Changes: Wong (Earth-616)

When I dedicated my life in service to you as Sorcerer Supreme... I remember I closed my eyes and prayed that one day I would grow up to be a second-rate Jarvis for a second-rate pile of Avengers.

—Wong^[src]

History

Early Life

Wong was the descendant and look-alike of Kan, a Tibetan monk who lived roughly one thousand years ago and was a student of the occult.^[3] For the ten generations preceding Wong's, the first-born males in his line have served the Ancient One, the former Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth dimension. The last of the members of Wong's family to serve the Ancient One was Wong's own father, Hamir the Hermit, who remained with the Ancient One up to the time of the latter's death.^[4]

Wong was the first-born son of Hamir, and thus his life was dedicated to the Ancient One from earliest childhood. When Wong was four years old, Hamir presented him to the Ancient One. Subsequently, Wong was sent to a remote monastery to receive training in how to serve a master sorcerer. Wong's relatives were allowed to visit him on occasions. Shortly before Wong's tenth birthday, Hamir brought a young couple to the monastery to visit Wong and made a marriage pact with them, betrothing Wong to their as yet unborn daughter. During his training at the monastery, Wong mastered certain asian martial arts. He remains highly adept in the martial arts, although since actually becoming a servant he no longer practices them as much as he once did.^[4]

Serving Doctor Strange

When Wong reached adulthood, the Ancient One sent him to the United States to his disciple, Doctor Stephen Strange. Wong was the first member of his family to come to America. Wong served Strange loyally and well for many years. During that time Strange succeeded the Ancient One as sorcerer supreme of the Earth dimension.^[4]

At some point after moving to America, Wong received word that the couple of his father's choosing had at last birthed a daughter.^[5]

Years later, after Imei Chang, the woman to whom he was betrothed, had learned to read, Wong began to write letters to her in which he frequently mentioned Doctor Strange.^[6]

At one point Wong was abducted by other dimensional sorcerers to the realm that was still ruled by the Shadowqueen. Doctor Strange followed Wong there and rescued him from the Shadowqueen's dungeon. Wong helped Strange battle the Shadowqueen, who finally perished.^[3]

Sara Wolfe

Strange's secretary, Sara Wolfe, became strongly attracted to Wong, who began to reciprocate her feelings. However, Wong put an end to what might have become a romance with Wolfe, saying that it must not be because some of them had duties in their lives,^[7] and initially refused to discuss his decision with Sara.^[8] However, after Strange insisted that he explain why he had distanced himself, Wong finally admitted that he had grown fond of her but was not going to allow it to go any further because he was promised to another.^[9] Although Sara tried to go back to being friends, she remained upset for some days until Wong, realizing that he had caused her further pain by not fully explaining himself, finally told her about how his marriage had been arranged. Even though she now understood the situation, Sara considered it crazy.^[5]

Soon afterwards, Wong and the empath, Topaz, were both abducted to another planet by the alien sorcerer, Urthona, when the latter used his magical powers to steal Doctor Strange's house and the mystical talismans and books it contained. Urthona even viciously mutilated Wong's face while holding him prisoner, Strange defeated Urthona and rescued Wong and Topaz.^[10] Once Strange had transported them and the house back to Earth, Topaz used her healing powers to restore Wong's face to normalcy.^[11]

In order to rescue Wong and Topaz, Strange had found it necessary to unleash mystical forces that, he believed, destroyed the mystical talismans and books that Urthona had stolen, thus preventing Urthona from using them for evil purposes. (In actuality, and unknown to Strange, most of the the books and talismans were not destroyed but were instead spirited away by the mystical entity, Agamotto.) The disappearance of these talismans from the Earth dimension broke certain ancient spells holding various mystical menaces in check.^[12]

After discovering how bad the situation he had created truly was, Strange subsequently cast a spell causing the population of the world, including Wong and Sara Wolfe, to believe him dead. As a result, Wong and Wolfe perceived Strange as a man named Stephen Sanders. Strange made Wong and Wolfe the joint administrators of the Stephen Strange Memorial Metaphysical Institute, an institution for research into the occult.^[13] Strange then embarked on a long quest during which he succeeded in defeating a number of the menaces that the disappearance of the talismans had unleashed, most notably Shuma-Gorath.^[14]

