On rare occasion, there have been instances where the Master of the Mystic Arts, Dr. Strange, faced "himself" in battle, though in each instance the culprit turned out to be Baron Mordo in disguise--once, when Strange reclaimed his vocation after a long absence, and again, when attempting (and failing) to prevent the destruction of Earth. But there has arguably been no "stranger" such battle than the one which took place when Strange was in the midst of a conflict with those sorcerers who called themselves the Creators, which led to Strange being forced to face a version of himself in a world gone mad.
To gain some perspective on the situation, we'll have to let Strange's disciple and lover, Clea, take us back a bit and recap the climax of Strange's confrontation of the Creators, where he inadvertently (yet recklessly) became responsible for handing the Creators their triumph.
With the world now remade to the Creators' liking, Strange and his party return to the relative calm of his sanctum. But he has failed to put two and two together and suspect that his dwelling might not be vacant--and that the Creators might have replaced his home's occupant with another who would give Strange a proper reception. And on this Earth remade, the nature of the new master of this sanctum is bound to take even one of Strange's background by surprise.
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