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Clea is a fictional character, a sorceress in the Marvel Comics Universe. She is the disciple and...

Clea is a fictional character, a sorceress in the Marvel Comics Universe. She is the disciple and lover of Doctor Strange. Created by co-plotters Stan Lee (writer-editor) and Steve Ditko (artist), Clea first appeared in the Doctor Strange feature in Strange Tales #126 (Nov. 1964). Clea is a human-appearing being and maternally related to the other-dimensional Faltine race of energy beings. The daughter of Umar and the niece of the demonic tyrant Dormammu, the noble Clea has been, sporadically, ruler of the Dark Dimension, the mystical realm to which Dormammu had been banished and which he subsequently conquered. The character was introduced during a story arc in which Doctor Strange confronted Dormammu for the first time. Clea remained nameless for several issues, referred to as the "captive female", or the "mysterious silver-haired girl". It was later noted that her father is Dormammu's closest disciple. However, it wasn't until two years later that her name was eventually revealed. Initially, nothing indicates that Clea and Umar are related to or even know each other. Indeed, Dormammu's sister mimics her brother's tactics and goes after Clea as a way of hurting Strange. Later, it