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* QuirkyWork: Despite the psychedelic imagery that lured in the counterculture fans, Creator/SteveDitko was a staunch conservative who eschewed drugs and was against everything for which the counterculture stood.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Despite the psychedelic imagery that lured in the counterculture fans, Creator/SteveDitko was a staunch conservative who eschewed drugs and was against everything for which the counterculture stood.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Despite the psychedelic imagery that lured in the counterculture fans, Creator/SteveDitko was a staunch conservative who eschewed drugs and was against everything for which the counterculture stood.
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* CompleteMonster:
** [[TheDreaded Dormammu]] [[note]][[IHaveManyNames also known as The Dread One or Dread Dormammu or Dread Lord]][[/note]] is Doctor Strange's ArchEnemy and the [[DimensionLord ruler of the Dark Dimension]], where he established a dictatorship with his sister Umar, who he has attempted to destroy on more than one occasion. After Strange bested him once, Dormammu has never stopped brooding on that slight and has endlessly attempted to destroy Strange and everything he loves. The obliteration of Earth and its people have been attempted by Dormammu, but those who survive his conquests have it far worse. The Dark Dimension is run like his personal hell, the denizens enslaved and tormented constantly, with only a small resistance against him. To oppose Dormammu is to risk the endless torture of your soul should you fall into his hands alive. He remains one of the few of Strange's many otherworldly foes to have earned the sorcerer's hatred.
** [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath]] is an ancient evil from beyond the universe and despite his Lovecraftian nature, fully understands good and evil and [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully embraces the latter]]. Having consumed entire realms and devoured the souls of countless innocents, Shuma-Gorath once spread his worship to Earth where he demanded blood sacrifice and wars to amuse and feed himself. Eventually banished by [[ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Cimmerian]], Shuma-Gorath returns against ComicBook/DoctorStrange where he has his servants spread destruction and evil across the world, taking the mind of Strange's master, the Ancient One, to gain a foothold in the world. When thwarted, Shuma-Gorath later creates a facsimile of Earth and damages it to reflect the same damage to Earth itself, risking the lives of billions for fun. Later revealed as one of the Many-Angled Ones, Shuma-Gorath was responsible for [[ComicBook/TheThanosImperative the Cancerverse]] when, in a pact with that world's Captain Marvel, he and his brethren killed Death and converted the entire multiverse into twisted deathless abominations to worship him, seeking to spread his malevolent influence to Earth and consume it as well.
** [[TheDreaded Dormammu]] [[note]][[IHaveManyNames also known as The Dread One or Dread Dormammu or Dread Lord]][[/note]] is Doctor Strange's ArchEnemy and the [[DimensionLord ruler of the Dark Dimension]], where he established a dictatorship with his sister Umar, who he has attempted to destroy on more than one occasion. After Strange bested him once, Dormammu has never stopped brooding on that slight and has endlessly attempted to destroy Strange and everything he loves. The obliteration of Earth and its people have been attempted by Dormammu, but those who survive his conquests have it far worse. The Dark Dimension is run like his personal hell, the denizens enslaved and tormented constantly, with only a small resistance against him. To oppose Dormammu is to risk the endless torture of your soul should you fall into his hands alive. He remains one of the few of Strange's many otherworldly foes to have earned the sorcerer's hatred.
** [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath]] is an ancient evil from beyond the universe and despite his Lovecraftian nature, fully understands good and evil and [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully embraces the latter]]. Having consumed entire realms and devoured the souls of countless innocents, Shuma-Gorath once spread his worship to Earth where he demanded blood sacrifice and wars to amuse and feed himself. Eventually banished by [[ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Cimmerian]], Shuma-Gorath returns against ComicBook/DoctorStrange where he has his servants spread destruction and evil across the world, taking the mind of Strange's master, the Ancient One, to gain a foothold in the world. When thwarted, Shuma-Gorath later creates a facsimile of Earth and damages it to reflect the same damage to Earth itself, risking the lives of billions for fun. Later revealed as one of the Many-Angled Ones, Shuma-Gorath was responsible for [[ComicBook/TheThanosImperative the Cancerverse]] when, in a pact with that world's Captain Marvel, he and his brethren killed Death and converted the entire multiverse into twisted deathless abominations to worship him, seeking to spread his malevolent influence to Earth and consume it as well.
