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Doctor Strange: Comic Book Origins
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"I never saw your future, only its possibilities. You have such a capacity for goodness. You've always excelled, but not because you crave success but because of your fear of failure.""It's what made me a great doctor.""It's precisely what's kept you from greatness. Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all.""Which is?""It's not about you."
―The
and Doctor Strange
Stephen Vincent Strange M.D., Ph.D was a powerful sorcerer and a leading member of the . Originally a brilliant yet arrogant neurosurgeon, Strange had suffered a car accident, resulting in his hands becoming crippled. When Western medicine failed him, Strange embarked on a journey that led him to
where Strange had made the discovery of magic and alternate dimensions, being trained by the . Though focused on healing his hands, Strange learned more of the mystic arts and helped the Masters prevent
from merging
with their , but not before witnessing the Ancient One's death. With the demise of his mentor, Strange became the protector of the
as well as Earth's protector from any inter-dimensional threats.
From his new position, Strange met and aided
with locating his father . When
attacked Earth, Strange and
were targeted as they held the . As Strange was soon abducted by , who tried to take the Time Stone from him but failed when Strange was rescued by
and . Strange later joined all his new allies, along with the , in
to battle the Mad Titan in a desperate attempt to stop him. However, they were defeated and Strange was forced to surrender the stone to Thanos for his . Strange had later disintegrated alongside his allies when Thanos assembled the
in the Gauntlet.
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"I've got a photographic memory. It's how I got my M.D. and Ph.D. at the same time."
―Doctor Strange
Stephen Vincent Strange was born in . He had a sister named Donna, who drowned one day while swimming. He went to medical school and eventually graduated with an MD-PhD at the same time, using his photographic memory to learn all of the information incredibly quickly.
"Look, I'm using trans-sectioned spinal cords to stimulate neurogenesis in the central nervous system. My work is at least going to save thousands for years to come."
―Stephen Strange to
As an adult, Strange had begun specializing in neurological surgery and focusing his research on the formation of new nerve cells.
Strange was present in
during the
of , and tried to block all memory of the event afterwards. His popularity eventually increased to the point where he was labeled by
as a threat to
Strange eventually became attracted to , a fellow surgeon who had worked alongside him in the ER department of
where together they successfully invented a laminectomy procedure, something which Strange tried to take full credit for and even have named after him. The two later
it did not last due to Strange's arrogance and his focus on his career, but the two continued to work with each other and remained friends, with Palmer even gifting him a watch. By , he was one of the top surgeons in , however, he became more egotistical as his skills and craft increased.
"Now's not the time for showing off, Strange.""How about ten minutes ago when you called the wrong time of death?"
― and Stephen Strange
On , continuing his neurosurgeon career, Strange performed another operation while at , where he was watched a team of students who were all taking notes. While he was operating, Strange requested that
play music and have Strange use his impressive memory to guess the song, artist and year it had been released, which he was able to do each time, much to the great frustration of Billy and all of the other nurses.
Once he had completed yet another successful surgery, Strange was asked by
to help with a patient who had been shot in a firefight. Leaving his nurses to finish with the operation without him, Strange met with Palmer outside the operating room where she presented the x-ray of her patient. While Strange joked that clearly the issue she was having was that the patient had a bullet inside his head, Strange suddenly realized there was something wrong.
Despite all the objections of fellow surgeon , who wanted to start recovering the patient's organs immediately, Strange found a perfectly intact bullet and realized the bullet was hardened by a poison that caused the patient to fail reflexes tests and enter a death-like state. Realizing Doctor West misdiagnosed brain death in the patient, Strange and Palmer rushed to stop West and prepared to perform an immediate surgery to try and remove the bullet.
Although West requested to assist Strange in the operation, Strange refused the offer and instead told Palmer to come assist him. As the operation went underway, Palmer thanked Strange for believing her before Strange prepared to remove the bullet freehand, without the use of a machine as there was such little time. Demanding absolute silence, which included West being told to cover his watch, Strange eventually managed to find and then remove the bullet.
Immediately following the successful surgery, Palmer questioned if Strange really needed to humiliate West in front of all of the other doctors, although Strange confidently noted that he did not have to save West's own patient either but sometimes he just could not help himself. When Palmer continued to defend West and called him a great doctor Strange asked Palmer if she and West were sleeping together, claiming that the mere concept disgusted him. Palmer then denied the accusation, stating it was against the "Strange Policy," a policy against dating coworkers, which she named after him, which still pleased Strange to have something named after him.
They briefly discussed the laminectomy procedure they had invented together, with Strange still complaining that it had not been named after him yet. Strange proceeded to tell Palmer that he was set to speak at a
dinner later that night and invited her to accompany him. Palmer declined, stating that she never enjoyed going to speaking engagements and that the reason he went was that it boosted his already absurdly large ego.
"Give your body time to heal."
"You've ruined me..."
― and Stephen Strange
The same day, despite the rejection from , Strange prepared himself to go and attend the dinner alone, going through his
and putting on a new tux and picking the perfect watch the wear, one that was gifted to him by Palmer while they were in a relationship. Now dressed and ready to go, Strange got into his sports car and drove through
at high speed and little regard for his safety.
While en route to the dinner, Strange received a phone call from his colleague , who had come across three new potential surgeries, including a thirty five year-old
colonel who had crushed his lower spine in some kind of experimental armor and sixty eight year old woman with an advanced brain stem glioma. After turning down the first two which he deemed below him, Strange eventually showed interest in a schizophrenic who had been struck by lightning.
Strange took his eyes off the road so he could look at the patient's records, becoming interested in the x-ray Billy had sent him, only to collide with another car while he was driving at high speed. Unable to do anything to save himself, Strange's hands were crushed beyond repair by the impact, all while his car flew straight off the road before crashing into a nearby river bank. Trapped in the wreckage of the car, Strange lay in utter agony and eventually lost consciousness.
Having eventually been found in the wreckage of his own car after a desperate search, Strange was immediately rushed to
and underwent a surgery that lasted eleven hours and was overseen by Palmer and . Although his own life had been saved due to the emergency surgery, both of Strange's hands had now suffered permanent nerve damage which had forced West to use eleven stainless steel pins inside of the bones.
When Strange woke up the following day while in his hospital bed, he found Palmer was waiting by him. As he looked in horror, Strange discovered that his hands was terribly scarred and he learned from Palmer that both of his hands, which were crushed during the crash, had suffered severe nerve damage and rendered inoperable. When Palmer insisted that nobody else could have done a better job for him, Strange still insisted that he could have done better.
