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Marvel's latest silver screen superhero  is a brilliant surgeon by day and a master of magic and mysticism by night.

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This roundup of Doctor Strange trivia will have you shouting &quot;By the ruby rings of Raggador!&quot; Marvel&#39;s Sorcerer Supreme is familiar to comic book fans, but he&#39;s not so well known to mainstream audiences. If you&#39;re only familiar with high tech or radioactive comic book heroes, you&#39;ll learn the basics of Dr. Strange right here. You&#39;ll be an expert in the mystic arts in no time at all.

Strange, who has been casting spells in the pages of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/marvel-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Marvel Comics</a> for more than 50 years, and while he&#39;s never necessarily achieved the popularity of characters like Spider-Man or Hulk, he&#39;s one of the most powerful, vital, and fascinating characters in the sprawling Marvel Universe.

Just who is Stephen Strange? <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-sorcerer-supremes-in-marvel-universe/stephanroget" target="_blank">What is a Sorcerer Supreme</a>? How does he interact with and impact the Marvel Universe as we know it? Through these Doctor Strange <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/fresh-prince-of-bel-air-facts/derrick-deane?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">trivia facts</a>, all of this and more will be explained. This is your crash course on everything about the most fantastical and phantasmagoric superhero around, Doctor Strange!

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Doctor Strange, also known as the Sorcerer Supreme, is arguably one the most unique characters in all of Marvel Comics. There are&nbsp;many different variations of the character and dozens of formats the character has been used in. Be it video games, films, animated series, or alternate versions in comic books, Dr. Stephen Strange is in virtually every form of pop culture in one way or another. Since he&#39;s also joined the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-entire-history-of-the-marvel-cinematic-universe/zack-howe?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a> as part of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/things-you-should-know-about-phase-3/ranker-comics">Marvel Studio&#39;s Phase 3</a>, we can only imagine he&#39;ll be popping up a lot more.&nbsp;

We&#39;ve decided to compile some of our favorite interpretations, renditions, and versions of Doctor Strange here. Do you like playing as the Dr. in Ultimate&nbsp;Marvel vs Capcom 3&nbsp;more, or in&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/lego-sets-over-one-thousand-pieces/ariel-kana?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Lego Marvel Superheroes</a>? Do you enjoy seeing him in animation form on Ultimate Spider-Man, or prefer him in his own solo endeavors like the Doctor Strange:&nbsp;Sorcerer Supreme animated movie? 
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Here&#39;s the chance to see where it all lines up. What are the greatest interpretations of Doctor Strange ever? Make sure to vote up all your favorites and vote down the versions of the Dr. that weren&#39;t interpreted well.

If you've never heard the names of Doctor Strange's spells, you're missing out. Doctor Strange's catchphrases are epic and awesome, with each one doing something different. You probably aren't too familiar with him, since Strange isn't exactly the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-marvel-comics-superheroes?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most popular Marvel</a> hero. Sure, casual comic fans recognize him and diehards idolize him, but the everyday person doesn't know him at all. To comic fans, he's the Sorcerer Supreme! To everyday civilians, he's &quot;That mustache guy with the crazy red cape and weird hand stuff.&quot;&nbsp;After Benedict Cumberbatch dons Eye of Agamotto in a Marvel Studios movie, things will be different. With a movie under his belt, Strange could join the Marvel A-list. But until then we'll enjoy this list of Dr. Strange's catch phrases and spells.Plenty of superheroes have catch phrases, but none are quite like Strange's. This is a man who regularly and all seriousness shouts words like &quot;Hoggoth,&quot; &quot;Oshtur,&quot; and &quot;Cyttorak.&quot; This is a character whose writers wrote fun incantations and phrases in alliteration first and then went and based the characters off those invented names! These are the silliest Doctor Strange catch phrases, so vote up your favorites to determine just which ridiculously theatrical spell is the best he's ever shouted.

One of Marvel&#39;s weirdest heroes, Doctor Strange, the neurosurgeon turned Sorcerer Supreme, protects the earth from all threats mystical and magical. But what are the top, must read Doctor Strange stories?