During the months that Strange was away fighting to save Earth, Imei Chang arrived in New York City to be with her betrothed and apparently began living at the Stephen Strange Memorial Metaphysical Institute. Following the defeat of Shuma-Gorath, Strange returned to New York City and arrived at the institute where Wong introduced "Doctor Sanders" to Imei. Minutes later, Strange partially dissolved the spell, enough to release Wong and Sara Wolfe from his spell and restore their memories of what had actually happened. Realizing that Strange was not dead, Wong and Wolfe warmly welcomed him back.^[15]

Since then, Doctor Strange has regained his missing talismans and books^[16] and the general populace has also learned that Strange was still alive.^[17]

Imei Chang

When Imei was apparently altered into a hideous demon by one of Strange's enemies, Wong hoped that Strange would be able to help her. Strange was having problems of his own at the time, and Wong took this as a sign that Strange wouldn't be able to help Imei. This resulted in the first friction between the Sorcerer Supreme and his old friend. Finally, Strange managed to redirect some attention to this matter, the magical probe revealed that the demon just acted like Imei. In fact, he discovered that it wasn't Imei at all, but only a construct that was made to believe it was and that the true Imei had been killed. Although Wong was as yet unmarried and childless, he has stated that his first-born son would follow the family tradition of serving a mystic devoted to good.^[18]^[19]^[20]

This incident caused Wong to become mentally unhinged. For a while he operated as a staunch opponent of Strange, allying himself with other forces in order to battle him. The two eventually made their peace, re-establishing their old relationship. Said relationship then changed for the better, as both tried to treat each other as equals, instead of master and servant.^[4]

Cancer

Sometime before the beginning of Civil War, Wong discovered he had developed an inoperable brain tumor. He tried to conceal his condition from Strange, but the sorcerer found the medicine he had been using to mitigate his symptoms. Doctor Strange found and battled the demon-god Otkid to retrieve Otkid's Elixir, a magic potion which had the power to "erase what troubles the mind of man" and which was in fact the cure for cancer. After some misadventures, Strange spent the last remaining drop of Otkid's Elixir to save Wong's life.^[21]

New Avengers

Following the Civil War, the New Avengers, a small group of super heroes who had gone underground in protest of the Superhuman Registration Act, took refuge in Doctor Strange's home. Wong served them just as ably as he served Strange, albeit with some grumbling at their treatment of his kitchen. But when the New Avengers left the Sanctum Sanctorum (shortly after Strange himself left, having surrendered the position of Sorcerer Supreme), Wong did not go with them.^[22]

When Doctor Strange rejoined the Avengers, he suggested hiring Wong as cook and housekeeper for Avengers Mansion. Though he groused at becoming "a second-rate Jarvis for a second-rate pile of Avengers," Wong accepted the position.^[23]

Leaving Dr. Strange

Having remained by Strange's side as his master regained the title of Sorcerer Supreme and returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum, Wong eventually departed after having a falling out with Stephen over the doctor's method to saving the life of their ally Zelma Stanton, who was fatally ill after transferring the effects of a deadly poison from Strange to herself in order to save his life. Having devoted his entire life to the ways of magic, Wong set out to build a life of his own.^[24]

Attributes

Power Grid^[33]

Powers

Sorcery: Despite originally stating that he has "no powers of sorcery, black or white,"^[25] he seems to have become a competent sorcerer since then. Wong has been deemed sufficiently worthy to be one of dozens of candidate for the vacant role of Sorcerer Supreme by Agamotto through his Eye (though Wong failed to inherit the title from his master in favor of Brother Voodoo).^[26] Wong also appears to be now skilled in uttering mystic incantations sufficiently accurately, as he did so while reading from a spellbook in an arcane language not of his mother tongue or English through the Orb of Agamotto when the Sorcerer Supreme was stabbed in Japan while working with the New Avengers.^[27]
- Teleportation: Wong is capable of teleporting himself and others.^[28]
- Protective Shields: Wong can create magic-resistant domes.^[29]
- Size Alteration: Wong has the ability to grow to giant size.^[30]