"Pass the stent under the brachial artery under the radial artery.""It's possible. Experimental, and expensive, but possible.""All I need is possible."
―Stephen Strange and Medical Board Member
Eventually Strange's bandages on his hands were removed and he finally attempted simply to part all his fingers, however this proved almost impossible due to the pain it caused and the amount his hands shook.
advised Strange to allow his body to heal, but Strange then furiously accused West of ruining his body and his entire career.
Upon being released from , Strange focused his efforts on finding a way to cure his own hands, pushing for new experimental treatments. Strange had soon spent most of his money on seven different operations as well as numerous other rehabilitation techniques, but all soon proved to be unsuccessful. With each new attempt, he was forced to sell up his lavish lifestyle and belongings to fund the operations, leaving him with little left to his name.
While undergoing all his physical therapy, Strange was instructed to open his fingers using a brace, something he still found to be almost impossible to do without causing himself great pain. While Strange complained to his physical therapist about how unlikely it was that he would ever fix this nerve damage, the therapist gave an example of one
he had treated who had seemingly cured himself of a paralyzed spine, which Strange refused to believe was possible.
One day while in his , Strange was on a video call with a doctor who stated that he cannot help him and turned him down, angering him as he threw his tablet across the room. While Strange was still fuming,
came to his apartment trying to convince him to stop wasting all his money on fixing his hands and telling him to move on by assuring him that there were other ways to save lives and live his own life to the fullest with her help.
Strange did not want to move on but find a way to restore his hands so he could return to his former life as a neurosurgeon, claiming there was a experimental procedure in
he wished to try as it could be an opportunity to fix his hands and return to his life. Becoming more frustrated and angry, Strange then lashed out at Palmer by stating that she is only pitying him because she loved a sob story which Strange saw himself as. This hurt Palmer who then demanded that he apologize, but he refused, stating that she should leave.
Palmer left him and walked out of his life, leaving the now alone and frustrated Strange to look out over
and consider all the decisions he had made and what he was going to do next. While he was picking up the papers he had thrown on the ground in a rage, Strange eventually found a letter from his physical therapist with the documents on , the paraplegic who had regained the ability to walk again, which seemed to confirm his story.
When the instructor sent him Pangborn's file, Strange tracked him down and found him playing a game of basketball with his friends, seemingly in top physical condition. Despite his initial reluctance due to Strange having refused to take him as a patient before, Pangborn agreed to help when Strange revealed his damaged hands. Pangborn told Strange the source of his healing, leading him to
and the , wishing him good luck in his quest.
"I reject it because I do not believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief. There is no such thing as spirit! We are made of matter and nothing more. You’re just another tiny, momentary speck within an indifferent universe.""You think too little of yourself.""Oh, you think you see through me, do you? Well, you don’t!"
―Stephen Strange and
Spending the last of his money on a ticket to , Strange began his search for . Without any knowledge of where it was located or even what Kamar-Taj was, Strange resorted to simply asking any person he passed if they could give him the information. While walking through the back streets, Strange encountered a hurt dog and decided to stop and give it a makeshift bandage for his leg, joking he would be charging the dog for the treatment.
He was then cornered in an alley by three thugs who attempted to rob him, despite Strange insisting that he did not have any money. The thugs demanded his expensive watch, which Strange refused as it was a gift from , so Strange tried to defend himself only to be beaten up by all of the thugs. However Strange was then rescued by , a student of the
who promised to bring him to Kamar-Taj as Strange had wanted.
Mordo led Strange into Kamar-Taj, which was not the mystic location he was expected as he joked about it. Mordo warned him not to be disrespectful and to forget everything he thought he knew. Inside, Strange initially mistook an
for the Ancient One before he is introduced to the true Sorcerer Supreme, who presented him with tea and welcomed him to their world. Strange began asking how she helped
to heal his broken body.
At first, Strange believed they were researching cell regeneration, but quickly became skeptical of her methods of curing Pangborn as she claimed she and the
had healed Pangborn through his spirit. Strange became angry, declaring that she was now wasting his time, noting that he had spent all his money to find her and cure his hands, claiming that he saw through her lies, before she then pushed his Astral Form out his body to present him with his first experience of the , much to Strange's horror.
Strange was shocked but denied what just happened, thinking he had been drugged, although the Ancient One insisted all she gave him was tea with a little honey, which Strange doubted. Seeking to show him more of what she could offer, the Ancient One then sent Strange through the , showing him the various realities before dragging him back when Mordo claimed that his heart rate was spiking, although the Ancient One said he was fine.
Strange was sent back through the Multiverse where he was told that the reality he knew was simply one of many. The Ancient One spoke to him while he was still being flung across all the different realities, challenging him to open his eyes to these possibilities while he had visions of the
as well as the , seeing a glance of the terrifying . The Ancient One made Strange question who he was within this multiverse, while he encountered sights and senses beyond his wildest imaginations.
Having experienced something was unexplainable, Strange was then back into the room within Kamar-Taj where he fell to the feet of the Ancient One, to questioned if he had ever had an experience like that in a gift shop. Barely recovering from the revelations shown to him, Strange remained on his knees and begged her to teach him how to do this, but she refused and then had him cast out because of his previous disrespect towards her and their ways.
Thrown out on to the streets of , Strange was unable to stop the
from locking the door behind them and trapping him outside. Seeing this as his last chance, Strange charged back at the door and screamed out at the Ancient One and Mordo to please let him back inside. Strange then spent the next five hours banging on the door and begging to be let back inside until finally, Mordo had changed the Ancient One's mind.
Once back inside, Strange was shown into his room by Mordo who advised Strange to use his time to rest and meditate until the Ancient One had called for him in the morning. When Strange was handed a piece of paper reading Shamballa, he questioned if this was now his mantra, to which Mordo explained that it was their wifi password. Once alone, Strange removed his now broken watch and read the message
had engraved on the back.
"Even if my fingers could do that, my hands would just be waving in the air. I mean, how do I get from here to there?""How did you get to reattach a severed nerve and put a human spine together bone by bone?""Study and practice, years of it."
―Stephen Strange and
The next morning Strange sat down with the
who began to explain how the
drew their power from other dimensions within the
which allowed them to shape reality, explaining how
to move his body, and that she planned for Strange to learn how to do the same with his hands. When Strange asked how he could gain these new skills with his damaged hands, the Ancient One compared it to Strange's studies to become a world-renowned doctor.
