A much needed origin story

Whenever we get a reboot of Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, and very few others, we always say that the origin story isn’t needed. And that is because everybody now knows how these very popular superheroes came into existence.

But Doctor Strange is different – without any pun intended. And that is because, even if he is well known among comic book fans, he is still a newcomer into an already established shared universe (let’s face it, the majority of the audiences know the heroes of the MCU without knowing their comic book counterparts).

So an origin story is more than welcome at this point. We, those who have followed Doctor Strange’s history thus far, know that he was a brilliant surgeon, who had a terrible accident and lost his ability to operate, but then discovered that he could help in a different way.

But this is something completely new for the audiences – and the novelty of the character is perfectly captured in the teaser. Yes – it is an origin story, but one that we actually wanted to see for a first time.