Doctor Strange Episode One

Doctor Strange Episode One

By Jonathan Aquino

Saturday Stories

July 13, 2019

I

If I were to become a Sorcerer Supreme like Doctor Strange, it would take me many years of study and practice. Fast forward, I could invoke spells and manipulate energy, but I won't have the Sling Ring so I can't teleport. But that's okay because what I like best about his powers is the ability to project out of the body at will at anytime.

II

The origin story of Doctor Strange is the same in the comics as in the movie. Stephen Strange was a great surgeon, but he was a jerk. One day, he got into an accident which destroyed his hands. He then searched the world for a cure, and ended up in Tibet. There he met the Ancient One, the mysterious monk who taught him the mystic arts.

III

He had spent his last money to get there. It was all or nothing – either he finds a cure or die. Then, in the Himalayan mountains, he got caught in the middle of a snowstorm, and he thought it was the end, when he saw, in the distance, the monastery appeared, as if by magic.

IV

He also met the Ancient One's apprentice, Mordo. In the comics, first published on July 1963 and created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, Mordo was his arch enemy from the beginning. In the MCU film, Mordo was first his friend who helped him train, and even shared with him the meaning of Shamballa – the WiFi password. But in the sequel in 2022, Mordo would turn to the Dark Side.

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