Seeking to better his understanding, Strange went to the library to take out several books on the concept of Magic. There he met the librarian , who Strange began mocking for his refusal to smile and his single name, comparing him to
and . As Wong expressed his great surprise that Strange had read so many complex books on the Mystic Arts, he invited him to a deeper section of the library to study some of the more detailed books.
Strange questioned how
worked in terms of knowledge, asking if he could read the , to which Wong said that while no knowledge was off limits in Kamar-Taj, some was too dangerous for a new student like he currently was and therefore Strange was not permitted to read it. Strange noted how the book was missing a page, Wong explained that the previous
had been killed by
before Wong threatened Strange not to take books without permission, to which Strange simply teased him, questioning the punishment for late fees, before returning back to his room to continue studying.
"I control it by surrendering control? That doesn't make any sense.""Not everything does. Not everything has to. Your intellect has taken you far in life. But it will take you no further. Surrender, Stephen. Silence your ego and your power will rise."
―Stephen Strange and
Strange began his training with all of the other students under the watchful eye of
but struggled initially, finding himself disappointingly unable to create a portal using the
which the other trainees appeared to have no issue doing. Becoming more frustrated as he continued to fail, Strange told the
that he believed that the shaking in his hands is the cause. Not accepting this excuse, the Ancient One invited Master
to demonstrate his own skill.
Revealing that Hamir was missing a hand but was still able to use his power regardless, the Ancient One made it clear that Strange could do the same thing if given more practice and confidence in his own abilities as a sorcerer. Deciding that Strange needed more pressure to improve his skills, the Ancient One created her own portal and then took Strange the top of
where Strange suffered the horrific cold but was amazed by the view before him.
Wearing only thin clothing, the Ancient One told Strange that the only way he would be able to return to
before he froze to death was to successfully use his , before she left him behind, much to Strange's horror. Despite still struggling at first, eventually Strange mastered the techniques he needed and successfully created a portal and landed back at Kamar-Taj, much to the Ancient One and Mordo's amusement as he fell onto his face before them.
"Once, in this room, you told me to open my eyes. Now I'm being told to blindly accept rules that make no sense.""Like the rule against conjuring a gateway in the library?"
―Doctor Strange and
With this achievement, Strange gained the confidence that he could have the skills to become a sorcerer. Strange successfully managed to shave his beard down, giving himself a new look before he went to the library and asked
for some new books, jokingly calling him , however Wong still believed that Strange was not ready for the books.
When Wong refused to hand over the books, Strange took it upon himself to use his
to take books from the library behind Wong's back, though he quickly found out. With the books borrowed from Wong, Strange studied in his sleep using the
and progressed rapidly in his studies over the following months, also emailing
whenever he could to try and repair the friendship he had so badly damaged just before he had left.
Strange then learned how to master the Astral Projection. While his studies were becoming even more impressive, Strange also began questioning many of the rules presented to him in
and started teaching himself. As a result the
invited Strange to use the
to study where he could not affect the real world. While she presented this dimension to him, the Ancient One warned of the threats like
where this dimension could protect lives from any of the ' sudden attacks.
"So, just how ancient is ?""No one knows the age of the Sorcerer Supreme. Only that she is Celtic and never talks about her past.""You follow her even though you don't know?"
―Stephen Strange and
Stepping back onto the courtyard of , Strange began his fight training with
questioned Mordo about the , asking her true age. Mordo explained that nobody knew the true age of the Ancient One, to which Strange questioned how he could follow someone he knew nothing about, but Mordo insisted that she was trustworthy regardless of her secrets.
As they sparred, Strange and Mordo discussed
and why he had turned against the . Taking a break from fighting, Mordo explained the concept of relics, which held their power within objects rather than in the Masters themselves. Strange laughed at the complex names as Mordo introduced him to the
and then invited Strange to conjure up his own weapon using his powers.
Just as Strange conjured his whip out of pure
energy, Mordo proceeded to beat him into submission to prove a point, telling him that he needed to fight as if his life depended on it, as one day it may. Once back in his room later that night, Strange went back onto his tablet and wrote yet another email to , hoping that she might finally reply to him so that he could make amends for all of his unfortunate actions to her and they could move forward.
"I was just doing exactly what it said in the !""And what did the book say about the dangers of performing that ritual?""Yeah, I don't know. I hadn't gotten to that part yet."
―Doctor Strange and
After nine months of training, Strange walked inside the library only to find
was not there. Strange then took the chance to read the
and decided to use the . Strange experimented with its power by making an apple regrow and then rot, discovering the Eye had given him control over time itself in the process. Strange also recreated the missing page on the book which made him realize how The
remained young.
stumbled into Strange's experiment and both warned him not to bend fundamental natural laws so haphazardly, noting that misuse of items of such incredible power, like the Eye, could cause Strange to become trapped in a time loop forever as a result. Upon hearing this Strange awkwardly recommended that the warnings should be put in front of the spells, not after. When asked how he had performed such a difficult spell for an early level trainee of the , Strange explained that he had used his photographic memory before questioning what the purpose of the Masters was as this had never been explained to him.
Taking Strange into the next room, Wong and Mordo explained how they protect the
from mystical threats in much the same way that the
protect it from physical ones. Strange questioned if one of these great threats was , noting how he had read of Dormammu in the book. Wong then explained how Dormammu came from the
and sought to consume the Earth and rule over the entire
to become all powerful.
Strange initially refused to fight in a "mystic war" before the
was attacked by , with the corpse of , the Sanctum's protector, dropping at their feet. The Sanctum was then destroyed and the explosion ripped through the
and knocked everybody off their feet, trapping Strange in the
based within
as he became separated from all of his allies and was now unable to return to Kamar-Taj.
"How long have you been at , Mister...?""Doctor.""Mister Doctor?""It's Strange."
― and Doctor Strange
Finding himself in a new location in
due to just being thrown through the portal, Strange walked throughout the
looking for anybody and had soon discovered the
as well as the , which had seemed to acknowledge him, during his time looking around all of the corridors and searching around for someone to help him get back.
However Strange soon heard some commotion and when he went to investigate, he discovered
and all his
attacking the building, with Kaecilius seemingly having gained the ability to fold space and matter outside of the . While watching from a safe distance, Strange witnessed , the guardian of the Sanctum, being murdered by Kaecilius and made his presence known to the attackers but was too late to save Drumm.
