Ancient One

For other uses, see Ancient One (disambiguation).
For other Sorcerer Supremes, see Sorcerer Supreme.
Ancient One
The Ancient One promotional art by Carl Potts
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceStrange Tales #110 (July 1963)
Created by
In-story information
Team affiliationsAncient Ones
Strange Academy
PartnershipsDoctor Strange
Notable aliases
  • The Master
  • The High Lama
  • The Mystic
  • The Spirit Leopard
Abilities

The Ancient One is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was the mentor of Doctor Strange and was his predecessor as Sorcerer Supreme.

The character was voiced by Michael Ansara in the 1978 television film Dr. Strange. Tilda Swinton portrayed a female Celtic version of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Doctor Strange (2016), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and the Disney+ series What If...? (2021).

Publication history

The Ancient One was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in Strange Tales #110 (cover-dated July 1963),[citation needed].[1]

The character has appeared in some Marvel Comics graphic novels. Doctor Strange: Season One (January 2, 2012, by Greg Pak and illustrated by Emma Rios), Doctor Strange - Marvel Masterworks Volume 1, and Doctor Strange: From the Marvel Vault #1 (June 15, 2011, by Roger Stern and illustrated by Neil Vokes).[citation needed]

Fictional character biography

The character who would eventually become the Ancient One was born in Kamar-Taj, "a hidden land high in the Himalayas",[2] more than 500 years ago.[3] He spent his youth as a peaceful farmer, until his friend Kaluu discovered the power of magic.[4] When Kaluu shared this knowledge of the mystic arts with the Ancient One, the two disagreed on how they would use the powers. The Ancient One wished to turn their village into a utopia, while Kaluu desired power and conquest over nearby villages.[5]

The Ancient One and Kaluu agreed to cast a spell, eliminating sickness, disease, and age from Kamar-Taj. Subsequently, the villagers, under Kaluu's mind-control spell, crown him king of the village.[2] The Ancient One attempts to stop Kaluu, but the village of Kamar-Taj is wiped out as a result of their conflict.[6] As a result, Kaluu is banished to an alternate dimension and the Ancient One is stripped of his immortality. Nonetheless, the Ancient One ages far more slowly than any regular human.[7]

Acquiring knowledge

Introduction of the Ancient One's native home, the "hidden land" of Kamar-Taj, identified only as in the Himalaya mountains. Strange Tales #148 (September 1966). Script by Denny O'Neil, art by Bill Everett.

The Ancient One settles in the Himalaya Mountains and builds a palace as his home, together with an order of monks that he forms for his own protection and support. In a tournament organized by the sorcerer Aged Genghis, the Ancient One wins the title of Earth's Sorcerer Supreme and subsequently takes on responsibility for a student, who later becomes Mister Jip. The student is then banished from the Ancient One's home when the student is discovered by his master to have been studying forbidden books of black magic to increase his own power.[8]

Taking an apprentice

As he ages and weakens, the Ancient One seeks out another student and eventually approaches Anthony Ludgate Druid, a psychiatrist with mystical talents. Posing as the High Lama, the Ancient One trains Druid to become Doctor Druid.[9]

After a car crash, surgeon Stephen Strange seeks assistance from the Ancient One to cure the nerve damage in his hands, only to angrily refuse when offered to be the Ancient One's apprentice instead. The Ancient One then accepts Strange as a student when Strange discovers Mordo and Dormammu had become collaborators and that Mordo had perpetrated an attack against the Ancient One. Unaware of the Ancient One's awareness of the threat against him, Strange confronts Mordo about his treachery only to be bound by restraining spells to prevent him from warning the Ancient One or physically attacking Mordo. Alarmed at these developments and concerned for the old man's safety, Strange concludes that the only way to help him would be to learn magic himself to gain a hope of stopping Mordo. When Strange is driven by this selfless purpose, he approaches the Ancient One to accept his offer. The pleased mentor promptly frees Strange from his restraints and explains the whole situation.[10]

Mordo leaves the palace shortly afterwards and Stephen becomes the Ancient One's successor under the name Doctor Strange.[11] The Ancient One often assists Strange. But when the extra-dimensional monster Shuma-Gorath tries to invade Earth through the Ancient One's mind while the latter is in the Crypts of Kaa-U, the Ancient One prompts Strange to destroy the portion of the Ancient One's mind in which the ego, or sense of self, exists. While such action blocks the way for Shuma-Gorath, trapping him within the Ancient One's mind, the Ancient One's physical body is also destroyed. The Ancient One's corporeal existence is over, but his soul subsequently achieves transcendence, becoming one with the universe and Eternity. Strange then inherits the Ancient One's title as Sorcerer Supreme.[12]

The Ancient One demonstrates his existence following the death of his physical body by manifesting himself as an avatar of Eternity, intervening in a struggle between Doctor Strange and Eternity.[13] He also briefly regains his corporeal form, during which time he lives as an alcohol-dependent derelict in the Bowery section of Manhattan, New York, United States.[14] He resumed his oneness with the universe upon Doctor Strange's defeat of the Creators.[15]

The next life

During Hercules' journey to the underworld in the Dark Reign storyline, the Ancient One was seen in Erebus gambling for his resurrection. As explained to Hercules, the afterlife has become a shambles, due to various entities not paying attention.[16]