Abilities

Martial Arts: Wong is an expert in the martial arts of Kamar-Taj, achieving great mastery over it, although he has rarely used them in recent years. Hence, although Wong can overpower many adversaries, he is no longer a match for a master of the martial arts who keeps himself at or near peak condition; Wong has even been shown capable of directly driving off the likes of the Nisanti demon-enhanced the Hood in moments through sheer will and physical prowess, despite Robbins having the advantage of surprise, the guidance of Dormammu and a formidable gun capable of firing bullets splashed with demonic fire.^{[citation needed]}

Weaknesses

Wong's skill in magic, even recently, is nowhere near that of a truly adept mystic. He would be at a disadvantage while confronting a superhuman, whether versed in occult means or not.

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Magical teleportation at times

Notes

Wong's name was first revealed in Strange Tales #119.
Wong, like all servants of the Sorcerer Supreme, is a universal blood donor belonging to type O-^[31]

Links and References

Marvel Directory

References

[Marvel_Holiday_Special_Vol_1_2006-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Marvel Holiday Special #2006

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_3_1-2] Doctor Strange (Vol. 3) #1

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_43-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #43

[Official_Handbook_of_the_Marvel_Universe_A-Z_Update_#4-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_75-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #75

[Strange_Tales_Vol_2_18-6] Strange Tales (Vol. 2) #18

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_66-7] Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #66

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_67-8] Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #67

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_72-9] Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #72

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_79-81-10] Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #79–81

[Strange_Tales_Vol_2_1-11] Strange Tales (Vol. 2) #1

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_2_81-12] Doctor Strange (Vol. 2) #81

[Strange_Tales_Vol_2_3-13] Strange Tales (Vol. 2) #3

[Strange_Tales_Vol_2_14-14] Strange Tales (Vol. 2) #14

[Strange_Tales_Vol_2_17-15] Strange Tales (Vol. 2) #17

[Doctor_Strange,_Sorcerer_Supreme_Vol_1_7-16] Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #7

[Doctor_Strange,_Sorcerer_Supreme_Vol_1_8-9-17] Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #8–9

[Doctor_Strange,_Sorcerer_Supreme_#65-66-18] Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #65–66

[Doctor_Strange,_Sorcerer_Supreme_Annual_#4-19] Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #4

[Doctor_Strange,_Sorcerer_Supreme_#71-20] Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #71

[Doctor_Strange_The_Oath_Vol_1_1-5-21] Doctor Strange: The Oath #1–5

[New_Avengers_Vol_1_26-51-22] New Avengers #26–51

[New_Avengers_Vol_2_7-23] New Avengers (Vol. 2) #7

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_4_20-24] Doctor Strange (Vol. 4) #20