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* CompleteMonster:
** [[TheDreaded Dormammu]] [[note]][[IHaveManyNames also known as The Dread One or Dread Dormammu or Dread Lord]][[/note]] is Doctor Strange's ArchEnemy and the [[DimensionLord ruler of the Dark Dimension]], where he established a dictatorship with his sister Umar, who he has attempted to destroy on more than one occasion. After Strange bested him once, Dormammu has never stopped brooding on that slight and has endlessly attempted to destroy Strange and everything he loves. The obliteration of Earth and its people have been attempted by Dormammu, but those who survive his conquests have it far worse. The Dark Dimension is run like his personal hell, the denizens enslaved and tormented constantly, with only a small resistance against him. To oppose Dormammu is to risk the endless torture of your soul should you fall into his hands alive. He remains one of the few of Strange's many otherworldly foes to have earned the sorcerer's hatred.
** [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath]] is an ancient evil from beyond the universe and despite his Lovecraftian nature, fully understands good and evil and [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully embraces the latter]]. Having consumed entire realms and devoured the souls of countless innocents, Shuma-Gorath once spread his worship to Earth where he demanded blood sacrifice and wars to amuse and feed himself. Eventually banished by [[ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Cimmerian]], Shuma-Gorath returns against ComicBook/DoctorStrange where he has his servants spread destruction and evil across the world, taking the mind of Strange's master, the Ancient One, to gain a foothold in the world. When thwarted, Shuma-Gorath later creates a facsimile of Earth and damages it to reflect the same damage to Earth itself, risking the lives of billions for fun. Later revealed as one of the Many-Angled Ones, Shuma-Gorath was responsible for [[ComicBook/TheThanosImperative the Cancerverse]] when, in a pact with that world's Captain Marvel, he and his brethren killed Death and converted the entire multiverse into twisted deathless abominations to worship him, seeking to spread his malevolent influence to Earth and consume it as well.CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/MarvelComics here]].
** [[TheDreaded Dormammu]] [[note]][[IHaveManyNames also known as The Dread One or Dread Dormammu or Dread Lord]][[/note]] is Doctor Strange's ArchEnemy and the [[DimensionLord ruler of the Dark Dimension]], where he established a dictatorship with his sister Umar, who he has attempted to destroy on more than one occasion. After Strange bested him once, Dormammu has never stopped brooding on that slight and has endlessly attempted to destroy Strange and everything he loves. The obliteration of Earth and its people have been attempted by Dormammu, but those who survive his conquests have it far worse. The Dark Dimension is run like his personal hell, the denizens enslaved and tormented constantly, with only a small resistance against him. To oppose Dormammu is to risk the endless torture of your soul should you fall into his hands alive. He remains one of the few of Strange's many otherworldly foes to have earned the sorcerer's hatred.
** [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath]] is an ancient evil from beyond the universe and despite his Lovecraftian nature, fully understands good and evil and [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully embraces the latter]]. Having consumed entire realms and devoured the souls of countless innocents, Shuma-Gorath once spread his worship to Earth where he demanded blood sacrifice and wars to amuse and feed himself. Eventually banished by [[ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Cimmerian]], Shuma-Gorath returns against ComicBook/DoctorStrange where he has his servants spread destruction and evil across the world, taking the mind of Strange's master, the Ancient One, to gain a foothold in the world. When thwarted, Shuma-Gorath later creates a facsimile of Earth and damages it to reflect the same damage to Earth itself, risking the lives of billions for fun. Later revealed as one of the Many-Angled Ones, Shuma-Gorath was responsible for [[ComicBook/TheThanosImperative the Cancerverse]] when, in a pact with that world's Captain Marvel, he and his brethren killed Death and converted the entire multiverse into twisted deathless abominations to worship him, seeking to spread his malevolent influence to Earth and consume it as well.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Early Dr. Strange comics were quite popular with students and hippies due to their groundbreakingly surreal artwork. This led to many readers thinking that the artist was on drugs -- anyone more familiar with Creator/SteveDitko knows this was definitely ''not'' the case.
