Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Vol. 12

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up is a Marvel "Ultimate Universe" (Earth-1610) series written by Brian Michael Bendis from 2001 onward, in which each story pairs the young Spider-Man with another hero, gradually introducing Ultimate versions of various characters. This volume is issue #12 of the series (published March 2002), titled "Spider-Man and Doctor Strange Part 1," written by Bendis and drawn by Ted McKeever. In the story, the villain Xandu seeks the Wand of Watoomb; after hiring someone to investigate, he learns the wand is at Strange's home. He does not initially know who Strange is, so his henchman Jackson recounts a tale: the brilliant surgeon Stephen Strange lost the ability to practice after a car accident, traveled to Tibet to seek help from the Ancient One, studied the mystic arts under him, returned to New York, took Wong as a servant and Clea as a disciple and married her, and eventually succeeded the Ancient One as Sorcerer Supreme; later he vanished completely during meditation, leaving behind his pregnant wife. Twenty-one years later, under Wong's guidance, Strange's son learns of his bloodline and mission and becomes a young sorcerer just beginning to explore the mystic arts. Angered that Jackson returned empty-handed, Xandu uses mind control to have his men drag Jackson out for execution; Spider-Man, passing by, intervenes to save him but is himself controlled by Xandu's spell and ordered to deal with the young Strange. This issue begins the Doctor Strange storyline, which continues in issue #13.