He got a lot of fodder this decade tbh
Introduction
This is the first proper decade for Strange in terms of actual tangible runs: rather than his 60's stuff which was basically all sharing Strange Tales and then having a small run near the end before being cancelled this decade has him start his legendary 1974 run under Steve Englehart, whom with the power of creativity, patience, and a lot of acid, managed to create a well enduring series that defined the character for years and years to come, even if he was only on the writing table for two years. This is also the decade in which Strange would form The Defenders and would star as one of their main showcases for nearly 50 issues before leaving. He'd still appear semi-regularly but would never become a full time member again. He's been a busy boi here
Astral Projection
Scan 1/2- BFR's Namor across the planet (The Defenders #13)
Scan 1/2- Communicates with Ancient One through mystical barriers (Marvel Premiere #4)
Scan 1/2/3- Counters demons stealing Valkyrie's soul and takes them out (Marvel Team-Up #35)
Flies from one planet to the other (The Defenders #29)
Scan 1/2- Makes a living star explode by altering the molecular and chronological aspects of it while tanking the supernova itself in his physical form. And before one makes the assumption, this IS a actual star and not a figure of speech, given how the whole plot involving these guys was about switching places with actual stars, which happens here. (Doctor Strange #27)
Scan 1/2/3- Messes with Dracula by disguising his form to one of which only he can see, which enrages him enough to chase it around for hours (Doctor Strange #14)
Seals Ningal into a mystic block (Doctor Strange #37)
Scan 1/2- Ventures through dimensions to rescue someone (The Defenders #41)
Durability (no shields)
Scan 1/2- Takes a direct shot from Wrecker's crowbar despite him not knowing he was going to hit, namely by using his cloak (The Defenders #18)
Scan 1/2- Strange survives the Earth exploding despite being significantly weakened at the time after a exhaustive fight with Mordo merged with Aged Genghis. This is somewhat confusing because of Eternity nonsense involving Nightmare imprisoning him, but considering the Earth was restored back to life afterwards, this feat definitely happened to THAT degree at least (Doctor Strange #12)
Eye of Agamotto
Scan 1/2- Absorbs a necromantic blast from N'Gabthoth, absorbing it into itself (Marvel Premiere #6)
Scan 1/2- Breaks through Nightmare's spells binding Eternity (Doctor Strange #13)
Can only be used by those who truly understand it, others like Sliver Dagger, through they can seemingly also use the device, are eventually overwhelmed by stronger hosts (Doctor Strange #5)
Detects Surfer hanging around on the outer rim of Earth (Marvel Feature #1)
Scan 1/2- Finds a weak point in a planet and blows it up while Strange tanks the explosion (Marvel Premiere #9)
Scan 1/2- Fools Hulk and Namor into fighting each other (Marvel Feature #1)
Scan 1/2- Informs Nebulon with the entire history of humanity in a instant, overwhelming him (Defenders Annual #1)
Scan 1/2- Overwhelms a empowered Cyrus Black, whom was able to initially beat down Strange fairly convincingly before (Doctor Strange #34)
Scan 1/2- Sees through Nightmare's illusions while in his realm. Should be noted that this was apart of a very concerted effort to drive Strange mad, and that got pretty close to it being reality oof (Marvel Premiere #3)
Scan 1/2- Shrinks himself to the size of a ant to get inside Ancient One's brain (Marvel Premiere #10)
Molecular Manipulation
Scan 1/2- BFR's him and Chondu to a random dimension (The Defenders #31)
Scan 1/2/3- Drains the Loki-induced enchantment from the Wrecking Crew but fails due to Hulk being a idiot and damaging his mystic shield keeping everyone and the surrounding area invisible (The Defenders #18)
Freezes Cyrus Black in place and drains his mystical powers (The Defenders #6)
Manipulates the molecules of Dagoth and banishes him to a outer realm (Marvel Premiere #7)
Removes the power of the Omegatron from some random dude (The Defenders #69)
Scan 1/2- Teleports himself and the Avengers to the Dark Dimension, giving themselves a safe path throughout to Dormammu (Avengers #118)
Mystic Defences
Defends from Shuma-Gorath's attack while in the body of the Ancient One (Marvel Premiere #10)
Scan 1/2- Defends himself from Sise-Neg's rampage while amped up on numerous sources, including most of Strange's own magic. (Marvel Premiere #14)
Scan 1/2- Easily breaks through Chondu's ectoplasmic field despite being blindsided, calling the trick "third-rate" by his standards. When he encounters Chondu later in Nighthawk's form, he is easily able to get past his tricks (The Defenders #31)