[Marvel_Feature_Vol_1_2-25] Marvel Feature #2

[New_Avengers_Vol_1_53-26] New Avengers #53

[New_Avengers_Vol_1_31-27] New Avengers #31

[Doctor_Strange_Damnation_Vol_1_2-28] Doctor Strange: Damnation #2

[Doctor_Strange_Damnation_Vol_1_3-29] Doctor Strange: Damnation #3

[Doctor_Strange_Vol_5_11-30] Doctor Strange (Vol. 5) #11

[Doctor_Strange_The_Oath_Vol_1_1-31] Doctor Strange: The Oath #1

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-| Relatives               = [[Kan (Earth-616)|Kan]] (ancestor);<br>
+| Ancestors               = [[Kan (Earth-616)|Kan]] (ancestor)
-[[Hamir (Earth-616)|Hamir the Hermit]] (father);<br>
+| Parents                 = [[Hamir (Earth-616)|Hamir]] (father)
-[[Imei Chang (Earth-616)|Imei Chang]] (fiancée, deceased)
+| Relatives               = [[Imei Chang (Earth-616)|Imei Chang]] (fiancée, deceased)
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 | Gender                  = Male
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+| Weight                  = 140 lbs
 | Eyes                    = Brown
 | Hair                    = Bald; Black (formerly)
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+| Citizenship             = Tibetan; American
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 | History                 =
 ===Early Life===
-Wong was the descendant and look-alike of [[Kan (Earth-616)|Kan]], a Tibetan monk who lived roughly one thousand years ago and was a student of the occult.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 #43}} For the ten generations preceding Wong's, the first-born males in his line have served the [[Yao (Earth-616)|Ancient One]], the former [[Sorcerer Supreme]] of the [[Earth]] dimension. The last of the members of Wong's family to serve the Ancient One was Wong's own father, [[Hamir (Earth-616)|Hamir the Hermit]], who remained with the Ancient One up to the time of the latter's death.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4}}
+Wong was the descendant and look-alike of [[Kan (Earth-616)|Kan]], a Tibetan monk who lived roughly one thousand years ago and was a student of the occult.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 43}} For the ten generations preceding Wong's, the first-born males in his line have served the [[Yao (Earth-616)|Ancient One]], the former [[Sorcerer Supreme]] of the [[Earth]] dimension. The last of the members of Wong's family to serve the Ancient One was Wong's own father, [[Hamir (Earth-616)|Hamir the Hermit]], who remained with the Ancient One up to the time of the latter's death.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4}}
 Wong was the first-born son of Hamir, and thus his life was dedicated to the Ancient One from earliest childhood. When Wong was four years old, Hamir presented him to the Ancient One. Subsequently, Wong was sent to a remote monastery to receive training in how to serve a master sorcerer. Wong's relatives were allowed to visit him on occasions. Shortly before Wong's tenth birthday, Hamir brought a young couple to the monastery to visit Wong and made a marriage pact with them, betrothing Wong to their as yet unborn daughter. During his training at the monastery, Wong mastered certain asian martial arts. He remains highly adept in the martial arts, although since actually becoming a servant he no longer practices them as much as he once did.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4}}
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 ===Serving Doctor Strange===
 When Wong reached adulthood, the Ancient One sent him to the United States to his disciple, [[Stephen Strange (Earth-616)|Doctor Stephen Strange]]. Wong was the first member of his family to come to America. Wong served Strange loyally and well for many years. During that time Strange succeeded the Ancient One as sorcerer supreme of the Earth dimension.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4}}
+At some point after moving to America, Wong received word that the couple of his father's choosing had at last birthed a daughter.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 75}}
+Years later, after [[Imei Chang (Earth-616)|Imei Chang]], the woman to whom he was betrothed, had learned to read, Wong began to write letters to her in which he frequently mentioned Doctor Strange.{{r|Strange Tales Vol 2 18}}
 At one point Wong was abducted by other dimensional sorcerers to the realm that was still ruled by the [[Shialmar (Earth-616)|Shadowqueen]]. Doctor Strange followed Wong there and rescued him from the Shadowqueen's dungeon. Wong helped Strange battle the Shadowqueen, who finally perished.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 43}}
-===Imei Chang===
+===Sara Wolfe===
-Strange's secretary, Sara Wolfe, became strongly attracted to Wong, who began to reciprocate her feelings. However, Wong put an end to what might have become a romance with Wolfe when he was notified that [[Imei Chang (Earth-616)|Imei Chang]], the woman to whom he was betrothed, had at last come of age to be married.{{r|Strange Tales Vol 2 #17}}
