Even Doctor Strange Knows His Origin Story Is Built on a Lie
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Strange: Nexus of Nightmares #1!
As the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange is one of the most powerful superheroes in the Marvel Universe – but his origin story is built on a false promise. Stephen Strange’s salvation is a classic tale of a haughty doctor who lost his future as a surgeon and began another as a magical defender. But Doctor Strange: Nexus of Nightmares #1 suggests the flaws that Strange possessed before he became the Sorcerer Supreme are still present (and even Strange admits it).
First appearing in Strange Tales #110, Stephen Strange initially appeared in a backup story (the main event was the Human Torch), but quickly gained a following of his own. Steve Ditko and Stan Lee’s latest creation was a deliberate attempt to move away from the more science-based heroes and take the shared universe of Marvel Comics into a more mystical direction. The origin story, told in Strange Tales #115, begins with a highly egotistical Strange suffering a near-fatal car crash; he is left with lasting nerve damage and can no longer continue his successful medical career. Arrogant as ever, Strange vows to fix his hands.
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Strange meets the mystical Ancient One, a healer and practitioner of sorcery, but the Sorcerer Supreme denies Strange’s request to help him find a cure. When Strange foils Baron Mordo’s plot to murder the Ancient One, the latter accepts the former doctor as his latest student; thus begins Doctor Strange’s education in magic. But Strange himself isn’t sure if he has truly changed, wondering “Have I really lost the arrogance – the selfishness – that once characterized my life? Or have I merely
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