Kaecilius initially mistook Strange's name for Mister Doctor as they awkwardly greeted each other, but soon forgot this and attacked him in order to complete his plan to bring
to . Strange fought back against the Zealots as they all charged towards him as a unit, using his
to create whips that stopped their attacks and beat them back as he had been taught to do by , at one point using the whip to grab hold of a lamp which he threw at his attackers before attempting to run away for his life.
As Strange attempted to run through the hallway however, Kaecilius used his own
to manipulate the hallway and keep Strange from getting away, forcing Strange to continue defending himself. Using all of the 's techniques, Strange created shields for himself, although he had trouble controlling them as he lost control over one. Kaecilius' zealots then attacked Strange who managed to defend himself for a time, until Kaecilius used his magic to twist the hallway, causing Strange to be thrown painfully against the all walls before having to hold on as it was then turned vertically.
Seeing an opportunity, Strange used the
he had found earlier to throw
in the desert. With limited time to trap the Zealot within the desert with no way back, Strange attempted to lock the door only for another Zealot,
to attack him. Using his wits, Strange gained the upper hand and locked the door before trapping Lucian in the jungle, leaving only himself and Kaecilius inside the
to continue fighting.
As they continued to fight throughout the Sanctum, the desperate Strange soon found himself being overpowered by the highly trained Kaecilius and at one point attempted to intimidate Kaecilius by using the , only to have to eventually admit that he did not know how to use it as a weapon and instead threw it at his head. Believing that their fight would soon be over, Kaecilius began knocking Strange through all of the glass containers.
Strange was soon knocked into the 's container, which then proceeded to save Strange's life as it began deflecting all of the
that Kaecilius had continued to attack him with. Frustrated by this, Kaecilius threw Strange off the balcony, only for the Cloak to wrap itself around his shoulders and lifted Strange back into the fight, where he created another energy whip and continued fighting against Kaecilius with all of his remaining might.
Strange then used the cloak to fight Kaecilius until he was was again overpowered and thrown across the room. While Strange attempted to charge towards his enemy to continue fighting with their abilities, the Cloak of Levitation instead pulled him backwards, away from Kaecilius and towards weapons that were on display. However when Strange attempted to grab these weapons to attack his enemy, the Cloak had instead pulled him away with some aggression, forcing Strange to use the other artifact against Kaecilius and trapped him with the , finally ending the fight.
"What do you have to gain out of this New Age dimensional utopia?""The same as you. The same as everyone. Life. Eternal life. People think in terms of good and evil, but really, time is the true enemy of us all. Time kills everything.""What about the people you killed?"
―Doctor Strange and
incapable of defending himself, Strange explained that his name was Doctor Strange, not Mister Doctor. Seeing that Strange was a Doctor, Kaecilius explained how the laws of nature declared that all things but die, but insisted that within the
this was not the case. Although Strange tried to gag Kaecilius in order to shut him up, he went on to insist that the
did not have to die but could instead join
and live forever.
As Strange listened, Kaecilius explained the ' plan was to thrust reality with the Dark Dimension, giving themselves and all lives on Earth eternal life. Kaecilius then told Strange that the
dabbled in magic from the Dark Dimension, which is what gave her long lasting life, noting that Strange himself had not come to
to fight with the
but instead intended to save his hands, something the Ancient One had failed to do.
As Strange began to take note of these warnings about the Ancient One and Dormammu's power, Kaecilius began to laugh. Strange questioned if he found all of this funny before Kaecilius noted that Strange's
was missing. Just as Strange turned around to look for the ring however,
made it back through the
and stabbed him through the chest with a , almost killing Strange before throwing him down the stairs.
As he attempted to escape, Strange was followed closely by Lucian who smiled as Strange was forced to slowly crawl away from his attacker. Just as Lucian attempted to conjure another Space Shard and finish off Strange, the
again came to his aid, wrapping itself around Lucian's face and keeping him from killing Strange. While this confrontation happened, Strange chose to seek out
"Oh lord, oh lord. What am I seeing?""My astral body.""Are you dead?""No, Christine, but I am dying."
― and Doctor Strange
Strange used his own
to transport himself into the
to find , and asked her to operate on him alone. Palmer began the surgery and Strange, feeling that his physical body was getting too weak, entered the
and used his Astral Form to help, shocking Palmer and leaving her bewildered, but Strange insisted they did not have time.
While Palmer attempted to save his life, Strange suddenly noticed that Lucian had escaped from the
and had used entered his own Astral Form. Leaving Palmer to continue to keep him alive, Strange entered to Astral Dimension and
Lucian. As the fought, they disturbed several objects in the physical world in the process while Palmer continued performing the surgery, briefly distracting
while he was buying snacks.
Being the superior fighter, Lucian had eventually managed to gain the upper hand and knocked Strange unconscious, which resulted in his physical body's heart stopping. While Lucian attempted to finish him off, Strange's Astral body was filled with energy when Palmer used a defibrillator. Ordering Palmer to do it again, Strange was able to kill Lucian after being charged with a defibrillator, causing Lucian's Astral Form to then explode from the sudden burst of energy.
Returning into his body as Palmer finished her work on his wound, Strange explained that he had been to
to heal his wounds and learned
from the , which had allowed him to do what he could do now, although Palmer claimed this meant that he had likely joined a cult, which Strange claimed was untrue despite being amused by the idea. Strange apologized to Palmer for what he had said to her before leaving, asking for her forgiveness.
With his wound from the
mostly dealt with, Strange decided to return to the
and to continue his fight against the , although Palmer insisted that this was a bad decision. Explaining that he was still fighting against
before he could allow
to take over the world, Strange then showed Palmer the portal he had previously made with his
when he had arrived to confirm once and for all that what he had been saying was completely true. While Palmer looked on in amazement, Strange apologized and vanished through the portal to continue his fight against Kaecilius.
"It is Doctor Strange! Not Master Strange, not Mr. Strange, Doctor Strange! When I became a Doctor I swore an oath to do no harm, and I have just killed a ! I’m not doing that again. I became a doctor to save lives, not take them."
―Doctor Strange to
Returning to the , Strange soon found the corpse of
lying on the ground, confirming he had been killed during the . Horrified by seeing the body of the man he had killed, Strange walked away from Lucian, but not first recollecting the . As Strange walked through the Sanctum, he discovered that
had successfully managed to escape the
while he had been gone.
Strange discovered that
had also arrived, with Mordo expressing his great surprise that the Cloak of Levitation had chosen him. Upon learning that
had been killed, the Ancient One congratulated Strange for defending the Sanctum and declared him "Master Strange" as its new protector. Strange refused as he was supposed to save lives, not end them and couldn't bear killing anyone else in the wake of Lucian's death.
