Members of the current Royal Family include T’Challa’s sister, former Black Panther and current Aja-Adanna Shuri, and Queen Mother Ramonda. It is home to vast deposits of vibranium, its most precious natural resource. Notably, Wakanda is the most technologically advanced nation in the Marvel Universe, at least on Earth. Those entrusted with the mantle of the Black Panther are granted superhuman strength and agility by Panther God Bast, patron deity of the Wakandan people. BLACK PANTHERĭescending from a long lineage of Black Panthers, T’Challa is this West African nation’s ruler and defender. Other favorite spells include invocations to the Eye of Agamotto, an amulet that allows its wielder to see past illusions and magical mistruths. You’ll see Doctor Strange summon his Shield of the Seraphim quite often in these issues, a spell that casts an impenetrable barrier against physical and even psychic threats. Before joining up with the larger team, Strange and T’Challa stood alone against the Horde, a species of insectoid aliens that were created to infect the Celestials. In the “Final Host” arc, it’s Black Panther who drew him into the fold. His main residence is the carefully-shielded Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City’s Greenwich Village, a home base that is part-relics gallery, part-mystical reservoir. A trained surgeon, it was the loss of the use of his hands that led Strange down the path of becoming one of magic’s most adept practitioners and conjurers.

And actually, yes, he is that kind of doctor. Empowered by the Vishanti, ancient wizards Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth, Doctor Stephen Strange can call on his arcane knowledge of the Mystic Arts like pulling a rabbit from a hat.

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