Marvel's New Magic Villains Are The Perfect Mix of Tech & Sorcery
Warning: contains spoilers forStrange #1!
Marvel's new replacement for Doctor Strange comes across her first major enemy: a terrifying group who use both magic and technology as weapons. The death of Stephen Strange has left Marvel's magical community in disarray as chaos reigns in the aftermath of a power vacuum. Strange #1 depicts the replacement of the Sorcerer Supreme as she fights the brutal Blasphemy Cartel and their rule-breaking 'magitech' — and she must use horrifying tactics to win.
The Death of Doctor Strange event both began and ended with the titular sorcerer's demise. At the moment of the Sorcerer Supreme's first death, an earlier version of Strange appeared to investigate his own murder (the creation of said time remnant was a contingency plan on Strange's part). Though the murderer was discovered, both Strange's time remnant and the newly-resurrected Strange died again (thus killing him three times in one event). Strange's wife Clea is the new Sorcerer Supreme, and she must deal with all of Doctor Strange's old enemies and her brand-new ones.
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Wong and Clea pay a visit to the Shrouded Bazaar, a vast market set in the middle of New York City, shielded away from the non-magical world (Clea indeed compares it to Harry Potter's Diagon Alley). Though the area appears safe and the merchants are unafraid of invaders, a massive group of paramilitary soldiers appear and begin shooting merchants and customers with abandon. They're known as the Blasphemy Cartel, and though they've attacked the bazaar in the past, they've returned with stronger weapons — and magic spells. «Careful — they're warded!» shouts a magical defender as the Cartel
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