

However, her former protégé, Kaecilius, has contacted the powerful demon Dormammu in the Dark Dimension and wants to destroy the three Sanctums with his minions to let the Dark Dimension, where time does not exist and anyone can live forever, to rule the world. She discloses the astral plan and other dimensions to him and explains that Earth is protected in the mystical plan by three Sanctums (in New York, London, and Hong Kong). Strange travels to Katmandu where he meets the sorcerer Mordo and is introduced to The Ancient One. Strange learns that the paraplegic Jonathan Pangborn walked again, he seeks him out and is told he was healed in Kamar-Taj. Strange unsuccessfully spends his savings searching for an experimental treatment for his fingers. The surgeon, Christine Palmer, who was his lover, tries to help him.

Strange damages his fingers and loses control of his hands. Stephen Strange is a talented neurosurgeon with a huge ego.