+Strange's secretary, Sara Wolfe, became strongly attracted to Wong, who began to reciprocate her feelings. However, Wong put an end to what might have become a romance with Wolfe, saying that it must not be because some of them had duties in their lives,{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 66}} and initially refused to discuss his decision with Sara.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 67}} However, after Strange insisted that he explain why he had distanced himself, Wong finally admitted that he had grown fond of her but was not going to allow it to go any further because he was promised to another.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 72}} Although Sara tried to go back to being friends, she remained upset for some days until Wong, realizing that he had caused her further pain by not fully explaining himself, finally told her about how his marriage had been arranged. Even though she now understood the situation, Sara considered it crazy.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 75}}
+Soon afterwards, Wong and the empath, Topaz, were both abducted to another planet by the alien sorcerer, Urthona, when the latter used his magical powers to steal Doctor Strange's house and the mystical talismans and books it contained. Urthona even viciously mutilated Wong's face while holding him prisoner, Strange defeated Urthona and rescued Wong and Topaz.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 79|81}} Once Strange had transported them and the house back to Earth, Topaz used her healing powers to restore Wong's face to normalcy.{{r|Strange Tales Vol 2 1}}
-When Imei was apparently altered into a hideous demon by one of Strange's enemies, Wong hoped that Strange would be able to help her. Strange was having problems of his own at the time, and Wong took this as a sign that Strange wouldn't be able to help Imei. This resulted in the first friction between the Sorcerer Supreme and his old friend. Finally, Strange managed to redirect some attention to this matter, the magical probe revealed that the demon just acted like Imei. In fact, he discovered that it wasn't Imei at all, but only a construct that was made to believe it was and that the true Imei had been killed. Although Wong was as yet unmarried and childless, he has stated that his first-born son would follow the family tradition of serving a mystic devoted to good.{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #65|66}}{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme  Annual #4}}{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #71}}
+In order to rescue Wong and Topaz, Strange had found it necessary to unleash mystical forces that, he believed, destroyed the mystical talismans and books that Urthona had stolen, thus preventing Urthona from using them for evil purposes. (In actuality, and unknown to Strange, most of the the books and talismans were not destroyed but were instead spirited away by the mystical entity, [[Agamotto (Earth-616)|Agamotto]].) The disappearance of these talismans from the Earth dimension broke certain ancient spells holding various mystical menaces in check.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 81}}
-This incident caused Wong to become mentally unhinged. For a while he operated as a staunch opponent of Strange, allying himself with other forces in order to battle him. The two eventually made their peace, re-establishing their old relationship. Said relationship then changed for the better, as both tried to treat each other as equals, instead of master and servant.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4}}
+After discovering how bad the situation he had created truly was, Strange subsequently cast a spell causing the population of the world, including Wong and Sara Wolfe, to believe him dead. As a result, Wong and Wolfe perceived Strange as a man named Stephen Sanders. Strange made Wong and Wolfe the joint administrators of the Stephen Strange Memorial Metaphysical Institute, an institution for research into the occult.{{r|Strange Tales Vol 2 3}} Strange then embarked on a long quest during which he succeeded in defeating a number of the menaces that the disappearance of the talismans had unleashed, most notably [[Shuma-Gorath (Multiverse)|Shuma-Gorath]].{{r|Strange Tales Vol 2 14}}
-===Continued Adventures with Dr. Strange===
-Wong and the empath, Topaz, were both abducted to another planet by the alien sorcerer, Urthona, when the latter used his magical powers to steal Doctor Strange's house and the mystical talismans and books it contained. Urthona even viciously mutilated Wong's face while holding him prisoner, Strange defeated Urthona and rescued Wong and Topaz. Back on Earth, Topaz used her healing powers to restore Wong's face to normalcy.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 79|81}}
+During the months that Strange was away fighting to save Earth, Imei Chang arrived in New York City to be with her betrothed and apparently began living at the Stephen Strange Memorial Metaphysical Institute. Following the defeat of Shuma-Gorath, Strange returned to New York City and arrived at the institute where Wong introduced "Doctor Sanders" to Imei. Minutes later, Strange partially dissolved the spell, enough to release Wong and Sara Wolfe from his spell and restore their memories of what had actually happened. Realizing that Strange was not dead, Wong and Wolfe warmly welcomed him back.{{r|Strange Tales Vol 2 17}}