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* AudienceAlienatingEra: In the mid-90's, Strange was rebooted into a young, long-haired business executive without the familiar supporting cast. Fans were eager for a new interpretation of Strange, but were lost at what was essentially a new character.
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* DorkAge: In the mid-90's, Strange was rebooted into a young, long-haired business executive without the familiar supporting cast. Fans were eager for a new interpretation of Strange, but were lost at what was essentially a new character.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The villain Shuma-Gorath took on great popularity after he was used in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. While the fact he's [[StoryBreakerPower so incredibly powerful]] means he doesn't make too many appearances, fans usually squeal in joy when he does.
* EvilIsCool: Dormammu, Strange's arch-enemy. Unbelievably vile, sadistic, and spiteful -- but possessed of ''such'' infectious evil charisma that it's hard not to enjoy him (more so than, say, the sickening, evil rapist Nightmare is by comparison) and possessed of an awesome design to boot.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The villain Shuma-Gorath took on great popularity after he was used in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. While the fact he's [[StoryBreakerPower so incredibly powerful]] means he doesn't make too many appearances, fans usually squeal in joy when he does.
* EvilIsCool: Dormammu, Strange's arch-enemy. Unbelievably vile, sadistic, and spiteful -- but possessed of ''such'' infectious evil charisma that it's hard not to enjoy him (more so than, say, the sickening, evil rapist Nightmare is by comparison) and possessed of an awesome design to boot.
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* DorkAge: In the mid-90's, Strange was rebooted into a young, long-haired business executive without the familiar supporting cast. Fans were eager for a new interpretation of Strange, but were lost at what was essentially a new character.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The villain Shuma-Gorath took on great popularity after he was used in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. While the fact he's [[StoryBreakerPower so incredibly powerful]] means he doesn't make too many appearances, fans usually squeal in joy when he does.
* EvilIsCool:EvilIsCool:
** Dormammu, Strange's arch-enemy. Unbelievably vile, sadistic, and spiteful -- but possessed of ''such'' infectious evil charisma that it's hard not to enjoy him (more so than, say, the sickening, evil rapist Nightmare is by comparison) and possessed of an awesome design toboot.boot.
** The villain Shuma-Gorath took on great popularity after he was used in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. While the fact he's [[StoryBreakerPower so incredibly powerful]] means he doesn't make too many appearances, fans usually squeal in joy when he does.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The villain Shuma-Gorath took on great popularity after he was used in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. While the fact he's [[StoryBreakerPower so incredibly powerful]] means he doesn't make too many appearances, fans usually squeal in joy when he does.
* EvilIsCool:
** Dormammu, Strange's arch-enemy. Unbelievably vile, sadistic, and spiteful -- but possessed of ''such'' infectious evil charisma that it's hard not to enjoy him (more so than, say, the sickening, evil rapist Nightmare is by comparison) and possessed of an awesome design to
** The villain Shuma-Gorath took on great popularity after he was used in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. While the fact he's [[StoryBreakerPower so incredibly powerful]] means he doesn't make too many appearances, fans usually squeal in joy when he does.
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** The Oath:
*** "But what are you going to do, Master?" "Defy expectations."
*** "But in other [ways], Wong is ''my'' [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours master]]."
** At the end of the "Great Fear" storyline, Nightmare and the Dweller in Darkness have dissolved their partnership and turned on each other. They're too evenly matched in power, however, so fellow demon D'Spayre--who by his own admission is much weaker than either of them--suggests a contest. He'll side with whoever proves better at scaring the populace of Earth. They agree, since even D'Spayre's power would be enough to tip the scales for the winner, and they immediately set about mystically terrifying the whole planet. This goes well at first, and all the fear generated powers up both demon lords. But then suddenly all that power goes away. They did their job too well, and the people of Earth are no longer experiencing ''fear'' but ''despair.'' So guess who's getting all that power now? D'Spayre is now so incredibly powerful that both Nightmare and the Dweller immediately flee the dimension, and even Doctor Strange can't hurt him. He's normally a SmugSnake, but for that one story, D'Spayre was TheChessmaster.
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*** "But what are you going to do, Master?" "Defy expectations."
