| Stephen Strange | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Real Name | Stephen Strange | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate Identity | Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme | ||||||||||||||||||
| Powers and Abilities | Sorcery Eye of Agamotto Cloak of Levitation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Affiliations | Masters of the Mystic Arts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Family and Friends | Christine Palmer (Girlfriend) | ||||||||||||||||||
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- Stephen Strange is from the Marvel Cinematic Universe series What If...?.
Doctor Strange is a superhero who is the master of the mystic arts.
Biography[]
Becoming Sorcerer Supreme[]
One night Stephen Strange picked Christine Palmer up for a dinner date where he was to be given an award for successfully performing a hemispherectomy. However, while on the way to the dinner party, they were in a car crash. Stephen survived unharmed. However, the crash killed Christine.
Grief stricken Strange sought answers across the world. Strange eventually made his way to Kathmandu, Nepal where he found Kamar-Taj and began learning the mystic arts from the Ancient One. When Ancient One and Wong caught Stephen messing with the Eye of Agomotto they warned him about the dangers of disrupting the timeline.
Later, Doctor strange became the Sorcerer Supreme and stopped Dormammu from merging the Dark Dimension with Earth.
Altering the Timeline[]
On the second anniversary of Christine's death a depressed Doctor Strange used the Eye of Agomotto to travel back in time to the night he lost Christine. Strange attempted several times to save Christine. However, every time Christine would die. After several failed attempts to save Christine, the Ancient One from that time approached Strange and told him that Christine's death was an absolute point in time, an unchangeable event that was supposed to set Strange on a path to becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. Strange believed that there had to be a way to change an absolute point in time. However, the Ancient One warned that if he tried, she would be forced to stop him. As Strange was about to use the Eye of Agomotto to go back in time, the Ancient One struck him with magical energy. Unknown to Strange at the time, this spell caused Doctor Strange to split into two people and allowed two timelines to occur in the same universe.
Visit from the Ancient One[]
Two years later on the anniversary of Christine's death, Doctor Strange left the Sanctum Sanctorum and saw that the world around him was dissolving. As Strange turned around he saw a portal open and readied himself to fight whatever was coming through. However, to Strange's surprise it was the Ancient One who was sending a psychic impression of herself through time.
When Doctor Strange asked who was causing the crisis, the Ancient One answered that he was. The Ancient One explained that two years ago when Stephen attempted to use the Eye of Agomotto to save Christine, she was unable to follow him through time. So instead the Ancient One drew upon the power of the Dark Dimension to split the timeline which allowed two of Doctor Strange's timelines to occur in the same universe. While this Doctor Strange became the Sorcerer Supreme and defended Earth, the other sought the power to undo an absolute point in time. Ancient One warned Doctor Strange that if the other him were to succeed in undoing an absolute point in time the resulting paradox would destroy their universe.
Meeting Strange Supreme[]
Shortly after the Ancient One's warning, Strange Supreme opened a portal and brought Doctor Strange to the Library of Cagliostro. Strange supreme kept Doctor Strange contained inside of a magical forcefield. Doctor Strange warned Strange Supreme that he can't save Christine because it will destroy their universe. However, Strange Supreme did not believe him. Strange Supreme told Doctor Strange that while separated he would be unable to save Christine. However, once merged he would finally have enough power to bring her back. Strange Supreme then traveled back in time to the just after the car crash.
Doctor Strange refused to help Strange Supreme and Strange Supreme attacked him in anger. A battle between the two powerful sorcerers raged on. During their battle Strange Supreme pulled himself and Doctor Strange into another dimension and they continued to fight. This fight eventually led back to their own dimension. Strange Supreme was eventually able to defeat Doctor Strange and absorb him back into his body.
Aftermath[]
Strange Supreme was successful in resurrecting Christine Palmer. However, just as the Ancient One warned undoing an absolute point in time caused the destruction of the universe. Strange Supreme was the universes only survivor because he saved himself by going into the Mirror Dimension.
Background[]
Doctor Strange is voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch who reprised his role from the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
External Links[]
- Marvel
- Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe) at Wikipedia
- Doctor Strange at Wikipedia
- Stephen Strange (Temporal Paradox) (Earth-91233) at Marvel Database
- Stephen Strange (Earth-199999) at Marvel Database
- Stephen Strange (Earth-TRN732) at Marvel Database
- Stephen Strange (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
- Doctor Strange/Temporal Paradox at Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Doctor Strange at Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Stephen Strange/New York Time Heist at Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki