Cover: Alex Horley

Doctor Strange #2 (452)

Mar 2026 · Marvel · 3.99 USD

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Doctor Strange (Vol. 8) #2 marks the first appearance of Gallipheron, a new addition to the Asgardian supporting cast created by Derek Landy and Ivan Fiorelli for their ongoing redefinition of Strange's corner of the Marvel Universe. The issue also delivers a major plot turning point — the death of Regent Idyl of Heven — which reshapes the political landscape of the Ten Realms arc and raises the stakes of Vyrbodin's scheme from a local Alfheim dispute into a Nine Realms crisis. As the second chapter of the eighth solo volume of the Doctor Strange title, it represents one piece of a sustained creative effort to anchor the Sorcerer Supreme firmly within the Asgardian cosmology rather than his traditional Earth-bound mystic milieu.

writer Derek Landy · artist, inker Ivan Fiorelli · colorist Dono Sánchez-Almara · letterer VC's Cory Petit · cover Alex Horley

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History

This series launched in December 2025 as a direct continuation of Landy's earlier Doctor Strange of Asgard miniseries and flows out of events established in Jason Aaron's Immortal Thor run — specifically Loki's murder of Thor, which sealed Midgard off from the other Nine Realms and left Strange stranded as Asgard's Sorcerer Supreme. Marvel announced the ongoing in August 2025, with Comics Beat reporting that Landy and Fiorelli were reunited from their prior work together. Fiorelli noted in Marvel's own press materials that designing entirely new characters for permanent entry into the Marvel Universe was a central ambition of the collaboration.

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Released January 14, 2026; cover-dated March 2026; carries legacy numbering as issue #452 of the Doctor Strange title.
Written by Derek Landy, with art and inks by Ivan Fiorelli, colors by Dono Sánchez-Almara, letters by Cory Petit, and edited by Alanna Smith under editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski.
First appearance of Gallipheron (Earth-616), a new character introduced into the Anchorites faction in Alfheim.
Death of Regent Idyl of Heven occurs in this issue, a pivotal story beat that destabilizes Heven's power structure during the ongoing Vyrbodin crisis.
Vyrbodin escapes containment and sets his Nine Realms-threatening plan in motion; Scythe-Rhialla — his dark duplicate of the angel Rhialla — continues as an antagonist alongside him.
Angela (Aldrif Odinsdottir), Thor's long-lost sister and an angel of Heven, appears as a co-lead and primary combat partner for Strange throughout the arc.
Published with four cover variants: a main cover by Alex Horley, plus variants by Ejikure, Leonardo Romero, and a 1:25 retailer-incentive cover by Chris Campana.
The full arc (#1–10 plus the #450 prelude) is being collected in the trade paperback Doctor Strange Vol. 1: Journey Into Mystery, published by Marvel/Penguin Random House.