# So tell me about Dr. Strange. What's his schtick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193 "2016-04-04T19:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/61 "2016-04-06T22:53:07Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > I assumed they were doing a Dr. Strange movie because he has some connection to those magic stones that Thantos (I think that’s the guy) wants to collect. Like we got Guardians of the Galaxy because it introduced the power stone things and Thantos. > > I’m also assuming Captain Marvel has something to do with the stones. > > So am I right? What connection does Dr. Strange have to the other characters already filmed in the Marvelverse? We don’t know yet. Fans have speculated that the Eye of Agamatto will turn out to be an Infinity Gem, because so far all of the Gems in the MCU have been disguised as other artifacts. FWIW, in the comics there is no particular connection between Doctor Strange and the Infinity Gems. The story of the Gems in the MCU has, so far, been quite different from the story depicted in the 1990 “Thanos Quest” storyline. So in this regard, comic fans have no real advantage over the rest of the audience. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/62 "2016-04-06T22:53:54Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > I assumed they were doing a Dr. Strange movie because he has some connection to those magic stones that Thantos (I think that’s the guy) wants to collect. Like we got Guardians of the Galaxy because it introduced the power stone things and Thantos. > > I’m also assuming Captain Marvel has something to do with the stones. Thanos. And you’re probably confusing Captain America with Captain Marvel, who is a different bloke {and company} altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/63 "2016-04-06T22:59:27Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Thanos. And you’re probably confusing Captain America with Captain Marvel, who is a different bloke {and company} altogether. [This Captain Marvel](http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/3/f0/568d6567ec223/standard_incredible.jpg), not [this Captain Marvel](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11124/111245316/4735791-captain+marvel+%28shazam%29.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/64 "2016-04-06T23:01:30Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Thanos. And you’re probably confusing Captain America with Captain Marvel, who is a different bloke {and company} altogether. Not quite. After Fawcett Comics went bankrupt their trademarks lapsed and Marvel snatched up the “Captain Marvel” name. This is why all the recent DC Captain Marvel comics have been titled “Shazam.” Marvel’s Captain Marvel movie is scheduled for 2019 and will feature the Carol Danvers version of the character. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/65 "2016-04-06T23:25:53Z")
> [@Chihuahua](#): > > FWIW, in the comics there is no particular connection between Doctor Strange and the Infinity Gems. Well, yes there is (because comics love re-writing their own history). As a member of the retcon-heavy Illuminati, Dr Strange was actually in possession of the Soul Gem for some time. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/66 "2016-04-06T23:29:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > IIRC, in the current series, normal food nauseates him (apparently due to the changes wrought on his body by long-term use of magic). Eating weird / hideous stuff is either (a) what tastes good to him, or (b) provides what he needs to keep going (the book shows that he is essentially on constant duty, fighting off mystic threats to our dimension). OK, but define “weird/hideous”. Can you give examples? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/67 "2016-04-06T23:37:03Z")
> [@Chihuahua](#): > > Not quite. After Fawcett Comics went bankrupt their trademarks lapsed and Marvel snatched up the “Captain Marvel” name. This is why all the recent DC Captain Marvel comics have been titled “Shazam.” > > Marvel’s Captain Marvel movie is scheduled for 2019 and will feature the Carol Danvers version of the character. I retract my correction and will fall on my fanboy gladius. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/68 "2016-04-07T01:16:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > OK, but define “weird/hideous”. Can you give examples? Sorry, no. It’s just too weird and hideous. Actually, while I couldn’t find any scans online from _Dr. Strange_, [these](https://vimeo.com/10247119) [clips](https://45.media.tumblr.com/b244fae846330cfa581aae21708c9cb2/tumblr_ncl8loKtRK1s2wio8o1_500.gif) from the entirely unrelated 1980s John Cusack vehicle _Better Off Dead_ are eerily accurate representations of the Doctor’s current diet. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/69 "2016-04-07T03:15:48Z")
Sorry, that video won’t run on my computer. I did get the animated pic of the tentacle-thing in the pot. Isn’t that sort of like calamari or the stuff Cajun people find to eat in swamps? And NOTHING is too squicky for the Dope - have you read any of the pimple threads? