Doctor Strange

Marvel's mystic surgeon

Doctor Strange is a Marvel Comics superhero who first appeared in 1963, a former neurosurgeon who becomes Earth's Sorcerer Supreme after a car accident ends his medical career and leads him to study the mystic arts.

The character has appeared in numerous films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch.

In casual usage, references to Doctor Strange often invoke themes of magic, alternate dimensions, or dramatic personal transformation.

superhero

cape

Shouldered sleeveless wrap

protector · alter-ego · savior · nemesis · alliance · bravery · courage · mission · combat · morality

sorcery

spellcasting

Performing magical incantations

grimoire · astral projection · mystical arts · portal · hex · ward · illusion · transmutation · summoning · arcane

Marvel

Benedict Cumberbatch

  • MCUThree-letter entertainment or electronics term
  • AvengersThose seeking retribution
  • Infinity WarBoundless cosmic battle

Wong · Stan Lee · comics

dimensions

multiverse

Hypothetical set of universes

portal · cosmos · alternate · space-time · continuum · rift · anomaly · quantum realm · wormhole · singularity

surgeon

neurosurgery

Medical field treating brain surgically

hands · anesthesia · incision · suture · sterile · scrubs · gloves · transplant · resident · forceps

Categories
Opposites
power source and methodology

Doctor StrangeIron Man

Armored tech-hero persona

Tony Stark · Batman · Black Panther · Hawkeye · Cyborg

cosmic role and domain

Doctor StrangeMephisto

Archaic name for devil

Umar

intellectual approach to heroism

Doctor StrangeHulk

Rage-fueled green giant

Thor · Wolverine · Thing · Drax · Groot

Family

doctor, strange, stranger, doctors, doctored, doctrine, strangely, strangers, strangeness

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G