Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual Vol 1 2

Part of the Return of the Defenders event
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2
Previous Issue	Doctor Strange Annual #1 (Title) Silver Surfer Annual #5 (Story)
Next Issue	Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #3
Art by: M.C. Wyman and Jim Sanders III
Release Date	April 21, 1992
Cover Date	July, 1992
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco

1. "Hot Spell "The Wild One" Part IV"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	M.C. Wyman
Inker(s)	E.R. Cruz
Colorist(s)	Kevin Tinsley
Letterer(s)	Michael Higgins
Editor(s)	Mike Rockwitz Barry Dutter
2. "His Master's Foes"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas R.J.M. Lofficier
Penciler(s)	Gary Hartle
Inker(s)	Mike DeCarlo
Colorist(s)	Steve Karp
Letterer(s)	Diana Albers
Editor(s)	Mike Rockwitz Barry Dutter
3. "Rintrah Future Master of the Mystic Arts!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas R.J.M. Lofficier
Penciler(s)	M.C. Wyman
Inker(s)	Jim Sanders III
Colorist(s)	Steve Karp
Letterer(s)	Rick Parker
Editor(s)	Mike Rockwitz Barry Dutter
4. "First Blood"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas R.J.M. Lofficier
Penciler(s)	Dave Hoover
Inker(s)	Bob Petrecca
Colorist(s)	George Roussos
Letterer(s)	Rick Parker
Editor(s)	Mike Rockwitz Barry Dutter
5. "Raiders of the Purple Veil"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas R.J.M. Lofficier
Penciler(s)	Frank Lopez
Inker(s)	Jimmy Palmiotti Ken Branch
Colorist(s)	Frank Lopez
Letterer(s)	Diana Albers
Editor(s)	Mike Rockwitz

Appearing in "Hot Spell "The Wild One" Part IV"

Featured Characters:

• Doctor Strange

Supporting Characters:

• Defenders
  • Silver Surfer
  • ⏴ The Hulk ⏵
• ⏴ Rick Jones ⏵ (Possessed by Namor)

Antagonists:

• Wild One
• Lucian Aster
• Namor (Possessed by Shanzar)
• Tourists turned into demons

Other Characters:

• Tourists
• Pantheon
  • Ajax
  • Paris
  • Ulysses
• Elizabeth Ross (Only in flashback)
• Marlo Chandler (Only in flashback)
• Faltine (Mentioned)
• Great Cthulhu (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Pacific Ocean
    • Mariana Trench
  • United States of America
    • Hawaii
      • Hawai'i
        • Hilo (First appearance)
      • Oahu
        • Honolulu
• Strange Matter Dimension

Items:

• Silver Surfer's Surfboard
• Eye of Agamotto
• Cloak of Levitation
• Flames of the Faltine

Synopsis for "Hot Spell "The Wild One" Part IV"

The Defenders face off against the Wild One, Shanzar, and Lucian Aster.

Appearing in "His Master's Foes"

Featured Characters:

• Rintrah

Antagonists:

• Baron Mordo (Only in recap)
• Nightmare (Only in recap)
• Dweller in Darkness (Only in recap)
• Dormammu (Only in recap)
• Umar (Only in recap)
• Shuma-Gorath (Only in recap)
• Satannish (Only in recap)
• Urthona (Only in recap)
• Varnae (Cameo)
• Silver Dagger (Cameo)
• Dracula (Cameo)
• Mephisto (Cameo)

Others Characters:

• Doctor Strange (Mentioned)
• Ancient One (Mentioned)
• Viscount Heinrich Krowler (Mentioned)
• Baroness Sara Mordo (Mentioned)
• Fear Lords (Mentioned)
• Eternity (Mentioned)
• Dreamstalker (Only in recap)
• Agamotto (Mentioned)
• D'Spayre (Mentioned)
• Sinifer (Mentioned)
• King Olnar (Mentioned)
• Gaea (Mentioned)
• Clea (Mentioned)
• Sise-Neg (Mentioned)
• Demogorge (Mentioned)
• Thog (Mentioned)
• Marie Laveau (Mentioned)
• Chthon (Mentioned)
• Dracula (Only in recap)
• Mephisto (Only in recap)
• Tiboro (Mentioned)
• Undying Ones (Mentioned)
• Lord Creator (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• R'Vaalians
• Humans (Only in recap)
• Demons (Only in recap)
• Dark Spectral Horses (Only in recap)
• Faltine (Mentioned)
• Mindless Ones (Mentioned)
• Great Old Ones (Only in recap)
• Elder Gods (Mentioned)
• Vampires (Only in recap)
• Undying Ones (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earthspace
  • Earth
    • Atlantis (Mentioned)
    • Vatican (Mentioned)
      • Vatican Library (Mentioned)
  • Gevaltu (Only in recap)
• Everinnye (Mentioned)
• Dark Dimension (Only in recap)
• Agamotto's Dimension (Mentioned)

