# Is Loki the most powerful sorcerer in the Marvel Universe?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299 "2011-09-23T04:10:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299/21 "2011-09-23T18:09:45Z")

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> [@CaptMurdock](#):
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> Boy, am I out of the loop these days? Brother Voodoo? When did that happen? **Brother Voodoo??** What, did Doc get drunk and lose the Eye of Agamotto in a poker game?
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> _ **Brother Voodoo??** _ :dubious:

Really? Is Fred Hembeck blackmailing Joe Quesada or something?

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299/22 "2011-09-23T23:19:04Z")

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…and unless he’s back… Brother Voodoo died like a year ago. I believe that the 616 may technically NOT have a Sorcerer Supreme right now

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299/23 "2011-09-24T01:34:50Z")

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Mephisto?

Remember too that Dr. Doom is a sorcerer, and if he can go toe-to-toe with the Silver Surfer, he probably could manage Loki.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299/24 "2011-09-24T02:16:02Z")

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> [@Push\_You\_Down](#):
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> …and unless he’s back.. Brother Voodoo died like a year ago. I believe that the 616 may technically NOT have a Sorcerer Supreme right now

Didn’t he disappear in a ball of light? That’s comics shorthand for getting him offstage while allowing him to come back at any writer’s whim. Strange disappeared from Earth several times over the years, too. They always come back. Even Bucky.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299/25 "2011-09-24T04:16:30Z")

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Capt. America’s Bucky?

That’s really good to hear, actually. Did he get flash-frozen in an iceberg, too?

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-loki-the-most-powerful-sorcerer-in-the-marvel-universe/597299/26 "2011-09-24T04:32:22Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Capt. America’s Bucky?
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> That’s really good to hear, actually. Did he get flash-frozen in an iceberg, too?

Google winter soldier.

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