-In order to rescue Wong and Topaz, Strange had found it necessary to unleash mystical forces that, he believed, destroyed the mystical talismans and books that Urthona had stolen, thus preventing Urthona from using them for evil purposes. (In actuality, and unknown to Strange, the books and talismans, were not destroyed but were instead spirited away by the mystical entity, [[Agamotto (Earth-616)|Agamotto]].) The disappearance of these talismans from the Earth dimension broke certain ancient spells holding various mystical menaces in check.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 2 79|81}}
+Since then, Doctor Strange has regained his missing talismans and books{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 7}} and the general populace has also learned that Strange was still alive.{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 8|9}}
-Strange subsequently cast a spell causing the population of the world, including Wong and Sara Wolfe, to believe him dead. As a result, Wong and Wolfe perceived Strange as a man named Stephen Sanders. Strange made Wong and Wolfe the joint administrators of the Stephen Strange Memorial Metaphysical Institute, an institution for research into the occult. Strange then embarked on a long quest during which he succeeded in defeating a number of the menaces that the disappearance of the talismans had unleashed, most notably [[Shuma-Gorath (Multiverse)|Shuma-Gorath]].{{Citation}}
+===Imei Chang===
-Following the defeat of Shuma-Gorath, Strange returned to New York City and released Wong and Sara Wolfe from his spell. Realizing that Strange was not dead, Wong and Wolfe warmly welcomed him back. Since then, the general populace has also learned that Doctor Strange was still alive and Strange had regained his missing talismans and books.{{Citation}}
+When Imei was apparently altered into a hideous demon by one of Strange's enemies, Wong hoped that Strange would be able to help her. Strange was having problems of his own at the time, and Wong took this as a sign that Strange wouldn't be able to help Imei. This resulted in the first friction between the Sorcerer Supreme and his old friend. Finally, Strange managed to redirect some attention to this matter, the magical probe revealed that the demon just acted like Imei. In fact, he discovered that it wasn't Imei at all, but only a construct that was made to believe it was and that the true Imei had been killed. Although Wong was as yet unmarried and childless, he has stated that his first-born son would follow the family tradition of serving a mystic devoted to good.{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #65|66}}{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme  Annual #4}}{{r|Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #71}}
+This incident caused Wong to become mentally unhinged. For a while he operated as a staunch opponent of Strange, allying himself with other forces in order to battle him. The two eventually made their peace, re-establishing their old relationship. Said relationship then changed for the better, as both tried to treat each other as equals, instead of master and servant.{{r|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #4}}
 ===Cancer===
-Sometime before the beginning of Civil War, Wong discovered he had developed an inoperable brain tumor. He tried to conceal his condition from Strange, but the sorcerer found the medicine he had been using to mitigate his symptoms Doctor Strange found and battled the demon-god [[Otkid the Omnipotent (Earth-616)|Otkid]] to retrieve [[Otkid's Elixir]], a magic potion which had the power to "erase what troubles the mind of man" and which was in fact the cure for cancer. After some misadventures, Strange spent the last remaining drop of Otkid's Elixir to save Wong's life.{{r|Doctor Strange: The Oath Vol 1 1|5}}
+Sometime before the beginning of Civil War, Wong discovered he had developed an inoperable brain tumor. He tried to conceal his condition from Strange, but the sorcerer found the medicine he had been using to mitigate his symptoms. Doctor Strange found and battled the demon-god [[Otkid the Omnipotent (Earth-616)|Otkid]] to retrieve [[Otkid's Elixir]], a magic potion which had the power to "erase what troubles the mind of man" and which was in fact the cure for cancer. After some misadventures, Strange spent the last remaining drop of Otkid's Elixir to save Wong's life.{{r|Doctor Strange: The Oath Vol 1 1|5}}
 ===New Avengers===
-Following the Civil War, the [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|New Avengers]], a small group of superheroes who had gone underground in protest of the Superhuman Registration Act, took refuge in Doctor Strange's home. Wong served them just as ably as he served Strange, albeit with some grumbling at their treatment of his kitchen. But when the New Avengers left the Sanctum Sanctorum (shortly after Strange himself left, having surrendered the position of Sorcerer Supreme), Wong did not go with them.{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 26|51}}
+Following the Civil War, the [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|New Avengers]], a small group of super heroes who had gone underground in protest of the [[Superhuman Registration Act]], took refuge in Doctor Strange's home. Wong served them just as ably as he served Strange, albeit with some grumbling at their treatment of his kitchen. But when the New Avengers left the Sanctum Sanctorum (shortly after Strange himself left, having surrendered the position of Sorcerer Supreme), Wong did not go with them.{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 26|51}}
