In the latest drawing of crazy models, where we highlight five recurring themes in the comics, we examine five times that Doctor Strange has made magic duplicates of himself.
Last week, I made a whole new payment of crazy models every day of the week on the CBR newsletter. You can register for free the newsletter, and you simply get occasional articles of me on the comics, and, well, these are fun. Today is my boyfriend Chris. Chris has a website Where he blogs on the problem of Marvel Universe, and consequently, he often meets interesting recurring themes, and makes me know people, and therefore I put them in play here. This time, we are looking at what frequency of Doctor Strange used to make duplicates of him in the first numbers (this recalls the way in which the human torch also used to make flame duplicates Even all the time in the first stories).
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Doctor Strange Outwitted Baron Mordo
One of the interesting things about the first stories Doctor Strange is the way Steve Ditko clearly did not put too much reflection in the background of the character, because it was just a generic character of black magic, and Stan Lee does not Nor did it clear it very much about the character, when Ditko plotted the first appearance of Strange in Strange tales # 110 alone. I really don’t know when Lee got involved in the conspiracy of the character, but it would be necessary to imagine that it was the moment when the origin of Doctor Strange was introduced in Strange tales # 115, because of this story which seems so familiar to the past stories on which Lee worked. Now, I do not want to insinuate that the excellent story of origin was Lee’s work alone, of course no, but this question brought a sharpness of concentration which, I think made in their stories of Spider-man of the era (before a dispute leads to Ditko plotting stories solo). Ditko was quite clear that Lee had an impact on stories when they trace together, so I don’t think it is unfair to suggest that saidko working with Lee led to an improvement in the first days of the Doctor Strange function . Once Ditko had his maritime legs under him, he no longer needed Lee’s help, but I think the collaboration served well at the beginning.
The first two stories Doctor Strange were the tests, roughly, and after a difference with two numbers, Strange returned to the Strange tales as a regular feature starting with Strange tales # 114, which included a return commitment to the Strange rival, Baron Mordo, who had been presented in Strange tales # 111, and in this issue, Mordo establishes a death trap for Doctor Strange by pretending to be Sir Clive Bentley, which Mordo had just killed. Strange escapes the death trap with the help of Bentley’s daughter. Mordo arrives then thinks that he hypnotized Strange, but Strange reveals that the “strange” who was there was really just an astral projection all the time, and therefore sheltered from Mordo’s hypnotism (why he was not Not safe from the death trap is beyond me)!
Doctor Strange was too devious for even Loki
In Strange tales # 123 (by Ditko, Lee and George Roussos), Doctor Strange takes care of Loki, who found a way to keep Thor as if by magic of his hammer (in a number that Lee decides to make a big problem about Saidko drawing Thor differently from Jack Kirby, a joking that he should hide this problem from Kirby.
Loki tears them easily, but does not realize that they were all double, and the real strange had gone to another room to project Astral himself to attack Loki from behind! Strange is then able to release the Thor hammer.
The demon was not a match for Doctor Strange
It was always going to be difficult to follow history in two parts which presented both Clea and the Dread Dormammu, but the villain known as the demon still had trouble making a name for himself Strange tales # 128.
He thought he had thrown the perfect trap for Doctor Strange, but when he used almost all of his power to destroy Strange, he was shocked why it didn’t work.
It was, of course, because Strange had created a double of himself that the demon was busy destroying while Strange was preparing for the more in-depth battle. I love the frequency to which Marvel Silver Age stuff simply launched two words with a link. “Oh, it’s true, it’s a vision image! Of course!”
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Doctor Strange forced Tiboro to exhaust all of his power
In Strange tales # 129 (by Ditko, Lee and guest writer, Don Rico), Doctor Strange met a new magic threat known as Tiboro, who had a powerful electretoplasmic drop.
In what becomes a bit of a “thing”, strange is a bit of Tiboro to use all of his energy destroying strange …
Only to Strange to reveal that the “strange” that Tiboro destroyed was only a double created by Strange, and now Tiboro was too exhausted to defeat the real strange.
Doctor Strange uses his double powers during the race
Strange tales # 130 (by Ditko and Lee) starts a scenario where Baron Mordo and Dormam are associated to try to drop Doctor Strange, and Mordo has a group of followers who attack the old law in the ancient house! Doctor Strange saves his master, but they must then go to the race.
At one point, Mordo’s disciples find strange, but he uses his double powers to help him escape …
By the way, the Strange costume has its famous coat folded inside to give it more powers. Strange escapes and gives him time to plot his counter-movement.
Do not forget, everyone, that these lists are intrinsically not exhaustive. They are a list of five examples (sometimes I will be nice and throw a sixth). So no instance is “missing” if it is not listed. It is simply not one of the five examples I chose. If someone else has suggestions for a future drawing of crazy models, send me a line at branc@cbr.com!
Happy birthday, Chris!