make a trip to Doomstadt in Latveria asking for a fellow doctor ’s assistant .
The dictator of Latveria stake that they require a group of sea captain mages to return the world to normal . Doom has already recruited Stephen ’s students from Strange Academy behind Strange ’s back , and so all Doom demand in return is that Strange"give it to me , and permit us set out . “Strange is bewildered , and then shocked to study thatthe"it"Doom is bring up to is the position of Sorceror Supreme . The comic book never returns to their conversation by emergence ’s end , so until next issue at least , readers are in the dark if Strange accepts Doom ’s petition .
Doctor Doom’s Investment in Strange Academy
Could He Be Running the School?
The reveal of Strange Academy ’s students in Latveria may come as a surprisal to readers who have exclusively been following theBlood Huntlimited series through this crossover event , but not to those who have followedtheStrange Academy : Blood Huntside quests boast Doctor Doom . That serial by Daniel Older , Eric Gapstur and Luigi Zagaria express how the school basis are protect from vampire attacks , but that does n’t stop the educatee from escaping to avail find the Montessi Formula that could save the creation . Meeting a child claim to bethe personification of the Darkholdonly complicates matter .
Those same matter become further complicated when Doctor Doom appears suddenly and approaches the children second after the Darkhold disappears . Doom advise that , together , they can all spare the macrocosm . It ’s surd not to conceive that Doom has something mephistophelian up his arm - he is Doctor Doom , after all - but whatever he design to do as Sorcerer Supreme , he has the children in judgement , bring off to levy them in the appendage . In his own misrepresented way , he likely thinks he can be a positive influence on the pupil .
Doctor Doom Should Already Be Sorceror Supreme
If Not for Doctor Strange
The function of Sorcerer Supreme is something that Doctor Doom had been attempt to reach for decades . At one gunpoint , he was a contender to become the next Sorcerer Supreme when Strange lost the mantle , and a few years ago , after Doctor Strange died , Doom tried to become the next Sorcerer Supreme . To his mention , Doctor Doom has every right hand to be obsessed with becoming Sorcerer Supreme , as years prior , he was almost Sorcerer Supreme before Strange .
The 1989 graphical novelDoctor Strange & Doctor Doom : Triumph & Tormentby Roger Stern and MIke Mignola introduce a out of sight part of Doctor Doom ’s origin , revealing that before his traveling to Tibet , he approached a century - old thaumaturgist named Genghis hoping to be trained under his tutelage . Doom attacks him out of frustration , but Strange saves Genghis ' life . age later , both men discover themselves in a mathematical group trial with the Sorcerer Supreme role on the line . Doom is only stopped by his Crimson Bands of Cyttorak , with foreign taking advantage .
Has the Sorcerer Supreme Been Passed on to Others?
It Wouldn’t Be The First Time Doctor Strange Passed Down the Mantle
For those wondering if Doctor Strange would even be allowed or have the powerfulness to give up his Sorcerer Supreme condition to someone else , the answer is yes . The persona of Sorcerer Supreme can be passed to another , either through the current Sorcerer Supreme ’s last or by them surrendering the position . or else , it can be take away , as visit during Brian Michael Bendis’New Avengers . Doctor Strange lose his domination of the secret artwork when he uses dark powers to save up the Avengers . As such , he begins actively looking for a new Sorcerer Supreme .
Surprisingly , one of the candidates to supersede Strange at this sentence is Doctor Doom . The part end up going to Jericho Drumm , a.k.a . Brother Voodoo . Still , though , Doom would be eligible to become Sorcerer Supreme in at least two of these instances . While Strange has preserved his life , his body is an undead vampire , which technically means he ’s deadened . On that technicality , the Sorcerer Supreme spot is vacant . By the same blade , his consenting to Doom ’s request would be an human action of surrendering the function ( which may be further complicated by the interrogation of whether he can truly be consider dead or not ) .
Would Becoming Sorcerer Supreme Stunt Doom’s Hero Progress?
He’s Dangerously Close to Reaching Redemption
What ’s most interesting is the timing of all of this natural event , asDoctor Doom has been in the thick of transitioning into becoming something of a submarine sandwich , or at least has been on the cusp of heroism . He can be considered an antagonist in some tale , buthe ’s not an outright villain anymore . He ’s previously hear being a poor boy by copy andbecoming a new Iron Man . Alternatively , Doom ’s relationship with his goddaughter , Valeria Richards , has take Doom all the closer to being a booster , as seen most lately inJonathan Hickman’sDOOMone - shot .
Some may assume Doom only wants the Sorcerer Supreme mantle to perpetrate evilness , but at the rate he ’s go , it might be a way to make his heroic itinerary all the more clear . In his intellect , at least , his becoming the Sorcerer Supreme may be for the greater good and his best shot at helping people . He sure as shooting care a dandy deal about Latveria ’s people , working within his substance to create all possible precautions for them . Maybe becoming Sorcerer Supreme is how he reckon he can do the same for the world at large .
We Already Know Where Doctor Doom as Sorcerer Supreme Leads
And It’s VERY Bad
Marvel’sTimeless#1 one - shot by Jackson Lanzing , Collin Kelly and Juann Cabal really make readers a glimpse at what a world withDoctor Doom as its Sorcerer Supremewould look like . This grim visual modality of the hereafter almost destroys any promise or whimsey that Doom could practice his newfound power to become a hero , as an unstoppable Sorcerer Supreme Doom is too powerful for even the Avengers to stop . He squeeze the Avengers to kneel at his feet , something that would be unheard of in any universe , but he pulls it off .
It ’s a brief glimpse and , as is the causa with most possible timelines within Marvel ’s multiverse , this is merely that - a potential future , with nothing rooted in Harlan F. Stone . However , the fact that there is at least a theory that Doom could grow madly egotistical in world power to the percentage point he forces the Avengers to fall before him ca n’t be a good sign for anyone who readsBlood Hunt#4 . Time will tell ifDoctor Strangesays yes toDoctor Doom ’s demands , but if the latter does become the Sorcerer Supreme , the consequences could be far more dire than a vampire invasion .
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