History ComicBook / DoctorStrange2023

* RPGEpisode: The [[https://aiptcomics.com/2023/12/19/exclusive-marvel-first-look-doctor-strange-13/ solicitation]] for issues #13 states that a sentient RPG transforms New York into a fantasy world. To save the day Stephen will form the Secret Defenders with Black Cat, Taskmaster, and [[ComicBook/MoonKnight2021 Hunter's Moon]], a rogue, a fighter, and a cleric to go with his wizard.

* NotMeThisTime: When [[spoiler:Aggamon is assassinated by an unknown magician]], all eyes fall on Clea given how openly she advocates for violent retribution against murderers. She even assumes that Stephen suspects her as well, but she insists she didn't do it. [[spoiler:Though not for lack of trying. She later admits she was about to do the deed herself, but General Strange simply beat Clea to it and vanished before Clea could figure out what happened.]]

* OutsideContextProblem: As Sorcerer Supremes, Stephen and Clea are far above the SuperWeight of the average NYC supervillain. When an upstart tries to reform the Circus of Crime, she makes the mistake of chasing after Donna, Clea's sister who is currently in Clea's and Stephen's care. The Circus isn't even treated to the dignity of a fight, as the next page shows the Stranges back at the Sanctum Sanctorum and returning Donna to her mother, Umar.

* BigDamnHeroes: At the end of the comic's first major arc, Stephen is no match for his foe, who declares that Stephen can never defeat him. Stephen agrees, but replies that unlike [[spoiler:General Strange]], he has ''friends''. Cue the arrival of Wong and the Freaky Doctor Zee, who [[spoiler:bombard General Strange with magical psychedelics that incapcaitate the crazed sorcerer. This creates an opening for Doctor Strange to transplant a portion of his conscience into the General, who is soon overwhelmed with guilt over his actions.]]

* GooGooGodlike: Donna is Umar's daughter with Tiboro and thus descended from a Faltine and a Sorcerer Supreme. As a creature of magic, she has an enormous natural affinity for it, enough to animate toys to do her bidding, manipulate snacks into attack animals, and fly purely on instinct. Even Stephen and Clea struggle to find Donna when the girl teleports herself away. She even goes so far as to mask her magical signature by bouncing it around like a paranormal VPN, befuddling two Sorcerer Supremes.

* AbsurdPhobia: Stefano Stiletto is terrified of toys (more specifically stuffed animals, which is called out in story as ludilophobia), screaming when Donna animates toys to lunge at him. Gym-nasty lampshades the absurdy of someone afraid of toys joining a circus-themed band of supervillains, but Chief Beef claims that Stefano is a fan of ExposureTherapy.

* TheArchmage: Stephen and Clea are the Sorcerer Supremes of their respective home dimensions, making them to premier magical authorities on Earth and the Dark Dimension respectively. As such, the superheroes of the Marvel Universe know who to turn to when there's a magical problem in need of solving. [[spoiler:But even they are outstripped by the likes of General Strange, who has honed his skills for thousands of years and become a mercilless "warrior without compare".]]

-->'''Clea:''' Well? Are you going to ask me, Stephen?
-->'''Doctor Strange:''' Have I reason to, love?
-->'''Clea:''' No. I did not kill Aggamon.
-->'''Doctor Strange:''' Your word is all I require, Clea. As ever.