Meet Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange.
From a man of medicine to a Master of the Mystical Arts.
From a loner to anAvengersteam player.
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created the character of Dr.
Strange based on an idea that is originally Ditkos.
Strange create his spells with established mythological characters and flowery language.
And if the visual aspects were surreal, the journey of Doctor Stephen Strange is equally so.
Dr. Stephen Strange was a brilliant but egotistical surgeon.
He was an amazing healer but cared little for his patients as people.
All that concerned him was the wealth and prestige that came from being at the top of his field.
This all changed one fateful night when he crashed his car shattering both his hands.
Even as they healed, they shook constantly.
Banishing Mordo, he begins teaching Strange the Mystical Arts.
He has relinquished or lost the mantle a few other times in the past but always reclaimed it.
Stranges powers and abilities are subtly as advanced as his field of influence.
He possesses the powers of teleportation and astral projection which allows him to send his spirit anywhere.
His chief weapon is the vast number of spells and incantations he knows.
One of his most important possessions is the Orb of Agamotto, which is a huge scrying pool/crystal ball.
He is also a skilled martial artist and swordsman.
The design is an utterly simple design but is full of complexity.
The folds of the cloak billow around the figure and the sash floats around Stranges waist as if alive.
The Eye of Agamotto glows around the Doctors neck.
Two aspects that make this character amazing are the face and the hands.
For the uninitiated, Kirby Krackles are varying degrees of dots that convey action, energy, and magic.
This figure is classic from head to toe.
The hair is amazingly streaked with grey as are the signature temples and he sports his distinctive facial hair.
His hands are both in an out-stretched spell position.
Each wrist is adorned with ornate golden wrist cuffs.
It culminates around his neck with the true Eye centrally placed around his neck.
The fabulous details dont stop there.
The omnipresent emblem on his tunic is raised and textured vibrantly.
His sash flows twice around his waist and terminates at his cape.
XM Studios should be so proud of this offering.
Dressed completely in the classic look, the static statue is alive with movement.
Doctor Strange is again depicted in his classic outfit with the billowing sleeves and the leggings.
In this statue, the clothing looks like fabric.
One of the most interesting aspects of this figure is the Cloak.
Finally, the stand brings the whole figure together.
Several books, with one open, lay at the Doctors feet.
A cauldron filled with fire rises behind him.
The smoke from the fire drifts above and begins to form a menacing skull.
Life beyond the comics?
Did someone mention a film?
Doctor Strange is such an interesting character.
It was inevitable that he began to pop up in many Marvel properties and he has over the years.
It was broadcast on Cartoon internet on November 1st, 2008 to high ratings.
The good Doctors live action outings have been less than successful until recently.
On September 6th, 1978, a TV movie titled Dr.
In 1992, an adaptation was planned that changed both the characters name and origin.
The undeveloped film was to be called Dr. Mordrid.
In the upcoming Marvel Studios Doctor Strange film, Stephen Strange is portrayed by the phenomenally talented Benedict Cumberbatch.
He also took great pains to get the movement and physical gestures down calling them balletic and very dynamic.
Some characters will be combined or changed however.
Most notably and potentially controversially is the casting of actress Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One.
Classically a wizened Asian male, Swinton will play the character as a 500-plus year old gender androgynous character.
His battles are broad and vast.
They take us to other dimensions and even outside the universe.
Doctor Strange shows us that there are worlds beyond our imagination, worlds that are both exciting and terrifying.
And that will truly be a mystical experience.
This article The Life of Doctor Strange: From Ditko To Benedict Cumberbatch originally appeared onCompleteSet.com.
