She went from being a naive girl, to brave freedom fighter, to apprentice, to wife, to Sorcerer Supreme of two dimensions. Introduced in Strange Tales #126 (1964) by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Clea is the daughter of Prince Orini, the former ruler of the Dark Dimension, and Umar, Dormammu’s sister who lost her ability to change back into her Faltine form after giving birth to Clea. Umar would abandon her and Clea grew up not knowing about her mother and worshipping Dormammu, who her father swore loyalty to. When the Ancient One sent Dr. Strange to prevent Dormammu from invading Earth, Clea would aid the doctor but was punished for her betrayal. Strange managed to prevent Dormammu from invading Earth when the enemies paired up to stop the Mindless Ones from invading Dormammu’s realm forcing Dormammu to vow never to invade Earth again.

After aiding Strange a few more times, Dormammu eventually banished her to another dimension, where Eternity rescued her. After her mother returned and would battle with her brother, Clea eventually was placed in the care of Strange in the Earth dimension for her safety. Clea would eventually become Strange’s apprentice when he became the Sorcerer Supreme. The pair would become very close, and she would also aid the Defenders from time to time when they used the Santorum as their base.

She would eventually return to the Dark Dimension, where she would become its ruler after Dormammu’s disappearance and dethroning her mother. She would later be reunited with Strange and would eventually get married. However, Clea duty to the Dark Dimension would call her away from Strange and the couple would become estranged. However, a deal with Mephisto and Strange caused Clea to forget her marriage to Strange. When Strange was killed, she aided his friend in finding out who killed him and would regain her memories of Strange. She would then take on his mantle of Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. She would continue to help other and eventually learnt that Strange was the servant of Lady Death, to help her from people reviving others. Eventually, Lady Death rewarded Strange with a new life and the couple were reunited.

As Strange’s main love interest, people have been asking for Clea for years. She would receive a figure as part of the Marvel Knight’s Mindless one’s wave.