While the Ancient One accused Strange of returning to his ego and his belief that he could control everything, Strange denied this before making a remark that while he could not control death, perhaps it was
who could. Strange confronted the Ancient One, noting he had read the rituals in the
which had seemed to confirm that she had been secretly over dabbling in the magic of the
to keep herself alive for centuries, all while telling the
to do the opposite.
Although Mordo denied this, as he could not believe the Ancient One had been doing something so reckless and lying about it, she did not and returned to , leaving Strange and Mordo. Disgusted by Strange's insults, Mordo furiously called him a coward, claiming he had just saved his own life against all the
and still cared for nobody but himself. Strange insisted that they did not have to kill, but Mordo told him that there was no other way to win.
"The . You can't affect the real world in here. Who's laughing now, asshole?""I am."
―Doctor Strange and
While Strange and
continued to argue about the ethics of killing, they were interrupted by , who had returned to attack the . While Mordo charged forward to fight him, Strange stopped Kaecilius from destroying the Sanctum, dragging them all into the
where they could not harm the physical world.
However Kaecilius remained confident and began manipulating the world around them, causing Strange and Mordo to run outside, with Strange stealing Kaecilius' . Mordo then informed Strange that although Kaecilius could not damage the physical world, his own connection to the
made him more powerful in there and would likely kill them both. Strange and Mordo then ran for their lives, with Kaecilius and the
following closely behind.
Desperate to get free, Strange attempted to create a portal back to the physical world, but Kaecilius then affected the gravity within the Dimension to destroy their portals. Strange and Mordo attempted to run to safety but Kaecilius gained the upper hand, throwing them off a building before they were saved by the
slowing their fall until Strange confessed to Mordo that he had indeed just made a terrible mistake.
Strange and Mordo had soon become separated by Kaecilius' world bending powers, causing Strange to desperately escape across
in an attempt to get away, with the entire landscape around him changing constantly, with Strange barely making it through with his life. Despite all of his attempts to get away however, Kaecilius eventually managed to catch up with Strange and violently threw him to the ground, reclaiming his Sling Ring from him. While Strange lay helpless, Kaecilius proceeded to create a new
which he then prepared to finally kill Strange with and end their conflict.
However, just before Kaecilius could deliver the finishing blow and kill Strange, the
arrived and pulled them apart, revealing to Mordo that her dabbling with the
was true. Strange and Mordo watched on helplessly as the Ancient One battled against all the
until fatally stabbed her. Kaecilius then knocked her through a portal and she fell hundreds of stories down with Strange and Mordo too late to save her from the deadly impact.
"Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the most significant lesson of all""Which is?""It is not about you."
― to Doctor Strange
In a desperate attempt to save the , Strange rushed her to
and called upon the help of
to try and save the Ancient One from her life threatening injuries caused by the stabbing and fall. Unable to perform the surgery due to his shaking hands, Strange handed the scalpel back to
and told him to relieve the pressure from her brain.
As the Ancient One began to go into cardiac arrest, Strange noticed that the Ancient One had entered the
and had left the room. Knowing that leaving her own body now could prove fatal, Strange entered his own Astral Form and followed the Ancient One as she moved through the hosptial, telling her to return as she was dying, however the Ancient One seemingly refused to listen to him and entered glided onto the balcony to see .
Ignoring Strange's pleas for her to return to her body, the Ancient One told him of how she had peered into her own future and never seen further than this very moment in time, but she had seen infinite possibilities for his future. She told him, like , he can use his
to heal his hands and return to being a surgeon, which would come at a great loss to the , or become a member of the
and fight for the earth's survival.
She told him about the
and why she had drawn her power from there, claiming that Strange would agree that sometimes one had to break the rules for the better good, agreeing that
would not likely see it from this point of view. The Ancient One then told Strange that he could only defeat
with Mordo's help before she commented on her own desire to see the snow falling just as her Form vanished and she finally died.
"You told me once to fight as if my life depended on it, because one day, it might. Well, today is that day. I can not defeat them alone."
―Doctor Strange to
With the death of the , Strange chose to give up his old life and become a . Strange mourned the Ancient One's death before speaking with
as they both washed their hands. Strange noted that Palmer had told him that losing his hands was not the end for him and there were other ways to save lives.
Telling Palmer that he finally understood what she meant as losing his hands did not have to be the end but could become a new beginning for him. Palmer was then called away for another surgery within
as Strange told her that he did not want her to go, so she kissed Strange on the cheek before walking away. Strange then reclaimed the
which wiped a tear from his eye, much to Strange's minor annoyance.
Returning into
which had been left in utter ruins due to the previous attack, Strange found
who was now considering everything he had learned about the Ancient One's lies. Although Strange passed it off as her being complicated, Mordo argued that she was directly responsible for
and all the
turning against them. Despite all this however, Strange convinced Mordo to continue fighting against
while they still could.
"I'm breaking the laws of nature, I know.""Well, don't stop now.""When the Sanctum is restored, they will attack again. We have to defend it."
―Doctor Strange and
Strange and
headed into
only to discover to their horror that the
had been defeated by the
itself had already been destroyed, allowing the
to begin consuming the entire Earth. The devastated Mordo then told Strange that nothing could be done to stop the Zealots from executing their plans.
Unwilling to allow the Zealots to succeed and the Dark Dimension to destroy the Earth, Strange began opening the
in a final effort to defeat the Zealots. Seeing this,
ran forward as Strange opened the Eye and harnessed its . As Kaecilius reached him and tried to kill Strange with a , Strange completed the spell and froze Kaecilius in place. Strange then began breaking the natural laws of time as he reversed what happened, repairing the destroyed buildings all around the currently burning city.
Kaecilius refused to allow this however and broke himself and his Zealots out of the spell, allowing them to remain in the same time span as Strange and Mordo. As they made their way across the city, Strange and Mordo were ambushed, with Mordo being forced to battle the both
while Strange fought Kaecilius, who desperately attempted to break the new spell while Strange used the changing landscape to his advantage.
As Mordo assisted Strange using the
to trap Kaecilius inside of a building as it was being rebuilt, they then discovered the corpse of
who had died fighting the Zealots. Strange proceeded to use the Eye of Agamotto's magic to return Wong and many others innocent bystanders from the dead, with Wong, who was still armed with the , shocked by what he was seeing but still choosing not to complain.
