Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange is a mystical superhero published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, the character first debuted in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963). Doctor Strange holds the title of Sorcerer Supreme, defender of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Dr. Stephen Strange was a professional surgeon infamous for his arrogance. One night, he got into a terrible car accident which shatters the bones in his hand. After numerous failed attempts at fixing his hands which left him broke and ostracized from the medical community, Strange overheard two men talking about an old hermit called the Ancient One. Believing that the Ancient One can cure his hands, Strange travels to the Himalayas to seek the Ancient One's help. The Ancient One refused to help him, however, for Strange seeks his aid for selfish reasons. Sensing good within the doctor, however, the Ancient One allows him to stay within the palace after a sudden blizzard prevented Strange from leaving. Strange discovered that Baron Mordo, the Ancient One's disciple, was planning on killing the Ancient One, and confronted Mordo. Mordo casts a restraining spells on Strange which prevents him from warning the Ancient One or attacking Mordo physically. Strange accepted the Ancient One's offer to study magic, in order to properly confront Mordo and save the old man. The Ancient One, pleased by Strange's change of heart, promptly removed the mystic restraints, explaining that he was well aware of his disciple's treachery but preferred to keep Mordo close by in order to keep watch on him. Doctor Strange would then study the mystic arts under the Ancient One, and would return to New York's Greenwich Village to take up residence in the Sanctum Sanctorum alongside his manservant Wong.