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/70 "2016-04-07T03:43:26Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Sorry, that video won’t run on my computer. I did get the animated pic of the tentacle-thing in the pot. Isn’t that sort of like calamari or the stuff Cajun people find to eat in swamps? I don’t remember exactly (it was a couple of issues ago when they brought it up, and I’ve since sent that issue to the recycle bin), but I seem to recall it was slimy and tentacle-y, and grossed the hell out of the normal person who was there with him at the time (Wong, OTOH, was totally used to it). In doing some Googling to try to find that scene, I couldn’t find it, but I did find a few other panels from the new series which give a feel for him seeing and fighting the weird: [![](https://thereforeigeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dr-strange-2.png) ](https://thereforeigeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dr-strange-2.png) [http://cdn.comicsverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dr-strange-2-page-2.png](http://cdn.comicsverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dr-strange-2-page-2.png) [![](https://aiptcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/strange3.png) ](https://aiptcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/strange3.png) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/61/ff/c5/61ffc506fac7f8fb59bd7b4a7621e064.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/61/ff/c5/61ffc506fac7f8fb59bd7b4a7621e064.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/71 "2016-04-07T04:41:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > IIRC, in the current series, normal food nauseates him (apparently due to the changes wrought on his body by long-term use of magic). Eating weird / hideous stuff is either (a) what tastes good to him… Trump Steaks? :: shudder :: ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/72 "2016-04-07T15:15:12Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Stan Lee presumably picked the character’s name because it sounds like a mystical super-hero. This is Stan Lee, he possibly picked it because the series was running in “Strange Tales” anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/73 "2016-04-07T15:41:57Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Er… what? I don’t suppose you’d care to explain that? It’s a pretty recent (as in within the last three months) addition to the canon, so an explanation might be premature. He appears to be able to drink the same kind of stuff as the rest of us (he hangs out at a hidden bar with other magic-based characters), but his food these days is incredibly vile. I think this is a nod to “Goblin Market” where if you eat the food of a mystical realm, you can’t come back to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/74 "2016-04-07T16:17:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > This is Stan Lee, he possibly picked it because the series was running in “Strange Tales” anyway… Probably true. But Strange is a real English name and lots of real doctors, medical and otherwise, named Dr. Strange can be found in real life. Agatha Christie named a Harley St. physician - the kind of high-end doctor that Strange would have been before his accident - Dr. Strange in _Murder in Three Acts_, a 1935 book. Her doctor’s first name is Bartholomew. Stan’s obsession with alliteration (which he justified by saying they made names easier to remember for kids) made the Stephen inevitable. While it’s apparently now Marvel policy to spell out Doctor - Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, the character was definitely Dr. Strange in his origin. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/75 "2016-04-07T19:00:46Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > But Strange is a real English name and lots of real doctors, medical and otherwise, named Dr. Strange can be found in real life. OT: The real-life orthopedic surgeon who looked at my back X-rays and pronounced me 4-F in 1970 was a Dr. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/76 "2016-04-07T19:11:36Z")
> [@UncaStuart](#): > > OT: The real-life orthopedic surgeon who looked at my back X-rays and pronounced me 4-F in 1970 was a Dr. Strange. Yeah, you’ve mentioned it before: he produced the x-rays with a performer’s flourish, which was weird, because you don’t actually remember having been x-rayed. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/77 "2016-04-07T19:37:35Z")
I have a friend named Rob Haight. He’s a doctor. His name is Doctor Haight. He is not a supervillain. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/78 "2016-04-07T20:58:47Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > I’m going to have to disappoint you, I’m afraid. _The Defenders_ is going to be a Netflix series featuring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Even if Marvel were to be planning a film (possibly with a different name), they wouldn’t be able to use the Silver Surfer, who’s still part of the Fantastic Four package that Fox have the movie rights to. The Netflix version of the Defenders does disappoint me; not just because it means very likely no “true” Defenders movie (I could be OK without the Silver Surfer - since he was more of an occasional ‘adjunct’ team member anyway), but why use that name for a Luke Cage/Iron Fist series when they already had a catchy, marketable name to begin with “Heroes for Hire”? Jessica Jones is _already_ a private detective anyway, so why not go with the “other” 70s-era, offbeat Marvel title? I would SO pay money to see a true “Defenders” movie with Strange, Hulk, Namor & Valkryrie teaming up against the Headmen. Who WOULDN’T want to see a live-action adaptation of the villainous [Ruby Thursday](http://www.writeups.org/img/inset/Ruby_Thursday_h2.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/79 "2016-04-07T21:28:16Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > I would SO pay money to see a true “Defenders” movie with Strange, Hulk, Namor & Valkryrie teaming up against the Headmen. Who WOULDN’T want to see a live-action adaptation of the villainous [Ruby Thursday](http://www.writeups.org/img/inset/Ruby_Thursday_h2.jpg)? And Etrigan, and Hellcat! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193/80 "2016-04-08T01:45:25Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I have a friend named Rob Haight. He’s a doctor. His name is Doctor Haight. He is not a supervillain. Yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193.md?page=5)