Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Clea first appeared in the Doctor Strange feature in Strange Tales #126 (November 1964). She is a sorceress, the disciple, lover, and eventual wife of Doctor Stephen Strange, and his third successor as Sorcerer Supreme.
Kevin Feige commented why they used Christine Palmer over Doctor Strange's traditional love interest Clea in the first Doctor Strange film: "We wanted a grounded character. We wanted a character that was a connection to Strange's life in New York City, in the normal world.
The finale of Marvel's Strange series finally gave Doctor Strange and his estranged wife Clea the happy ending they have always wanted. The following contains spoilers for Strange #10, on sale now from Marvel Comics.
A sorcerer ruler of the Dark Dimension and a daughter of the Faltine, Clea's very existence was born of pure magical energy. A longtime ally and partner of Doctor Strange, she is a superhuman spell caster and illusionist. Now, she has succeeded Strange as the Sorcerer Supreme!
First appearing in flashbacks, Dr. Stephen Strange married his former student, Clea, and the two of them had a child, Stephen Jr. Strange Sr. later vanished, and Clea decided to raise Stephen Jr.
Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Clea first appeared in the Doctor Strange feature in Strange Tales #126 (November 1964). She is a sorceress, the disciple, lover, and eventual wife of Doctor Stephen Strange, and his third successor as Sorcerer Supreme.
"Sofia Strange (as she eventually came to be named) was the daughter of Doctor Strange and his other-dimensional wife Clea-- and in fact, in an early script, the story begins not in New Orleans but in the Dark Dimension, where Queen Clea, Dormammu's forces closing in, sends the young Sofia and her nanny Vesper to Earth ...
Her link to the Dark Dimension and the Faltine gives her a slight edge over the Scarlet Witch, who was not born an extraterrestrial or extradimensional being, and Agatha, who is only able to live a long life by absorbing the energy of the other witches in her coven.
Summary. The Doctor Strange variant with the third eye likely got it from using the Darkhold, hinting at a possible evil future. Doctor Strange's third eye is rooted in Marvel Comics mythology and represents a higher level of consciousness and mystical power.
Who was the purple lady at the end of Dr. Strange?
Jumping forward in time, the scene follows Strange out for another walk with a fetching scarf on, only to find himself confronted by a purple-costumed woman who appears from another dimension. Her name is Clea, she's played by Charlize Theron and she has a bone to pick with Strange.
Clea, also known as Clea Strange, is a fictional character and superheroine from Marvel comics, appearing as a major character in the Doctor Strange comics, and the main protagonist of the Strange comics.
Faltine-Hybrid Physiology: Clea is half-Faltine and half-Dark Dimensional mortal, having enhanced attributes innate to her physiology: Superhuman Durability: Clea's body is much more resistant to conventional physical injury than a human being.
Christine Palmer was sought after by Stephen Strange, but was never able to express his feelings due to his fragile emotional state. She later married another person, which caused Strange's mental state to worsen, which led to his use of the Darkhold to find a universe where a counterpart of him was with Palmer.
Christine is a nurse turned Doctor and neurosurgeon. She was once in a romantic relationship with Stephen Strange. However, she and him broke up but remained close friends.
In the comics, Clea is a sorceress and lover and eventual wife of Stephen Strange. She is also the ruler of the Dark Dimension after banishing her mother Umar and her uncle Dormammu from the dimension.
In August 2023, Perez mentioned that Marvel wants to adapt elements from the "Time Runs Out" comic event for Doctor Strange 3, with the upcoming movie revealing that the MCU is dying due to multiple incursions.
Is Clea More Powerful Than Doctor Strange? Comparatively, the level of power between Clea and Steven Strange is a close-fought battle. On the one hand, Clea's training in the mystic arts came from Strange himself, meaning that her abilities can only extend to his ability and no further.
Scarlet witch's biggest weakness is her durability. The only mode of defence was her powers. So her durability depended on her powers. She had two different stages in her power: before Infinity war and after Endgame.
In the main Marvel Comics continuity, despite all her power, the Scarlet Witch could not stand next to god-like forces such as the Phoenix Force, Galactus, and the Living Tribunal.
At the end of the film, after witnessing both Scarlet Witch and Sinister Strange mirror each other in their desperate attempts at happiness, Strange tells Earth-838's Christine Palmer who was betrayed by the Stephen of her universe, that in every universe, he always loved her and always will.
April Strange was the younger sister of Stephen Strange. When she was a teenager she began to suffer from devastating headaches caused by a developing tumor in her brain. Her brother took her to four doctors, all of them saying the same thing, that no matter what they did she was not likely to survive.
