Danvers and Dr. Strange do the mind swap plot in Captain Marvel No. 6

Captain Marvel No. 6 Image by Marvel Comics

Is a Doctor Who Is a Magician Covered by Insurance?

The typically stern Black Widow is unsympathetic. They have a mission at hand, and she sees no time for naps or some of Carol’s jokes. The world is in danger, and Natasha is willing to trust that the vision she just got is accurate if it means a chance to save Rio. Carol doesn’t need much pushing to become involved in a plan to take the fight to an enemy, and agrees to meet with Natasha. There’s some tension between the pair, but Carol cuts it with a hug. She’s still pleased that Natasha was resurrected after Civil War II.

The pair manage to find Doctor Strange, who’s also fighting the hordes of the dead in Rio. As usual, he’s rarely in the mood for a superhero team-up unless he’s the one recruiting people at random, which he’s done for years with various Defenders (and Secret Defenders) rosters. At one time considered “the Sorcerer Supreme,” Strange has since faced a crisis in power over the years, as Marvel Comics desperately thinks the key to writing him is making him Constantine with a cape.

Captain Marvel No. 6 Image by Marvel Comics

Talk about a magical vision predicting that the three of them are key to Amora’s defeat gets Stephen off his high horse and willing to play along. After all, the magician has long taken stock in mystical prophecy. His current lack of peak magical might comes into play when Strange manages to banish the horde of zombies back to Asgard with extreme effort, while revealing that doing more of such actions would kill him. As Dirty Harry once advised in Magnum Force, Dr. Strange is still getting used to his limitations.