As Strange, Mordo and Wong prepared to run back to the
to defend it, they were then interrupted mid-spell, resulting in time being frozen around the fighting. Kaecilius returned and declared that 's arrival could not be stopped and once again mentioned that the
was beyond time. Hearing this, Strange figured out a way to defeat Dormammu and headed to the Dark Dimension where time was irrelevant.
"Dormammu! I've come to bargain.""You cannot do this forever.""Actually, I can. This is how things are now. You and me, trapped in this moment, endlessly.""Then you will spend eternity dying."
―Doctor Strange and
Using the , Strange flew away from the battle and arrived inside the , where he proceeded to use the
to cast another time spell which allowed him to create a time loop. Strange then confronted the monstrous
declaring that he had come to bargain. However Dormammu simply ignored Strange's offer and swiftly destroyed him.
Suddenly, Strange appeared again repeating the exact same words as before. Slightly confused but undaunted, Dormammu then killed Strange again, only for him to reappear and repeat his challenge yet again. Perplexed by this, Dormammu demanded to know what was happening. Strange explained that he had used the Eye of Agamotto to create an endless time loop, keeping both him and Dormammu trapped repeating the loop forever until he relented and listened to his bargain. Enraged, Dormammu
Strange over and over again but was unable to stop the cycle repeating itself endlessly.
Unlike Strange, Dormammu had no power over time since the Dark Dimension was a place beyond time. Trying to convince him to break the loop, Dormammu noted Strange would spend an eternity dying in agony, but Strange insisted it was a price worth paying to protect everyone on . Eventually, Dormammu became desperate and surrendered, asking what Strange had wanted. Strange demanded he never return to Earth and to take the
He returned to
to complete the time spell, coming back moments before he left as the Zealots overlooked their own victory. As
looked around at Strange in horror, he demanded to know what he had done, to which Strange announced he had made a bargain which Kaecilius would not like. Strange then watched as Dormammu turned Kaecilius and his Zealots into
and took them all away into his Dimension to suffer for eternity.
As Strange noted that Kaecilius should have read the warnings of the spell,
burst out laughing before Strange completed his time spell and returned Hong Kong back to normal. Having witnessed Strange and the 's liberal use of
to break their own rules,
told Strange that he had made his choice and left the , having become disillusioned by their questionable and dangerous use of their own magic.
"Wise choice. You'll wear the
in time. Until then, best not to walk the streets with an .""A what?""You have a gift for the mystic arts, but you still have much to learn."
― to Doctor Strange
Realizing he was not yet worthy of wielding the
due to his potential to change the fabric of both reality and time, Strange decided it would be best to return the relic inside . Joining Strange there,
agreed with his choice, claiming overusing an
was dangerous. Strange made it clear he did not know about the S a fact that did not surprise Wong.
Wong had gone on to note that the
needed a new protector due to
being murdered by . Strange accepted the offer and placed the
back over his own shoulders before following Wong through a portal towards the Sanctum. Once there, Strange put on the watch
had given him and then looked out the window. Immediately following his duel with , Strange created a list of extraterrestrial and inter-dimensional beings who posed a threat to the people of , such as . During this time, Strange also learned that , the former king of , was on Earth and made contact with him, with Odin opting to stay on Earth, instead of returning to Asgard.
"I keep a watchlist of individuals and beings from other realms that may be a threat to this world. Your adopted brother
is one of those beings.""A worthy inclusion."
―Doctor Strange and
A few months into his time as the 's guardian, Strange had a conversation with
regarding the
and their history across the . Wong also explained that his reason for telling him this was that
had seemingly returned back to
and brought
with him for unknown reasons which could pose a potential threat to the planet.
Considering the threat that Loki had posed to the Earth when he had used the
and caused the , Strange sent Loki through a portal when he arrived in
and decided to bring Thor into the Sanctum, leaving his business card behind for Thor to find. Upon reaching the Sanctum, Thor, bemused to find Earth had mystical protectors, inadvertently also knocked several ancient artifacts over while he had been exploring the Sanctum.
Strange sat down across from Thor, at first offering him a cup of tea which he changed to an ale upon Thor's request. Strange went on to explain that since becoming one of the
he had begun to keep a watchlist of many of the dangerous individuals from the , noting that Loki was on that list, which Thor had noted was a worthy inclusion. Strange questioned why Thor had decided to bring Loki back to Earth considering the risk.
Thor explained that he and Loki had been looking for
who had vanished ever since Loki had taken his place during their conflict with the ' leader, . Strange then offered his help on the condition that they would then return straight to
as soon as the mission had been completed, which Thor agreed to. Strange noted he had been unable to contact Thor and explained that Odin had requested that he remain in exile without being found.
"So, if I were to tell you where
was, all parties considered would promptly return to ?""Promptly.""Great, then I'll help you."
―Doctor Strange and
Strange explained that
was currently still hiding out in his exile within
as Strange used his powers to teleport himself and
around the
while he confirmed that he did not have to modify his
in order for it to work for , with Thor getting also increasingly annoyed about being teleported around the building so much and spilling his ale as a result.
Strange then requested a strand of Thor's hair, ignoring his protests and taking it regardless before using it to create the portal to Norway. Before he left, Strange reminded Thor to collect , which had been disguised as an umbrella while he was on , with the pair overhearing the umbrella smashing through several items upstairs before it returned to Thor's hand, which Thor apologized for. Just as he prepared to leave, Thor then requested 's return.
Once Strange released Loki, he attempted to attack Strange in his fury for allowing him to fall through the portal for thirty minutes, but Strange, deciding he was tired of the Asgardians, unceremoniously threw Thor and Loki through a portal to Odin's location. Strange then went back to his previous conversation with
in order to le the , which Wong had revealed had the potential to be the most dangerous of all.
" could destroy life on a scale, hitherto undreamt of.""Do you seriously just say "hitherto undreamt of"?""Are you seriously leaning on the ?"
―Doctor Strange and
Strange was set to head out of the
for ice cream with , whom he asked to pay. However, Wong then revealed that he did not have any actual American money, annoying Strange, who told him he'd buy instead. At that moment, a beam of
broke through the roof of the , leaving a hole in the main stairs. Strange and Wong were quick to investigate, finding
in the hole. Banner warned that
was coming to Earth, prompting Strange to ask who Thanos was. Having been given an explanation, Strange opened a portal to where
was jo Strange asked for his help, producing Banner from the portal as an incentive to listen.
"It's a simple spell but quite unbreakable.""Then I'll take it off your corpse!"
