However, if at first you don’t succeed… Stephen proceeds to summon and absorb the dark power from countless other creatures before returning to Shuma-Gorath a much-changed (for wont of a better noun) man. The first is Shuma-Gorath, and he doesn’t manage to defeat the mythical-like creature on his first try. The process involves Stephen traveling to the Library of Cagliostro, where he summons various supernatural creatures in order to absorb their power(s). Shuma-Gorath gets a bit more to do in Episode 4 of the season, which sees a selfish, grief-stricken version of Stephen Strange seeking massive amounts of power in an attempt to reverse Christine’s death. Shuma-Gorath first popped up in the What If…? series premiere, when Captain Carter had to force the massive monster back through a portal in an alternate, WWII-era of our universe. Leading particular credibility to this leak is the fact that Shuma-Gorath showed up not once, but multiple times in the first season of Marvel’s What If…?

That being said, merch is forever, so you better believe we’re side-eying what appears to be some official Marvel tie-in toy teasing a Doctor Strange antagonist who has recently popped up elsewhere in the MCU…Īustralian retailer Booktopia has a 1000-piece adult coloring pad and puzzle currently listed for pre-order that showcases the Sorcerer Supreme facing off against a wide-eyed, tentacled creature that certainly looks like Shuma-Gorath, the Cthulhu-like demon from Marvel Comics.

In Strange’s Multiverse, reality-and therefore canon-is a bit more malleable. Maybe that’s why any concrete details about the Sam Raimi film are both so precious and also so precarious. Given its premise, pretty much anything could happen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the upcoming Doctor Strange sequel that sees Strange messing with the Time Stone in a post- LokiMCU.

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