In an effort to make you the cool know-it-all in the office who all the attractive people fawn over, here is a reading list to make you the resident expert on Marvel&#39;s very own Sorcerer Supreme.&nbsp;

Please note, this is not a &quot;best of&quot; list; rather, it&#39;s a list of &quot;must reads&quot; to understand who Doctor Strange is, where he comes from and how he fits into the greater picture over at Marvel.&nbsp;

Now that Marvel is rolling the dice on the American public falling in love with Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange, it’s important that we look at how&nbsp;creator Steve Ditko (and numerous Strange&nbsp;writers through the years) came up with the idea for the Sorcerer Supreme. We all find inspiration in things that we loved as children, so it’s no surprise that <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/comic-books-written-by-women/john-saavedra?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book writers</a> of the '60s were drawing mucho inspiration from pulp comics and radio serials of the 1930s and '40s. One of the most popular pulp comics at the time was The Shadow, a story about a fabulously dressed mystery man with the powers of an Eastern mystic. Sound familiar? There are more ways The Shadow inspired Doctor Strange, and they’re going to change the way you look at the Marvel&nbsp;hero.Of all the things Doctor Strange stole from The Shadow, the most important piece of the puzzle is his backstory. Admittedly, there’s nothing original about a rich playboy who is kind of a jerk traveling to Asia to learn <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/tags/how-to?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">how to</a> do hero stuff, but in the case of Shadow v. Strange, it feels very familiar. In the 40-plus years since Doctor Strange was sprung from the skull of Steve Ditko, writers have been retconning the sorcerer in order to make him less pulp hero&nbsp;and more swinging '70s magic dude, but there are some character traits that can’t be erased. Keep reading to find out all the things that Doctor Strange and The Shadow have in common.

Movie Quotes

Doctor Strange movie quotes provide the dialogue to the Marvel film about a surgeon who is fascinated by a new mystic reality. The superhero movie was adapted into a screenplay by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill based off of the character created by Steve Ditko. Scott Derrickson also directed Doctor Strange, which opened in theaters on November 4, 2016.In these Doctor Strange quotes, we meet the title character, Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). Strange is highly talented in the neurosurgery field and has a bit of an ego to prove it. But this all changes when he's injured in a car accident and loses the use of his hands. Not even the support of Christine Palmer (Rachael McAdams) can help Strange cope with the loss as he strives to regain the use of his digits.So in an effort to heal his hands, Doctor Strange seeks out the help of the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) and Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). But what he learns from them, tales about a mystical world full of alternate realities, isn't exactly what Strange was looking for. However, when Strange learns of his destiny to save the universe, including against a threat from the persistently awful Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen), Doctor Strange opens his mind to this new reality and becomes determined to defeat Kaecilius.Doctor Strange is just one of several highly anticipated movies of fall 2016 along with the likes of <a href="/list/inferno-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes">Inferno</a>, <a href="http://list/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes">Keeping Up with the Joneses</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/list/jack-reacher-never-go-back-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes">Jack Reacher: Never Go Back</a>, and <a href="/list/the-accountant-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes">The Accountant</a>.

Dr. Stephen Strange is the Marvel Universe&rsquo;s Sorcerer Supreme, and he has been for more than a half-century of published history at this point. But that doesn&rsquo;t mean there haven&rsquo;t been other Sorcerer Supreme candidates over the years, or that Strange hasn&rsquo;t had to step aside a time or two. There&rsquo;s also all those supreme sorcerers who came before Strange to consider.

The legacy list of Sorcerer Supremes is a lengthy one&nbsp;and dates all the way back to the earliest days of the Marvel Universe. Essentially the head honcho in charge of keeping Earth safe from all magical threats, it&rsquo;s one of those roles that always needs to be filled, lest the multiverse descend into chaos - though, it&rsquo;s worth noting that with names like Loki and Tony Stark on the list, not all those chosen for the gig <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-doctor-strange-stories/matthew-key" target="_blank">are as qualified as Doctor Strange</a>.&nbsp;

The trio of god-like entities known as the Vishanti&nbsp;decide who wears the mantle and wields the Eye of Agamotto, and they&rsquo;ve been known to make some peculiar choices.