*** "But in other [ways], Wong is ''my'' [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours master]]."
** At the end of the "Great Fear" storyline, Nightmare and the Dweller in Darkness have dissolved their partnership and turned on each other. They're too evenly matched in power, however, so fellow demon D'Spayre--who by his own admission is much weaker than either of them--suggests a contest. He'll side with whoever proves better at scaring the populace of Earth. They agree, since even D'Spayre's power would be enough to tip the scales for the winner, and they immediately set about mystically terrifying the whole planet. This goes well at first, and all the fear generated powers up both demon lords. But then suddenly all that power goes away. They did their job too well, and the people of Earth are no longer experiencing ''fear'' but ''despair.'' So guess who's getting all that power now? D'Spayre is now so incredibly powerful that both Nightmare and the Dweller immediately flee the dimension, and even Doctor Strange can't hurt him. He's normally a SmugSnake, but for that one story, D'Spayre was TheChessmaster.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** The Oath:
*** "But what are you going to do, Master?" "Defy expectations."
*** "But in other [ways], Wong is ''my'' [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours master]]."
**SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: At the end of the "Great Fear" storyline, Nightmare and the Dweller in Darkness have dissolved their partnership and turned on each other. They're too evenly matched in power, however, so fellow demon D'Spayre--who by his own admission is much weaker than either of them--suggests a contest. He'll side with whoever proves better at scaring the populace of Earth. They agree, since even D'Spayre's power would be enough to tip the scales for the winner, and they immediately set about mystically terrifying the whole planet. This goes well at first, and all the fear generated powers up both demon lords. But then suddenly all that power goes away. They did their job too well, and the people of Earth are no longer experiencing ''fear'' but ''despair.'' So guess who's getting all that power now? D'Spayre is now so incredibly powerful that both Nightmare and the Dweller immediately flee the dimension, and even Doctor Strange can't hurt him. He's normally a SmugSnake, but for that one story, D'Spayre was TheChessmaster.
** The Oath:
*** "But what are you going to do, Master?" "Defy expectations."
*** "But in other [ways], Wong is ''my'' [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours master]]."
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* AwesomeEgo: As much of a CompleteMonster as he is, there is no denying that Dormammu's smug sense of superiority is cool as [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111122518/3556950-0068321210-22a69.jpg this]] [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/149643/3958474-2970429-1042755726-26686.jpg shows]].
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* AwesomeEgo: As much of a CompleteMonster as he is, there is no denying that Dormammu's smug sense of superiority is cool as [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111122518/3556950-0068321210-22a69.[[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/11112/111122518/3556950-0068321210-22a69.jpg this]] [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/149643/3958474-2970429-1042755726-26686.[[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/11112/111122518/3556951-3735284262-29704.jpg shows]].
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: "The Last Days of Magic" story. "Magic is dead! Empirikul destroyed it! it's gone forever! There is no magic left in the world!" Somebody could actually believe that, if not for Doctor Voodoo, Wiccan, White Tiger, Nico Minoru, Magik, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Loki, Doctor Doom, Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Hercules, Shiklah, Agatha Harkness and all other magic users and magic-powered characters, who kept showing up in other Marvel books completely unaffected (the first four even being in various Avengers teams at the time) or having been confirmed to get books after that story would end. The fact that Hercules and Scarlet Witch dealt with two other crisises of magic, both completely separate and unrelated to Empirikul or one-another, certainly didn't help.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: "The Last Days of Magic" story. "Magic is dead! Empirikul destroyed it! it's It's gone forever! There is no magic left in the world!" Somebody could actually believe that, if not for Doctor Voodoo, Wiccan, White Tiger, Nico Minoru, Magik, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Loki, Doctor Doom, Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Hercules, Shiklah, Agatha Harkness and all other magic users and magic-powered characters, who kept showing up in other Marvel books completely unaffected (the first four even being in various Avengers teams at the time) or having been confirmed to get books after that story would end. The fact that Hercules and Scarlet Witch dealt with two other crisises of magic, both completely separate and unrelated to Empirikul or one-another, certainly didn't help.