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Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE Collecting information from Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016) and Marvel’s Doctor Strange Prelude #1-2 (2016). HEAD WRITER/COORDINATOR: MIKE O’SULLIVAN WRITERS: ANTHONY COTILLETTA, KEVIN GARCIA, DARON JENSEN, ROB LONDON, CHRIS MCCARVER, JACOB ROUGEMONT, AND STUART VANDAL ARTISTS: ADRIAN ALPHONA, CHRIS BACHALO, ELIOT R. BROWN, FRANK BRUNNER, ROBERTO FERNÁNDEZ CASTRO, JO CHEN, SEAN CHEN, BOB CHESHIRE, STEVE DITKO, BILL EVERETT, TIM HILL, STUART IMMONEN, GEOF ISHERWOOD, JACK KIRBY, MARCOS MARTIN, KEVIN MAGUIRE, RYAN MEINERDING, MIKE MIGNOLA, WIN MORTIMER, KEVIN NOWLAN, GEORGEIN PÉREZ PROGRESS, SANDY PLUNKETT, CARL POTTS, DARICK ROBERTSON, JOHN ROMITA SR., CHRIS SAMNEE, PAUL SMITH, JIM STARLIN, JIM STERANKO, TOM SUTTON, PETE THOMPSON, AND CHRIS WARNER COVER ARTIST: MARCOS MARTIN BACK COVER ARTIST: RYAN MEINERDING BOOK DESIGN: JAY BOWEN EDITOR: SARAH BRUNSTAD EDITOR IN CHIEF: AXEL ALONSO VP PRODUCTION & SPECIAL PROJECTS: JEFF YOUNGQUIST CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: JOE QUESADA MANAGER, SPECIAL PROJECTS: BRIAN OVERTON PRESIDENT: DAN BUCKLEY ASSISTANT EDITOR: CAITLIN O’CONNELL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: ALAN FINE ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR: KATERI WOODY FOR MARVEL STUDIOS EDITOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS: MARK D. BEAZLEY SENIOR EDITOR, SPECIAL PROJECTS: JENNIFER GRÜNWALD CREATIVE DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: SVP PRINT, SALES & MARKETING: DAVID GABRIEL WILL CORONA PILGRIM VP PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT: STEPHEN BROUSSARD PRESIDENT: KEVIN FEIGE SPECIAL THANKS TO DAVE ALTHOFF, KAREN BROOKS, SHAWN “KEEBLER” BYERS, JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, JASON DAVIS, MATT DELMANOWSKI, ERIKA DENTON, TIM DILLON, MIKE FICHERA, PERCIVAL LANUZA, CHARLOTTE LEE, CLIFF MCGRADY, AVIA PEREZ, JACQUE PORTE, RYAN POTTER, AND SUSIE SANTOS. DOCTOR STRANGE CREATED BY STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE—MARVEL’S DOCTOR STRANGE, May 2017. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2017 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Offi cer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Integrated Sales Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 03/03/2017 and 03/13/2017 by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, MECHANICSBURG, PA, USA. GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE IN PROGRESS THE ANCIENT ONE FIRST APPEARANCE: Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016] f Celtic descent, The the Dark Dimension. The Ancient system of infinite realities of which Ancient One was the One confronted him in the library their own was only a part. When long-lived Sorcerer and pursued as he and over a FACT SHEET Supreme, latest in a dozen of his own followers—the long line of mystics dedicated to Zealots—fled to London, where THE ANCIENT ONE’S WEAPONS OF O CHOICE WERE HALF-CIRCLE TAO defending Earth from magical she transported them to the FIGHTING MANDALAS, WHICH SHE and extradimensional threats. A Mirror Dimension. In the resulting CONSTRUCTED FROM ELDRITCH practitioner of meditation and battle, The Ancient One slew the ENERGY. SHE SOMETIMES martial arts, she was the preem- majority of the Zealots before CHANGED THEM TO FULL CIRCLES inent mage of Kamar-Taj, where Kaecilius and a small few escaped DURING BATTLE. she taught numerous students through a portal. TO TEACH HIM HOW TO USE HIS in the mystic arts and worked SLING RING—A PORTAL-CREATING DEVICE USED BY THE MASTERS diligently to help them achieve When Dr. Stephen Strange arrived TO TRAVEL QUICKLY BETWEEN balance and avoid evil. at Kamar-Taj seeking healing for LOCATIONS—THE ANCIENT ONE his neurologically damaged hands, STRANDED STRANGE AT THE TOP When her student Kaecilius’ he was disrespectful of the mys- OF MOUNT EVEREST, KNOWING HIS DESPERATION TO SURVIVE quest to defeat death itself led tical practices The Ancient One WOULD FORCE HIM TO LEARN him to reject her teachings, he revealed to him. To teach him hu- HOW TO USE THE RING. murdered the Kamar-Taj librarian mility, she briefly separated his THE ANCIENT ONE OFTEN and stole pages from the Book of astral form from his body and sent CARRIED A FOLDING HAND FAN. Cagliostro, hoping to use a ritual him through several other dimen- NO ONE KNEW THE TRUE AGE it contained to contact Dormam- sions and universes, revealing the OF THE ANCIENT ONE, AND SHE mu, the evil and timeless lord of existence of the Multiverse, the NEVER SPOKE OF HER