While a run-of-the-mill superhero origin story, Scott Derrickson&#39;s&nbsp;Doctor Strange&nbsp;pays the appropriate amount of&nbsp;respect to the Sorcerer Supreme&nbsp;throughout his first venture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Referencing the work of OG Doctor Strange artist Steve Ditko, deep cut magical artifacts, and even one particular Pink Floyd album,&nbsp;Doctor Strange&nbsp;has just enough small details to not be bogged down by excessive references that distract from the story it&#39;s trying to tell.&nbsp;

Did you catch these details on your first viewing? Vote up the details you missed when you first watched&nbsp;Doctor Strange!

Fan Theories

Doctor Stephen Strange&nbsp;is arguably the most powerful individual in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,&nbsp;with an exception here and there&nbsp;(looking at you, Wanda Maximoff). With only his self-titled solo movie under his belt, plus&nbsp;Infinity War&nbsp;and&nbsp;Endgame, fans have been given a ton of room to speculate what awaits the Sorcerer Supreme in his next outing on the big screen in&nbsp;Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.&nbsp;

With fan theories ranging from the relatively mundane to the utterly wild, Doctor Strange fans are eager to find out what happens next in the MCU. This is a collection of fan theories about Doctor Strange spanning from his first film all the way into the future. Vote up the fan theories you hope are real!

Fans of the MCU might know Wong for the character&#39;s stoically dry sense of humor, but readers familiar with&nbsp;Wong from Marvel Comics have found plenty to distinguish the movie version from the comic book take. That&#39;s because the&nbsp;MCU depiction of the character was always intended to be&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/benedict-wong-not-tea-making-manservant-in-ds.html#:~:text=June%2027%2C%202016-,Amid%20Concerns%20of%20Orientalism%2C%20Benedict%20Wong%20Says%20His%20Doctor%20Strange,a%20'Tea%2DMaking%20Manservant'&amp;text=Doctor%20Strange's%20journey%20from%20comics%20to%20screen%20has%20been%20a%20fraught%20one.&amp;text=Wong%20told%20Den%20of%20Geek,heading%20in%20a%20different%20direction." target="_blank">different from Wong in the comics</a>. After being cast in the role, Benedict Wong promised he wouldn&#39;t be a &quot;tea-making manservant,&quot; which is&nbsp;unfortunately consistent with how Wong was historically portrayed in the comics.&nbsp;

While <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-doctor-strange-stories/matthew-key" target="_blank">Doctor Strange has been on countless adventures</a>, Wong was often left behind to keep things in&nbsp;order at the Sanctum Sanctorum. In the early years, Wong was deemed so unimportant to the narrative that he didn&#39;t even get a name until 11 years after his introduction.&nbsp;Reading through Doctor Strange comics, Wong&#39;s appearances are few and far between, but he is&nbsp;Strange&#39;s most trusted ally, and there are still plenty of rich details from their decades-long friendship.

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List of the most notorious foes from Doctor Strange's rogues gallery, as ranked by the fans. The Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, was created way back in 1963 by comics legends Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. Ever since then, he's been met by some of the wildest evildoers from the Lord of Chaos himself, Dormammu, to the Unclosing Eye, Shuma-Gorath.Which are the greatest Doctor Strange villains? Do you enjoy the rivalry between Strange and Mordor, or do you hold Blackheart in a special place in your heart? If these names just sound like a strange language to you, then perhaps you need to check out the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-doctor-strange-stories/matthew-key">top six Dr. Strange comic book stories</a>!Make sure to vote up all your favorite Doctor Strange villains, and vote down the ones you&nbsp;despise. Don't see the villain you love to hate on this list? Be sure to add them!