During a demonic invasion of New York via the Eye of Agamotto, Iron Fist finds himself transferred into a white void when he comes in contact with the Eye, resulting in a face-to-face confrontation with a form that appears to be the Ancient One; the form claims that both he and a currently-unidentified associate are responsible for the demonic invasion due to his anger at Strange's recent "failures".[17] However, a casual comment by Spider-Man prompts Strange, Doctor Voodoo, and Daimon Hellstrom to realize that they are actually dealing with Agamotto himself, as the Ancient One's demands for the Eye defy everything that was previously told to Strange about how the Eye is passed from one sorcerer to another.[17]

After Doctor Strange defeats Daniel Drumm, using dark magic that does not control him, the Ancient One's spirit appears and speaks to Doctor Strange:

You taught yourself to vanquish a foe who used your friends as weapons against. And you did it without hurting any of them. You protected this realm even though it is no longer your duty. I know that you relinquished your role as Sorcerer Supreme because you thought you did not deserve it anymore. Yet you continued to act as hero to anyone and everyone. And you asked for nothing in return. And because of this, I bequeath you once again the all-seeing Eye of Agamotto. For you are the Sorcerer Supreme once more."[18]

The Ancient One appears as a teacher to multiple magical students in a school started by Stephen Strange.[19]

Powers and abilities

The Ancient One possessed the ability to manipulate the forces of magic for a vast number of effects and was able to tap into extra-dimensional energy by invoking entities or objects of power, existing in dimensions tangential to those of the Earth, through the recitation of spells. The Ancient One was capable of astral projection, levitation, interdimensional teleportation, and a large number of other effects. However, in his extreme old age, the Ancient One was unable to perform any major feats of sorcery without placing great physical strain upon himself.

The Ancient One also possessed a variety of mystical objects, such as the Book of the Vishanti, the Orb, Amulet, and Eye of Agamotto, and devices gathered throughout his lifetime. After he unified with Eternity, the extent of the Ancient One's powers ceased to be known.

Other versions

  • An alternate universe variant of the Ancient One makes a cameo appearance in a flashback in "Heroes Reborn" #3, in which he trained the Blur.[20]
  • An alternate universe variant of the Ancient One appears in the graphic novel Dr. Strange: Season One. This version is more sociable, willing to make self-deprecating jokes, and likes to form friendships with outsiders.[21]
  • An alternate universe variant of the Ancient One appears in J. Michael Straczynski's Strange. This version is an ancient magician who is physically frail from old age, but spiritually and psychically powerful.

In other media

Television

The Ancient One makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in the Spider-Man episode "Doctor Strange".[citation needed]

Film

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One in Doctor Strange (2016).

The Ancient One appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Tilda Swinton. This version is depicted as an androgynous Celt to reflect the mystery of the character.[23] Following her first appearance in the live-action film Doctor Strange (2016),[24] alternate timeline variants appear in the live-action film Avengers: Endgame (2019)[25] and the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021) episode "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?".[26][27]

Video games

References

  1. ^ "Steve Ditko, artist who co-created Spider-Man, dead at 90". CBS News. July 6, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Lee, Stan; O'Neil, Denny (September 1966). "The Origin of the Ancient One!". Strange Tales (148 ed.). Marvel Comics Group. p. 2.
  3. ^ DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019). The Marvel Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0.
  4. ^ "The Origin of the Ancient One!" p. 3
  5. ^ "Ancient One". ComicVine. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Origin of the Ancient One!" p. 10. Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ Strange Tales #111. Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ Strange Tales vol. 3 #11. Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ Avengers Spotlight #37. Marvel Comics.
  10. ^ Lee, Stan; Ditko, Steve (1963-09-10). "The Origin of Doctor Strange". Strange Tales (#115).
  11. ^ Strange Tales #115. Marvel Comics.
  12. ^ Marvel Premiere #8-10. Marvel Comics.
  13. ^ Doctor Strange vol. 2 #12-13. Marvel Comics.
  14. ^ Sanderson, Peter (2007). The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City. New York City: Pocket Books. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4165-3141-8.
  15. ^ Strange Tales vol. 2 #26-28. Marvel Comics.
  16. ^ The Incredible Hercules #129. Marvel Comics.
  17. ^ a b The New Avengers vol. 2 #3. Marvel Comics.
  18. ^ The New Avengers vol. 2 #34 (Jan. 2013). Marvel Comics.
  19. ^ Strange Academy #2-3 (2020). Marvel Comics.
  20. ^ Heroes Reborn vol. 2 #3. Marvel Comics.
  21. ^ Pal, Greg (2012). Doctor Strange; Season One. Marvel Comics. ISBN 978-0-7851-6387-9.
  22. ^ "Zoe Bell Returns to Stunt Work with 'Thor: Ragnarok'". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  23. ^ "Doctor Strange". Entertainment Weekly. 2015.
  24. ^ "Tilda Swinton Is "Really, Really, Really Excited" to Star in 'Doctor Strange'". ScreenCrush. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  25. ^ Hood, Cooper (April 27, 2019). "Every Character In Avengers: Endgame". Screen Rant. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  26. ^ Knight, Rosie (September 1, 2021). "What If...? Episode 4 Review: Doctor Strange Loses His Heart". Den of Geek. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  27. ^ "Ancient One Voices (Marvel Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 11, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  28. ^ "An Epic Quest Brings Doctor Strange to Marvel: Future Fight". May 2023.
  29. ^ "Home Page". MARVEL Super War.

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