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The ''Doctor Strange'' comics were unexpectedly popular among the '60s counterculture, thanks to their emphasis on Eastern mysticism and the use of plot points and imagery that resonated with psychedelia. Among other examples, Music/PinkFloyd referenced the franchise twice during their early years as a PsychedelicRock group; in turn, the MCU film pays homage to the comics' counterculture fans by including [[Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn "Astronomy Domine"]] as part of the soundtrack.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The ''Doctor Strange'' comics were unexpectedly popular among the '60s counterculture, thanks to their emphasis on Eastern mysticism and the use surrealist imagery, both of plot points and imagery that which resonated heavily with psychedelia.the psychedelic movement. Among other examples, Music/PinkFloyd referenced the franchise twice during their early years as a PsychedelicRock group; in turn, the MCU film pays homage to the comics' counterculture fans by including [[Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn "Astronomy Domine"]] as part of the soundtrack.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The ''Doctor Strange'' comics were unexpectedly popular among the '60s counterculture, thanks to their emphasis on Eastern mysticism and psychedelia. Among other examples, Music/PinkFloyd referenced the franchise twice during their early years as a PsychedelicRock group; in turn, the MCU film pays homage to the comics' counterculture fans by including [[Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn "Astronomy Domine"]] as part of the soundtrack.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The ''Doctor Strange'' comics were unexpectedly popular among the '60s counterculture, thanks to their emphasis on Eastern mysticism and the use of plot points and imagery that resonated with psychedelia. Among other examples, Music/PinkFloyd referenced the franchise twice during their early years as a PsychedelicRock group; in turn, the MCU film pays homage to the comics' counterculture fans by including [[Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn "Astronomy Domine"]] as part of the soundtrack.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The ''Doctor Strange'' comics were unexpectedly popular among the '60s counterculture, thanks to its their emphasis on Eastern mysticism and psychedelia. Among other examples, Music/PinkFloyd referenced the franchise twice during their early years as a PsychedelicRock group; in turn, the MCU film pays homage to the comics' counterculture fans by including [[Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn "Astronomy Domine"]] as part of the soundtrack.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Early Dr. Strange comics were quite popular with student and hippies due to their groundbreakingly surreal artwork. This led to many readers thinking that the artist was on drugs -- anyone more familiar with Creator/SteveDitko knows this was definitely ''not'' the case.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Early Dr. Strange comics were quite popular with student students and hippies due to their groundbreakingly surreal artwork. This led to many readers thinking that the artist was on drugs -- anyone more familiar with Creator/SteveDitko knows this was definitely ''not'' the case.
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* BadassDecay: [[MultiversalConqueror Dormammu]] has arguably been subjected to this to a more ridiculous degree than any other Marvel character over the years. In the old days he was able to one-shot the [[ComicBook/XMen Phoenix Force]], absorb many universes into his own realm, defeat the multiversal incarnation of [[CosmicEntity Eternity]] (with help from his sister Umar), and likely killed [[EldritchAbomination The Trinity of Ashes and Slorioth]], who threatened Eternity just by existing. He was also more than a match for several [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell-lords]] combined during a campaign to conquer their realms, and they had to use a specific weakness of his as a cheat in order to prevail. All of this outside of his own realm, wherein he is far more powerful. However from 2007 or so and onwards, he has been treated as a pushover that has been defeated or severely damaged by objectively enormously less powerful characters, such as [[WeakButSkilled Cyclops and the Howling Commandos]].
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* BadassDecay: [[MultiversalConqueror Dormammu]] has arguably been subjected to this to a more ridiculous degree than any other Marvel character over the years. In the old days he was able to one-shot the [[ComicBook/XMen Phoenix Force]], absorb many universes into his own realm, defeat the multiversal incarnation of [[CosmicEntity Eternity]] (with help from his sister Umar), and likely killed [[EldritchAbomination The Trinity of Ashes and Slorioth]], who threatened Eternity just by existing. He was also more than a match for several [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell-lords]] combined during a campaign to conquer their realms, and they had to use a specific weakness of his as a cheat in order to prevail. All of this outside of his own realm, wherein he is far more powerful. However from 2007 or so and onwards, he has usually been treated as a pushover that has been defeated or severely damaged by objectively enormously less powerful characters, such as [[WeakButSkilled Cyclops and the Howling Commandos]].