PAST. MARVEL’S DOCTOR STRANGE | 1 | GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE MANDALA IN THE COMICS he begged her to teach him, she stabbed her and cast her back to refused, but ultimately relented at Earth, where she fell dozens of Master Mordo’s encouragement. fl oors to the ground. As her body lay dying in the hospital, her THE CENTURIESOLD ANCIENT ONE She closely oversaw Strange’s astral form visited Strange’s, was born in Tibet as Yao, and, in his youth, worked as an apprentice doctor. He studied training, an investment that paid where she admitted hating magic in the Himalayan village of Kamar-Taj off when he single-handedly pre- drawing power from the Dark until another sorcerer, Kaluu, seized control. The Ancient One defeated him and swore to vented Kaecilius from destroying Dimension, but argued that the oppose malevolent sorcerers. The Ancient New York City’s Sanctum to greater good sometimes required One eventually became Earth’s Sorcerer weaken the Masters’ protective breaking the rules. She revealed Supreme, and after living several centuries in various dimensions, he returned to the barrier against Dormammu. that Strange could return to his Himalayas, taking Karl Mordo as his disciple. However, when Strange confront- previous life by channeling di- Realizing Mordo was too corrupt to succeed ed The Ancient One about Kae- mensional energy into his hands, him, Yao took the guise of the High Lama to activate mystic potential in Dr. Anthony cilius’ claim that she drew power but noted that such an eff ort Druid, then as the Ancient One taught magic from Dormammu to prolong her would preclude him from mani- to the ailing surgeon Stephen Strange, who initially sought him out while seeking to heal life, she would neither deny nor festing other magical abilities, his injured hands. Even after Strange left to confi rm his suspicions. When and urged him to use his gift s to pursue a life of heroic deeds, the Ancient Kaecilius subsequently pursued continue protecting the world One continued to aid Strange. Though killed battling an extradimensional demon, Strange and Mordo into the with the Masters. Giving Strange’s the Ancient One’s astral form continued to Mirror Dimension, she followed hand a gentle squeeze, The appear numerous times after his death. to help them, but Kaecilius Ancient One passed away. FIRST APPEARANCE: AS THE HIGH LAMA AMAZING ADVENTURES #1 1961; AS THE ANCIENT ONE STRANGE TALES #110 1963 TEACHING STRANGE MARVEL’S DOCTOR STRANGE | 2 | GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE IN THE COMICS CLOAK OF LEVITATION FIRST APPEARANCE: AFTER DOCTOR STEPHEN STRANGE Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016) defeated Dormammu, the Ancient One (Yao) gifted Strange with the powerful Cloak of Levitation, woven by an unidentifi ed mystical high-collared garment to aid Strange against the mad weaver. Strange uses it to fl y and can command it to shield him, wrestle foes, or to carry of unrevealed origin, the Zealot and blocked it. Aft er saving himself and others. It can be transformed Cloak of Levitation is an Strange from a fatal fall, the Cloak into other shapes, such as a scarf, carpet, intelligent, sentient then forcibly pulled him toward coat, or kimono. If the Cloak is damaged and repaired incorrectly, it can cause magical item that has been de- the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, levitational chaos, the full extent of which A is unknown. scribed as “fi nicky,” choosing its own rather than the ax Strange was wearer. The Cloak free-fl oated in a trying to reach, knowing the FIRST APPEARANCE: glass case within the New York City Bands would restrain Kaecilius STRANGE TALES #127 1964 Sanctum Sanctorum, where it pre- and end the battle. When Kaeci- sumably resided between wearers. lius’ disciple Lucian attacked The Cloak fi rst encountered Doctor Strange and badly wounded him, Stephen Strange when he was in- the Cloak again blocked the killing advertently thrown through a blow and battled the Zealot while portal into the New York City Strange sought medical assis- Sanctum by the explosive force tance; Strange ultimately defeat- released when the traitor Kaecilius ed Lucian on the astral plane. The destroyed the London Sanctum. Cloak assisted Strange in a subse- While searching the building for quent battle against Kaecilius, other Masters, Strange happened and when Strange wept over the upon the Cloak’s case; the Cloak death of The Ancient One, the seemed to take a great interest in Cloak wiped his tears away, much FACT SHEET him, moving within the case while to Strange’s annoyance.
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