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"Dr. Strange" won't let its hero sink away from being a showman

Dr. Strange Stephen Strange ostensibly has to lose all his ego, become the opposite of narcissistic, in order for him to become sufficiently powerful in the occult to heal his crash-wrecked, formerly elegant, hands. But if he were to do this, then the new member of the Marvel Universe wouldn't be Dr. Strange , a debonair, cosmopolitan, unpredictable and flashy man of mystery, but rather someone anonymous, who, while still doing some notable and even spectacular things, is dressed in worse rags than even the poverty-stricken Peter Parker had come up with before Tony Stark elevated him a bit. Dish Rag might be his moniker; or perhaps, Okay To Poop On Me If You Want To...  Anyway, you get the point: somewhere along the line Stephen Strange has to recover out of submitting himself to absolute humility and allow himself to flower-out again, if he's going to be the strange and singularly interesting person he is in the Marvel U. The way there it seems is to provide obvi...