![]() Armed with this knowledge, she defeated her mother and became the new ruler and Sorcerer Supreme of the Dark Dimension. Clea soon discovered that Umar was her mother and Dormammu was her uncle, making her half Faltine, a being made of pure magic. Eventually, an usurper named Umar took over as ruler of the Dark Dimension with Baron Mordo at her side. At one point, she even joined him as a member of The Defenders, back when they were cosmic-oriented characters, rather than street-level heroes. She began training under Stephen Strange, and served as his apprentice and love interest for many years. In these early appearances and sometimes later, Clea remained a naïve ingenue, whose affections for Stephen were her defining characteristic.Įventually, Clea’s personality took on added depth after she was cast out of the Dark Dimension and lost her natural-born magical abilities on Earth. For a while, this was the nature of their relationship: Strange would confront Dormammu, Clea would intervene and be imprisoned or cast into another dimension, and Strange would go rescue her or bargain for her return. When Strange enters that dimension to thwart Dormammu’s attempt to take over the Earth, he catches Clea’s eye and she risks her life to save him. So, who exactly is Clea and what’s her connection to Stephen Strange? Clea first appeared in Strange Tales #126 (1964), as a follower of Dormammu in the Dark Dimension. But it’s the first time we’ve seen her in all her magical glory. This marks the second time Clea has appeared on film she was portrayed as a young psychology student by Eddie Benton in 1978 television film, Dr. Strange opens the third eye on his forehead and jumps in with a new sense of fearlessness about what lies ahead. She opens a portal to the Dark Dimension, where Strange faced Dormammu in his first solo film, and asks if he’ll join her. A silver-haired woman clad in purple manifests in front of him and blames him for a recent “incursion” - an incident in which two universes collide, resulting in the destruction of both. ![]() But that’s not the only thing he has to worry about. The mid-credits scene finds Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) happier than ever and recently recovered from a splitting headache that reveals a third eye on his forehead, a consequence of his use of the Darkhold. As we know from his Spider-Man films, Sam Raimi’s comics-loving heart belongs to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and in his first Marvel Cinematic Universe film’s mid-credits sequence, he introduces one of their greatest contributions to the Doctor Strange mythos: Clea, played by none other than Oscar-winner Charlize Theron. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios/Jay Maidmentĭoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is packed enough with crowd-pleasing cameos both big and small, but it doesn’t let the credits roll by without delivering one last surprise.
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