The early Dr. Strange comics are thoroughly entertaining ... cloaked forms with heads on fire wrapped in intricate patterns of mystic force; towers of green heads looming out of green mist ...

(A similar pattern applies to the Harry Potter universe: Good magic is like technology; only bad magic is occultic and ritual.) So far, so good — but then Doctor Strange throws a curve.

There is no set pattern or expectation of how they roll out… but in the case of Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, Marvel fans everywhere will get to see one of each.

The MCU has consistently excelled at transforming a minor arc into a major storyline. Moreover, if one compelling fan theory ...