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Dormammu

Dormammu is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Strange Tales #126 (November 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, Dormammu has appeared in six decades of Marvel publications, featuring prominently in the Doctor Strange titles and limited series as a recurring enemy of the mystic hero. The character has also appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including films, animated television series, toys, trading cards, and video games. In 2009, Dormammu was ranked as IGN's 56th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The character made his film debut in the 2016 film Doctor Strange, performed through motion capture by Benedict Cumberbatch and voiced by Cumberbatch and an unidentified British actor.

Nightmare

Nightmare is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in Marvel Comics, most commonly as one of Doctor Strange and Ghost Rider's major enemies.

Baron Mordo

Baron Karl Amadeus Mordo is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an enemy of Doctor Strange.

Shuma-Gorath

Shuma-Gorath is a fictional character first mentioned in a short story by author Robert E. Howard, and later appeared in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Mephisto

Mephisto is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Silver Surfer #3 and was introduced in the Marvel universe by Stan Lee and John Buscema, based on Mephistopheles – a demon character from the Faust legend, who often went by Mephisto as a nickname.
Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, the character has appeared in over four decades of Marvel continuity. The character has also appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including animated television series, feature film, toys, trading cards, and video games.
In 2009, Mephisto was ranked as IGN's 48th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Morgan le Fay

Morgan le Fay is a fictional character in Marvel Comics who is loosely based on the Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend. In this version of the character, she is the half-faerie half-sister of the mythic Arthur. Her elven heritage granted her immortality, and she used this time to master the mystic arts. She occasionally tries to take over the world. She has been an opponent of The Avengers, and in the 1970s, she was the major villain in the original Spider-Woman comic, and was opposed by a reincarnation of her "ancient foe" and former lover of Magnus and Doctor Doom. She was a member of the Darkholders for a time.

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Blackheart

Blackheart is a fictional demon in the Marvel Comics Universe. In the 2007 film Ghost Rider, Blackheart is portrayed by actor Wes Bentley.

Imperator

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Lilith

Lilith is the name of two fictional American comic book characters owned by Marvel Comics. Both characters exist in the Marvel Universe.
The first of these two to appear was Lilith, the daughter of Dracula. Like her father, she is also a vampire, although her powers and weaknesses differ from most other vampires. She first appeared in Giant-Size Chillers featuring Curse of Dracula #1 drawn by artist Gene Colan.
The second is a demon sorceress who is known as the "Mother of All Demons". She first appeared in Ghost Rider, Vol. 2, issue 28.

Satannish

Satannish is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics.

Chthon

Chthon is a fictional character, a demonic Elder God in the Marvel Comics Universe. His name derives from chthon, the Greek word for "earth" and "earthly", especially pertaining to earth that was not life giving soil, but dark like that of the grave or the underworld. In some instances, Chthon is portrayed as the Marvel equivalent of the primal Devil of some kind predating that of Judeo-Christian teachings, as his creations, the N'Garai, were driven from Earth by the angel Lucifer before his rebellion against God.

Dweller-in-Darkness

The Dweller-in-Darkness is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a demon, one of the Fear Lords, who has clashed with Doctor Strange.

D'Spayre

D'Spayre is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a demon, and was one of the Fear Lords. He has been opposed by Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider, Man-Thing, Cyclops, the Juggernaut, Doctor Strange, Cloak & Dagger, and the New Avengers.

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Loki

Loki is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciller Jack Kirby, a version of the character first appeared in Venus #6 (August 1949). The modern day incarnation of Loki first appeared in Journey into Mystery #85 (October 1962). The character, which is based on the Norse deity of the same name, is the Asgardian god of mischief. He is the adopted brother and often enemy of the superhero Thor, however over the years the character has been depicted as an antihero. In 2009, Loki was ranked as IGN's 8th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time and in 2014 was ranked again by IGN, this time as the 4th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Tom Hiddleston portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

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Zom is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a gigantic semi-humanoid demon who has clashed with Doctor Strange.

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Dagoth

Kaluu

Kaluu is a fictional character in Marvel Comics.

Mordred

Mordred the Evil is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is based loosely on the Mordred of Arthurian legend.

Silver Dagger

Silver Dagger is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

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The most notorious foes from Doctor Strange's rogues gallery, as ranked by the fans. The Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, was created way back in 1963.