Doctor Strange: The Oath
| Doctor Strange: The Oath | |
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Cover of the 1st issue
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | December 2006 – April 2007 |
| Number of issues | 5 |
| Main character(s) | Doctor Strange |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Brian K. Vaughan |
| Penciller(s) | Marcos Martin |
| Inker(s) | Alvaro Lopez |
| Letterer(s) | Javier Rodriguez |
| Colorist(s) | Willie Schubert |
| Collected editions | |
| Paperback | |
Doctor Strange: The Oath is a 2007 comic book limited series written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Marcos Martin, published by Marvel Comics and starring the superhero Doctor Strange. The story follows Doctor Strange as he searches for the person who tried to kill him, while he also looks for a stolen magical elixir that will cure the terminal cancer of Wong, his faithful servant. Doctor Strange finds himself facing another disciple of the Ancient One, who has learned about the elixir and is determined to destroy it.
During a rainy night in New York City, in the lobby of the hospice belonging to Night Nurse, Wong, servant to the Sorcerer Supreme, drags in the unconscious, bleeding Doctor Strange, begging for help. He had been running errands and returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum to find that Strange had been shot during a burglary. Strange appears in his astral form and tells Night Nurse that if she didn’t hurry, he’d be dead before Wong could finish.
Inside the office of Dr. Nicodemus West, a thief named Brigand hands him a bottle containing the Otkid's Elixir and an amulet. He claims that he killed Doctor Strange during the theft and shows him a gun that fires silver bullets. West tells him should have made sure Strange was dead.
Night Nurse removes the bullet from Strange’s chest as Wong explains how Strange learned of his illness. Inside the Sanctum Sanctorum, Strange had been looking for his Cloak of Levitation and had found Wong's hidden bottle of Timelozar, a targeting agent for brain tumors. Wong had hoped to keep his terminal brain cancer a secret until his replacement could be found. He accepted his fate, but Strange refuses and remembers something from a book of magic.
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