Clea Strive is a warlord and the Sorcerer Supreme for two realms. However, she now faces an enormous challenge: hosting her mother to dinner.
Strange #4 gives Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme a new challenge that many face: a family reunion.
Clea Strange has taken over as Earth-616’s main Sorcerer Supreme following the death of her husband, Doctor Strange. Towards the end of Strange #3, a message was delivered to Clea and Wong at the Sanctum Sanctorum — Clea’s mother will be coming over for dinner. The following issue preview by Jed MacKay, artist Marcelo Ferreira, shows Umar, Clea’s mother. She insults Clea’s new house right away and is then treated with words of ice by her daughter.
Umar was created by Roy Thomas and Bill Everett, and first appeared in Strange Tales #150 by writer Stan Lee and artists Jack Kirby and John Buscema, just 24 issues after Clea debuted in Strange Tales #126. She is also of the Faltine and was born in Sinifer with her twin brother Dormammu. Dormammu is a major Doctor Strange villain. Clea and Umar don’t seem to have the most amiable relationship, but their dinner party looks like it is going to get more difficult with guests.
STRANGE #4
- JED MACKAY (W) MARCELO FERREIRA (A) Cover by Lee Garbett
- Variant cover by Logan Lubera
- FAMILY REUNION!
- Clea’s mother Umar has come to visit, just as the Blasphemy Cartel launch their latest attack on the Sanctum Sanctorum!
- And this time, they brought an unlikely foe to take down the Sorcerer Supreme!
- Reintroducing the dark Moon Knight…Shadow Knight!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3. 99
Clea has been waging war against the Blasphemy Cartel in Strange, a criminal group attacking magical refugees and resurrecting dead superhumans like Thunderstrike aka Eric Masterson. In Strange #3, the Cartel’s leader, Director None, orders his soldiers to create “a smoking crater on Bleeker Street,” where the Sanctum Sanctorum is located. Clea is entertained by her mother while the Cartel soldiers gather outside Sanctorum. But they won’t be the only danger she will face in the next issue.
Strange #4 will also feature the return of Moon Knight’s dangerous brother, Randall Spector aka Shadow Night. First appearing in Hulk! #17 and created by Doug Moench and Mike Zeck, the character has been dead since he was killed by Moon Knight in 2010’s Shadowland: Moon Knight #3, but he will be the latest to be resurrected and take on Clea. The Sorcerer Supreme is currently trying to bring Doctor Strange back to life, and she will get her wish after fighting Shadow Knight when the Cartel reanimates her dead husband in the following Strange #5, according to the issue’s solicitation.
Strange #4 is written by MacKay with pencils by Ferreira, inks by Roberto Poggi, colors by Java Tartaglia, letters by VC’s Cory Petit and main cover art by Lee Garbett. Logan Lubera, Rachelle Rosenberg created a variant cover. The issue goes on sale July 27 from Marvel.
Source: Marvel
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