-When Doctor Strange rejoined the Avengers, he suggested hiring Wong as cook and housekeeper for Avengers Mansion. Though he groused at becoming "a second-rate Jarvis for a second-rate pile of Avengers," Wong accepted the position.{{r|New Avengers Vol 2 #7}}
+When Doctor Strange rejoined the Avengers, he suggested hiring Wong as cook and housekeeper for Avengers Mansion. Though he groused at becoming "a second-rate Jarvis for a second-rate pile of Avengers," Wong accepted the position.{{r|New Avengers Vol 2 7}}
 ===Leaving Dr. Strange===
 Having remained by Strange's side as his master regained the title of Sorcerer Supreme and returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum, Wong eventually departed after having a falling out with Stephen over the doctor's method to saving the life of their ally [[Zelma Stanton (Earth-616)|Zelma Stanton]], who was fatally ill after transferring the effects of a deadly poison from Strange to herself in order to save his life. Having devoted his entire life to the ways of magic, Wong set out to build a life of his own.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 4 20}}
-| Powers                  = *'''[[Sorcery]]:''' Despite a statement to the Defenders during a clash with the [[Cult of the Harvesters of Eyes (Earth-616)|Cult of the Harvesters of Eyes]] that he is "unschooled in the mystic arts"{{r|Defenders Vol 1 58}}, he seems to have become a competent sorcerer since then. Wong has been deemed sufficiently worthy to be one of dozens of candidate for the vacant role of [[Sorcerer Supreme]] by [[Agamotto (Earth-616)|Agamotto]] through his [[Eye of Agamotto (Knowledge)|Eye]] (though Wong failed to inherit the title from his master in favor of [[Jericho Drumm (Earth-616)|Brother Voodoo]]).{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 53}} Wong also appears to be now skilled in uttering mystic incantations sufficiently accurately, as he did so while reading from a spellbook in an arcane language not of his mother tongue or English through the [[Orb of Agamotto]] when the Sorcerer Supreme was stabbed in Japan while working with the [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|New Avengers]].{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 31}}
+| Powers                  = *'''[[Sorcery]]:''' Despite originally stating that he has "no powers of sorcery, black or white,"{{r|Marvel Feature Vol 1 2}} he seems to have become a competent sorcerer since then. Wong has been deemed sufficiently worthy to be one of dozens of candidate for the vacant role of [[Sorcerer Supreme]] by [[Agamotto (Earth-616)|Agamotto]] through his [[Eye of Agamotto (Knowledge)|Eye]] (though Wong failed to inherit the title from his master in favor of [[Jericho Drumm (Earth-616)|Brother Voodoo]]).{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 53}} Wong also appears to be now skilled in uttering mystic incantations sufficiently accurately, as he did so while reading from a spellbook in an arcane language not of his mother tongue or English through the [[Orb of Agamotto]] when the Sorcerer Supreme was stabbed in Japan while working with the [[New Avengers (Earth-616)|New Avengers]].{{r|New Avengers Vol 1 31}}
 **'''[[Glossary:Teleportation|Teleportation]]:''' Wong is capable of teleporting himself and others.{{r|Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 2}}
 **'''[[Glossary:Force Field|Protective Shields]]:''' Wong can create magic-resistant domes.{{r|Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 3}}
-**'''Size Alteration:''' Wong has the ability to grow to giant size.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 5 3}}
+**'''Size Alteration:''' Wong has the ability to grow to giant size.{{r|Doctor Strange Vol 5 11}}
 | Abilities               = * '''[[Glossary:Martial arts|Martial Arts]]:''' Wong is an expert in the martial arts of Kamar-Taj, achieving great mastery over it, although he has rarely used them in recent years. Hence, although Wong can overpower many adversaries, he is no longer a match for a master of the martial arts who keeps himself at or near peak condition; Wong has even been shown capable of directly driving off the likes of the Nisanti demon-enhanced [[Parker Robbins (Earth-616)|the Hood]] in moments through sheer will and physical prowess, despite Robbins having the advantage of surprise, the guidance of [[Dormammu (Earth-616)|Dormammu]] and a formidable gun capable of firing bullets splashed with demonic fire.{{Citation}}
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+| Weaknesses              = Wong's skill in magic, even recently, is nowhere near that of a truly adept mystic. He would be at a disadvantage while confronting a superhuman, whether versed in occult means or not.
-| Strength                = Wong possesses the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in [[Strength Scale#Average Human|moderate regular exercise]].
-| Weaknesses              = Wong's skill in magic, even recently, is nowhere near that of a truly adept mystic. He would be at a disadvantage while confronting a superhuman, whether versed in occult means or not.
 | Equipment               =