Items:

• Way of the Shamblu (Mentioned)
• Darkhold (Mentioned)

Events and Eras:

• Pre-Cataclysmic Age (Mentioned)
• Great Cataclysm (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "His Master's Foes"

Rintrah studies up on his master's greatest foes.

Appearing in "Rintrah Future Master of the Mystic Arts!"

Featured Characters:

• Rintrah

Supporting Characters:

• Doctor Strange

Antagonists:

• House of Shadows

Other Characters:

• Valtorr (Invoked)
• Rom (Only in flashback)
• Vishanti (Invoked)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Greenwich Village
            • Bleecker Street
              • Stephen Strange's Mansion

Items:

• Cloak of Levitation
• Amulet of Agamotto
• Rom's Neutralizer (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "Rintrah Future Master of the Mystic Arts!"

Rintrah faces off against one of Doctor Strange's oldest foes. No, not Baron Mordo, it's the House of Shadows!

Appearing in "First Blood"

Featured Characters:

• Baron Blood (Vic Strange) (Main story and recap)

Supporting Characters:

• Morgana Blessing

Antagonists:

• Endless One
• Golems

Other Characters:

• Marie Laveau (Only in recap)

Locations:

• Plaza Omni Hotel

Synopsis for "First Blood"

The new Baron Blood, Vic Strange, is easily defeated by the Endless one, also known as Cogliostro!

Appearing in "Raiders of the Purple Veil"

Featured Characters:

• Clea

Supporting Characters:

• Faltinians
  • "Flyx"
• ⏴ Aggamon

Other Characters:

• Sinifer (Mentioned)
• Lords of the Netherworlds (Only in recap)
  • Dormammu (Only in flashback)
  • Numerous unnamed despots of neighboring dimensions (Only in recap)
• Umar (Only in flashback)
• Orini (Mentioned)
• Kalijulaa (Mentioned)
• Pharnovion (Mentioned) (Dead)
• Wenigkyt (Mentioned)
• Rukkoplu (Mentioned)
• Doctor Strange (Mentioned)
• Baron Mordo (Mentioned)
• Agamotto (Mentioned)
• Hoggoth (Invoked)
• Oshtur (Invoked)
• Tiboro (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Faltine
• Faeries (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York City, New York
      • Greenwich Village, Manhattan
        • Stephen Strange's Mansion, Bleecker Street
• Sphere of the Faltine (Only in flashback)
• Dark Dimension (Only in flashback)
• Purple Veil
• Purple Dimension
  • Aggamon's stronghold
• Sixth Dimension (Mentioned)

Items:

• Purple Jewel
• Faltinian life force draining crystal (First appearance; destruction)
• Hosts of Hoggoth (Invoked)
• Light of Agamotto (Invoked)
• Demolisher Beam

Synopsis for "Raiders of the Purple Veil"

Clea agrees to help Flyx stop a Faltinian Family Feud.

Solicit Synopsis

Return of the Defenders - Part 4 of 4 Doc unites with the Hulk, Sub-Mariner and the Silver Surfer for their final showdown with the creature known as the Dark One.

Notes

• This is part 4 of the Return of the Defenders storyline, following Silver Surfer Annual #5, and concluding in this issue.
• A footnote in the third story identifies House of Shadow's previous appearance as happening in Strange Tales #127, but it really was in Strange Tales #120.

See Also

• 8 image(s) from Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual Vol 1 2
• 5 reprint(s) of Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual Vol 1 2

Recommended Reading

The Return of the Defenders
Part I: Incredible Hulk Annual #18	Part II: Namor Annual #2	Part III: Silver Surfer Annual #5	Part IV: Doctor Strange Annual #2