―Doctor Strange and
While Strange and
were speaking with
in which they discussed the
and , they were interrupted by a
hovering overhead near the . The four confronted
under the ship, who stated their objective to take the . The four were split between their opponents, and Strange battled Maw and was defeated. However, Strange had placed a spell over the , preventing Maw from taking the amulet. Maw decided to abduct Strange as a whole, resulting in
getting involved and stowing away on the ship, with
following him.
"If I were to reach our rendezvous on , with the
still attached to your vaguely irritating person, there would be judgment. Give me the Stone."
― to Doctor Strange
On the ship, Strange woke up to find
taunting him and torturing him with surgical equipment, until he was saved by
and . Maw was killed when a hole was blown in the wall, almost sucking Strange in as well, before being pulled back by Spider-Man. They discussed the situation, with Strange wanting to return to
would be safe, but Stark insisted on taking the fight to
on his own planet - . Strange reluctantly agreed, but made it clear that if there was a choice between saving the Time Stone or saving Stark and Parker, he would not hesitate in saving the Time Stone.
"I went forward in time, to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.""How many did you see?""Fourteen million, six hundred five."
―Doctor Strange and
Crashing on , Strange,
almost immediately battled , , and , believing them to be ' soldiers. However, both sides eventually realized who they were fighting. Both the
attempted to come up with a plan to defeat Thanos. Meanwhile, Strange used the
to see all potential outcomes, seeing over 14 million different futures with only 1 in which Thanos would lose. In other words, the odds were severely against them.
When Thanos arrived on Titan for the Time Stone, Strange and Thanos engaged in a brief talk until he used his magic to great effect to aid the other heroes in battling Thanos, even facing Thanos is melee combat alongside Drax, although he, like Drax, was quickly pushed back and eventually managed to restrain Thanos's
hand so the other heroes may attempt to remove the glove from his hand.
Ultimately, they failed when Quill, overcome with anger over the death of , broke Mantis' hold on Thanos in grievous rage. Strange managed to dodge the oncoming meteors, only to be confronted by Thanos. Now alone with the Mad Titan, Strange dueled Thanos with every ounce of magic he can use, all which were repelled effectively by Thanos's skillful use of the dominion over the fabrics of existence he gained from the Infinity Gauntlet. Although Strange held his own well, he was eventually defeated after Thanos managed to disperse a spell that he used to create hundreds of copies of himself and then pulled him forcibly to him.
While Thanos openly praised Strange's magical capabilities, he questioned on why did Strange not use the Time Stone, as it was his greatest weapon. Revealed to have removed the Time Stone from the Eye, Thanos hurled him aside. Eventually, despite originally stating that he would choose the Time Stone over Stark's or Parker's lives, he chose to bargain with Thanos for Tony's life by offering to give him the Time Stone should he spare the defeated and injured Iron Man. Thanos accepted the deal and Strange revealed the Time Stone, sending it to Thanos. When Stark questioned him, Strange assured Stark that they were in the "endgame".
"Tony, there was no other way."
―Doctor Strange to
collected the last remaining stone, the , from
in , he snapped his fingers, removing half of sapient life in the universe from existence. Strange began to fade away, but as he was disintegrating to dust,
had asked him why he had handed over the . With his last few seconds, Strange replied that there was no other way, before turning to ash.
"There is a strength to him." "Stubbornness, arrogance, ambition, I've seen it all ."
― and
Prior to his accident, Strange had a massive ego that fueled his career. Strange only took on patients that he believed would help benefit his status, even refusing to heal a US Army Colonel's back, albeit it was because this injury was a simple one any neurosurgeon can fix. His work was also driven by a desire to control death and time, which led him to refuse even looking into any patient he perceived to have little chance of recovery so as to not ruin his track record. However, if he also perceived the chance a patient could survive, he would help them recover even if it would not benefit his public image, showing that at his core, he does care about saving people. In addition, he seems to prioritize his research over his physician work as he stated his work would save thousands for years to come whereas a physician will only save a handful of patients they directly interact with. This, however, changed after his accident, which left Strange a broken man and constantly frustrated due to being incapable of returning to the life he knew, even blaming
and other doctors for ruining his life , not accepting the fact that the accident was because of his carelessness and lack of regard for his safety. Upon visiting , Strange initially maintained his narrow-minded arrogance and stubbornly refused to believe that the
was telling the truth until she forcibly demonstrated astral projection and sent him across multiple dimensions to prove her point.
Strange has shown extreme determination and stubbornness, a useful trait in a doctor as he would never give up on his patients even when one was called dead with a bullet in his brain, Strange was able to determine the patient was still alive to successfully save him. He spent most of his remaining money in seven different surgeries to attempt to heal his hands to the point of near bankruptcy, remained outside of 's front door for five hours after being initially thrown out, then spent most of his time at Kamar-Taj studying and improving his abilities, even going as far as studying while sleeping through Astral projection. He even allowed himself to be killed by Dormammu countless times until Dormammu gave into his demands and later giving up the Time Stone to
in exchange for saving Stark’s life when he was about to be killed by the Mad Titan despite initially wanting to save the Time Stone first. All of this at the cost of his own life, this made him one of the few people to have earned Stark’s respect.
Through his training with the Ancient One, Strange gained a newfound appreciation for the natural order of things due to his studies of the Mystic Arts and became more humble. However, this was not to say he was a co he retained a cocky attitude when dealing with people and things, as seen in how he behaved when he went to borrow books from Wong. This, coupled with his inquisitiveness and willingness to break rules, made him an odd one in Kamar-Taj and constantly an eyesore to many of his peers. However, due to this nature of his, he was also more willing to compromise and be somewhat flexible with his principles, quickly accepting that the Ancient One broke her own rules to do what was deemed necessary to protect the world, and he had to be willing to do so himself, which, when combined with his natural talent in the Mystic Arts, had the Ancient One name him as the Master of the , despite his relative lack of training and inexperience.
Having trained as a doctor, Strange is a pacifist and tries to avoid hurting people, as it goes against the Hippocratic oath. He was disgusted by his actions in killing Lucian, stating he became a doctor to save lives, not take them. However, neither the Ancient One nor
were especially sympathetic towards this, with the former stating it was his towering ego and delusion that he could control death itself that made him become a doctor and the latter simply calling him a coward for not having the spine to do what has to be done. Nevertheless, Strange claimed that there were other ways to defeat their enemies, a claim he ultimately proved correct by defeating both Kaecillius and Dormammu without killing either of them.