Scan 1/2- Escapes Death itself by moving within the vestige of Eternity (Doctor Strange #4)
Scan 1/2- Fixes himself after being spilt into a million shards and spilt into two dimensions (Doctor Strange #27)
Scan 1/2- His split second shield is able to tank a planet blowing up right next to him (Marvel Premiere #9)
Scan 1/2- Manages to handle a weakened Dormammu just fine (Marvel Feature #2)
Scan 1/2- Nightmare has to use magical proxies to bypass Strange's mystical defences despite him sleeping at the time (Doctor Strange #34)
Scan 1/2- Survives a big old sneak attack from Umar, through she admits later that she wasn't trying to kill Strange (Doctor Strange #6)
Scan 1/2/3/4- The Avengers can't get past his automatic defences within his Sanctum Sanctorum (Avengers #116)
Uses a psycho shield to keep Savage Hulk and Namor away from him (Marvel Feature #1)
Mystical Power
Scan 1/2- Calls upon multiple sources to enhance his own necromancy against N'Gabthoth (Marvel Premiere #6)
Clea with Strange's power is able to break through Gaea's prison (Doctor Strange #9)
Scan 1/2- Destroys a bunch of Shuma fodder (Marvel Premiere #8)
Easily handles Black Panther and Mantis when serious (Avengers #116b)
Scan 1/2- Fights off Nightmare (Marvel Premiere #3)
Scan 1/2/3- Manages to escape from Satan's hellscape despite being messed with for the whole issue and weakened from Dracula's dark influence (Doctor Strange #16)
Scan 1/2- Merks a very much weakened Nightmare while in his realm (Doctor Strange #13)
Scan 1/2- Overpowers Nebulon after he attempts to fight him back (The Defenders #14)
Scan 3- Nebulon in particular states that it was Strange's powers that overwhelmed his powers (The Defenders #34)
Scan 1/2- Resists Kathulos's soul manipulation and targets his weakness (Marvel Premiere #8)
Stuns Xemnu with a blast (Marvel Feature #3)
Traps Hulk in the Crimson Bands (The Defenders #13)
Scan 1/2- Uses the energies of Master Order and Lord Chaos to deal with In-Betweener (Doctor Strange #28)
Scan 1/2/3/4- While extremely weakened, fights off Sligguth (Marvel Premiere #5)
Skill
Manages to hold his own against Mantis (Avengers #116b)
Speed
Catches Whizzer before he can start moving (Giant-Size Defenders #4)
Dodges around Doctor Spectrum (The Defenders #13)
Has split-second reactions according to hyperbolism (The Defenders #27)
Scan 1/2- Moves in light speed to reach Earth from a distant planet in four days (Marvel Premiere #9)
Turns guns harmless before they can fire (Defenders Annual #1)
Strength
Scan 1/2- One shots robo Korvac in close quarters (Giant-Size Defenders #3)
Scan 1/2- KO's Xander despite the latter being mystically stronger than him (Doctor Strange #20)
Telepathy
Scan 1/2/3- Bypasses the defences of Shuma-Gorath and manages to kill the Ancient One's mind (Marvel Premiere #10)
Catches Mastermind out with illusions of himself (The Defenders #15)
Does dat Jedi mind trick (The Defenders #36)
Erases some fodder's memory of the night (Marvel Premiere #3)
Scan 1/2- Fools Dagoth with a illusion of his dead body (Marvel Premiere #7)
Protects people from Nebulon's mind control (The Defenders #34)
Scan 1/2- Puts Hulk in a trance after a distraction (The Defenders #8)
Scan 1/2/3- Takes a full assault from Umar mentally and recovers into his own offence, but is defeated after a minion with borrowed power ambushes him (Doctor Strange #7)
Scan 1/2- Uses illusions to fool Mordo while weakened (Marvel Premiere #13)
Time Manipulation
Freezes Clea after using his astral form to distract her (Doctor Strange #22)
Scan 1/2- Goes back to 1618 (Doctor Strange #17)
Scan 1/2- Reverses time to stop the Earth from crumbling, but feels all of the damage of such a event (Doctor Strange #19)
Teleports a ship to the future (well, this "future" is a alt verse but still) (The Defenders #26)
Scan 1/2- Traps Omegatron within a eternity to prevent him counting down (Marvel Feature #1)
Scan 3/4- Strange's powers are particularly strained after a certain encounter, which made the Omegatron spell weaker. Even then, it takes multiple months for the counter to reach the end despite it only being 8 seconds away, with it being stated that the Omegatron views a singular second as a whole month of real life time, so it was still extremely powerful (Defenders #1)
Conclusion
This Strange is a lot better than the 60's one, with more actualised feats and some great physical showings in general. Very versatile as expected, but also having a lot of defences and ways to get around hax as well.
Log in to comment