By gifting his power and title of Sorcerer Supreme to Doctor Doom in Blood Hunt #5, Doctor Strange fundamentally altered fans' perception of the title and its role in the Marvel cosmos. Doom is imbued with a fragment of Doctor Strange's soul, which Strange explains was also the case for his ally Clea, when she took on the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme in his absence. Marvel's magical hierarchy has been upended by this revelation about the rules of succession for the Sorcerer Supreme, showing that anyone could potentially become the Sorcerer Supreme under the right conditions.

Warning: Spoilers for Blood Hunt #5

Doctor Strange's mantle as Sorcerer Supreme is one of the most powerful and most important stations in all Marvel Comics and Marvel just revealed how Strange could potentially hand the title over to any character under the right circumstances. In this way, the publisher radically redefines the meaning of the Sorcerer Supreme role,...