Stranger Things Reveals Russia's Version Of Dr. Brenner
Warning: spoilers for Stranger Things: Kamchatka #1 are ahead.
A Stranger Things tie-in by Dark Horse Comics has revealed Russia's version of Dr. Brenner. Netflix's Stranger Things may be fictional, but one aspect of the show is actually based on real life; the illegal projects conducted by Dr. Brenner. As far back as 1917, the newly-established USSR began working on mind-control weaponry, and the US responded in kind. In 1953, the CIA launched Project MKUltra, with often illegal experiments conducted at over 80 sites across the country.
Until Stranger Things season 3, the show had focused almost entirely on the American black ops and threats from the Upside-Down. Season 3 saw the Russians arriving at Hawkins, opening their own Gate to the Upside-Down and even managing to capture at least one Demogorgon. The Russian subplot will continue in Stranger Things season 4, with Hopper imprisoned at the Russian secret facility on the Kamchatka peninsula. Given that's the case, it had always seemed to be only a matter of time before the Russian equivalent of Dr. Brenner was introduced.
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Stranger Things: Kamchatka by Michael Moreci, Todor Hristov, Dan Jackson, and Nate Piekos is centered upon the Russian version of Dr. Brenner and his family. Dr. Boris Orlov seems to be something of an expert on telekinesis, even inventing technology that he believes will amplify psychic powers. But where Dr. Brenner's focus was to unlock psychic powers to be used in espionage, Dr. Orlov theorized telekinesis was the way to unlock the multiverse. His studies clearly provide a pseudo-scientific basis for understanding how Eleven opened the Gate at Hawkins in the first
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