Get to know Baron Mordo, and his place in the Marvel Universe outside the Doctor Strange movie.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange.
Mordo is in theDoctor Strangemovie played by the brilliant Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Again, we have to warn you, this article contains spoilers!
Mordo may have been a dick but he was apowerfuldick.
After this origin tale, Mordo returned many, many times to bedevil Strange and his allies.
I mean this is the Marvel Universe, are thereanygood barons?
Hes a wrestler, I just wanted to see if you were paying attention, but nope.
Anyway, Baron usually equals evil at Marvel.
Mordos father was an angry boyar who was embittered after his country was conquered during World War I.
After the Austrian-Hungary Empire fell, the senior Mordo wanted to rebuild his Carpathian kingdom using dark mystic means.
Daddy Mordo was tutored in the dark arts by Miarka, Witch-Queen of the Gypsies becauseawesome.
Yes, Krowlers other student was none other than Adolf Hitler.
This was a multi-part Lee and Ditko story arc inStrange Talesand it was freakinepic.
The whole thing culminated in the Dark Dimension where Strange was vastly overpowered his demonically enhanced foe.
Mordo cowardly struck Strange from behind which enraged Dormammus odd sense of demonic honor.
Dormammu stripped his disciple of all his powers and banished him to the Demonic Dimension.
But this particular time was memorable.
Strange was desperate to stop Sise-Neg and tried to recruit Mordos help.
Mordo categorically refused because hes a cranky pants.
Strange pursued Neg through history with Mordo as a witness.
So essentially, Sise-Neg is God and Strange and Mordo witnessed God create everything.
Doctor Strange is a very nice guy.
Most people would have left their arch foe back in the primordial past pooping himself.
Mordo really sold his soul just to kill Doctor Strange.
The wacky Mordo sold his tainted soul to not one buttwoomnipotent demonic entities.
When Strange succeeded in ridding the Earth of the devils, Mordo struck.