Ultimately, Strange has always had good intentions, despite coming off as arrogant and selfish. After his talk with Kaecilius, Strange began to see his own failings reflected in Kaecilius and started showing signs of self-improvement. He repeatedly and genuinely apologized for his past treatment of
and showed a newfound trust in former rival . During his talk with the Ancient One before her death, he admitted that his fear of failure is what pushed him to be a successful neurosurgeon. However, the Ancient One stated that his fear is exactly what kept him from greatness, as well as learning the simplest and most imp it's not about him. Strange took this very much to heart, and when he faced Dormammu, he showed strong selflessness, allowing himself to be killed over and over in order to keep Dormammu trapped in the time loop so mankind could live and came to stop fearing failure.
Despite his tremendous maturity, Strange maintains some of his old habits such as making sarcastic comments and jokes when talking to others, similar to
and . Whilst he compensates his lack of experience by further using the powerful magical relics at his disposal and his intelligence allows him to imagine unorthodox solutions to problems, Strange has also learnt to comprehend his limits and despite his success at the hands of 's defeat, he has begun to realize the natural order should not be entirely disturbed, the same reason why Mordo left the Mystic Arts and vows to never use the Eye of Agamotto until he is fully prepared. This was his second greatest lesson to learn - that time is beyond even his control. He also retains his meticulous and diligence by forming a watchlist of individuals that might pose a threat to Earth. However, his flexibility is his greatest strength in this regard as, even though he wants to be rid of these individuals, he was willing to help Thor locate Odin so he and Loki would return to Asgard. During Thor's visit, Strange was visibly annoyed and wary of the Asgardians but remained polite towards Thor.
Strange's imagination and intellect have given him a vastly flexible personality, so much so the Ancient One could never see exactly what his future would be, only possible paths he would take. Due to his inquisitiveness, Strange is easily able to adapt and teach himself lightyears ahead of even experienced sorcerers like Mordo and Kaecilius. Once he started to get the hang of his sorcery studies, he began to teach himself and was able to learn at an accelerated rate.
Strange is noted to have a severe case of misophonia, meaning he is greatly distracted by even the slightest sound when he requires absolute focus. This was shown when he was operating on a patient and asked
to cover his watch as the ticking was distracting him. After his car crash, Strange's hands suffered from constant shaking though unlike Pangborn he refused to direct magic into his body to heal this, presumably to be reminded of his mistakes in the past.
"You're full of tricks, wizard."
Master Sorcerer: As the present guardian of the , Strange, despite his relative inexperience, is one of the most powerful , possessing an extremely high level of mastery over magic which he uses to defend his native reality. Indeed, despite his inexperience, an impressed
claimed that Strange's prodigious skills meant that he was "born for the mystic arts", and the
herself noted that Strange has tremendous potential as a sorcerer. Indeed, even while still inexperienced, Strange was able to use the powers of the 's container, the Eye of Agamotto, quite effectively and safely, despite it being considered to be very dangerous for the natural order. With the help of numerous mystical artifacts and relics, in addition to his astral powers, Strange is able to gain access to a multitude of mystical powers. Strange makes up for his lack of experience with his gifted intellect, photographic memory, and ingenuity, as he swiftly imprisoned , an extremely skilled master of Asgardian Sorcery, and even defeated
by outsmarting , forcing the latter to leave Earth's dimension and take Kaecilius with him. Strange was predicted by Zola's algorithm to become a significant enough potential threat to
to be targeted by . Strange would eventually dramatically improve his power and skill in magic as he received more training and gained more experience, as by the time of the Infinity War, he proved capable of single-handedly combatting Thanos's use of the Infinity Gauntlet more effectively than the
and even , with even the Titan himself praising Strange for his use of the Mystic Arts.
Manipulation: Strange is able to shape and manipulate , forming tangible constructs of energy such as weapons or shields, as well as cast spells by writing specific formations with the fiery energy. He demonstrated the ability to form Eldritch Whips and Tao Mandalas, and could scan a piece of Thor's hair with the energy and briefly conjuring Odin's symbol to aid in forming a portal that would take him to Odin. He also could project a barrier consisting of large formations of Eldrich Magic around himself and his allies to shield them from the impact of the ship crashing on Titan. During the , Strange demonstrated being able to conjure platforms for his allies to walk upon, as shown when
jumped across them to attack . Additionally, he was able to generate powerful bolts of fiery energy that ricocheted off several floating boulders to attack Thanos, as well as craft a sword made of fiery energy that he used to engage the Titan alongside .
Transmutation: During his meeting with , Strange was able to turn a cup of tea into a large mug of beer that was also able to magically refill itself, much to Thor's pleasant surprise. After
crashed through the roof of the Sanctum, Strange was able to transform the normal street clothes he was wearing into his blue robes. During the , Strange transformed a singularity sent by Thanos's use of the Space Stone into multitudes of blue butterflies by conjuring a large formation made of Eldritch Magic, impressing the Mad Titan.
Atmospheric Spell: Strange was able to conjure a wave of golden light that cleared the street of smoke and debris after 's
landed in Greenwich Village, while also stopping the destructive windstorm the ship was causing. The smoke was expelled from the street and towards the sky.
Protection Spell: To protect the
from being stolen by , Strange cast a protection spell upon the relic so that it burns anyone that attempts to take it, making it seemingly impossible to remove it unless the spell was removed, even if he were killed.
Binding Spell: During the , Strange conjured dark red metallic bands to restrain 's hand so he couldn't use the power of the . The bands were much stronger than the usual Eldritch Whip he uses to restrain enemies, notably able to restrict Thanos's use of the Gauntlet for a considerable period of time, although Thanos was able to eventually break out and redirect the force of the bands to knock Strange away.
Flight: Using the , Strange is able to levitate, hover, and fly. The Cloak can greatly lessen the impact of falling from great heights by effortlessly reducing his speed.
Dimensional Warping: Strange was capable of conjuring a construct of the
in the form of crystalline fractals that acted as a shield, absorbing an energy beam from the Power Stone, and was also able to send the fractals at Thanos, although Thanos was able to use the Reality Stone to prevent it from trapping him in the Mirror Dimension and then destroy the shards.
Teleportation: Using a , Strange is able to open portals that lead to different locations, gaining the ability to both move across the material world and transport himself to other parts of the . Strange can also teleport others at great speeds, with him notably causing a portal to move and engulf
and , sending them to 's location, which he was able to locate by grabbing a piece of Thor's hair and scanning it with his magic. In addition, he can make portal}