Editing Doctor Strange (section)

===Powers and skills===
Doctor Strange is a practicing sorcerer who draws his powers from mystical entities such as Agamotto, [[Cyttorak]], [[Ikonn]], Oshtur, [[Raggadorr]], and [[Watoomb]], who lend their energies for spells.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Roy & Dann|title=Doctor Strange|date=Dec 1991|publisher=Marvel Comics|pages=12, 13, 16, and 17|edition=Issue 36}}</ref> Strange also wields mystical artifacts including the Cloak of Levitation which enables him to fly;<ref group=note>The blue "student" version first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (July 1963), with the red "master" version first appearing in ''Strange Tales'' #127 (Dec. 1964).</ref> the [[Eye of Agamotto]], an amulet whose light is used to negate evil magic;<ref name="ST115"/> the Book of the Vishanti, a [[grimoire]] which contains vast knowledge of white magic;<ref name="ST116">{{cite comic|writer=Lee, Stan|penciller=Ditko, Steve|inker=Ditko, Steve|story=Return to the Nightmare World!|title=Strange Tales|issue=116|date=January 1964}}</ref><ref name="Sanderson">{{cite book|last1=Sanderson|first1=Peter|title=The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City|date=2007|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|location=New York|isbn=978-1416531418|edition=1st}}</ref>{{rp|26–27}} and the Orb of Agamotto, a crystal ball which is used for [[clairvoyance]].<ref name="Sanderson"/>{{rp|24–27}}<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Lee, Stan|penciller=Ditko, Steve|inker=Ditko, Steve|story=The Possessed!|title=Strange Tales|issue=118|date=March 1964}}</ref>

In addition to his magical abilities, Strange is trained in several martial arts disciplines,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stern|first1=Roger|title=This Old House|date=2011|publisher=Marvel Comics|page=15|edition=Marvel Vault One Shot: Doctor Strange}}</ref> including [[judo]],<ref>''Strange Tales'' vol. 1 #140 (January 1966)</ref> and has shown proficiency with numerous magically conjured weapons including swords and axes.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gillis|first1=Peter B.|title=Doctor Strange|date=Oct 1986|publisher=Marvel Comics|page=11|edition=Issue 79}}</ref> Strange was a skilled neurosurgeon before nerve damage impaired his hands.<ref name="ST115"/>

Doctor Strange is described as "the mightiest [[magician (fantasy)|magician]] in the cosmos"<ref name="Defenders11">{{cite comic| writer=Englehart, Steve|penciller=Buscema, Sal|inker=[[Frank Bolle|Bolle, Frank]]|story=|title=The Defenders|issue=11|date=Dec 1973}}</ref> and "more powerful by far than any of your fellow humanoids" by [[Eternity (Marvel Comics)|Eternity]], the sentience of the [[Marvel Universe]].<ref name="MF41">{{cite comic| writer=[[Walt Simonson|Simonson, Walt]]|penciller=[[Dave Gibbons|Gibbons, Dave]]|inker=Gibbons, Dave|story=…Perchance to Dream|title=[[Marvel Fanfare]]|issue=41|date=Dec 1988}}</ref> He holds the title of Sorcerer Supreme beginning with the 1973 storyline in which the Ancient One dies,<ref name="MP10"/> and retains the title thereafter, except during an interruption from 1992<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Kaminski, Len|penciller=[[Geof Isherwood|Isherwood, Geof]]|inker=Petrecca, Bob; Hudson, Don|story=To Serve in Heaven|title=Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme|issue=48|date=Dec 1992}}</ref> to 1995.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=[[Warren Ellis|Ellis, Warren]]|penciller=[[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Buckingham, Mark]]|inker=[[Kev F. Sutherland|Sutherland, Kev F.]]|story=Earthquake Logic|title=Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme|issue=80|date=August 1995}}</ref> He relinquishes the title once again in a 2009 storyline,<ref name="NA54"/> but reclaims it in a 2012 story when he proves himself willing to protect the world even without the title.<ref name="NA34"/>