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    Default Characters Who Are Both Scientists and Magicians

    I know of Dr Strange, Dr. Doom and Willow from Buffy. Anyone know of any other characters in fiction that are both scientists and magicians?

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    Artemis Fowl

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    Harry Dresden, much of his magic was based on scientific principles, including his potions.
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    Forge of the X-Men is at the same time a brilliant inventor (aided by his mutant power) as well as a shaman who has displayed the ability to conjure spells.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starchild View Post
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    According to Grant Morrison Alfred Pennyworth reads AF

    Does Doc Strange count?

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    Quote Originally Posted by batnbreakfast View Post
    Does Doc Strange count?
    No because he's already mentioned in the OP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by batnbreakfast View Post
    According to Grant Morrison Alfred Pennyworth reads AF

    Does Doc Strange count?
    That's awesome actually. I never had a reason to like Alfred until now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carabas View Post
    No because he's already mentioned in the OP.
    Bad reading comprehension skills or just a long day, maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Starchild View Post
    That's awesome actually. I never had a reason to like Alfred until now.
    methinks it was during Morrison's Batman and Son arc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent Z View Post
    I know of Dr Strange, Dr. Doom and Willow from Buffy. Anyone know of any other characters in fiction that are both scientists and magicians?
    Young Beast of the time displaced Original Five X-Men got into magic when science failed to let him time travel.

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    Houngan of the Brotherhood of Evil.

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    Mr. Terrific did a stint with magic during one of Johns' JSA arcs.

    And you can count Puck/Owen from Gargoyles - he is responsible for the tech force fields that kept Oberon out (until the guy tunneled under them, at least) of Xanatos' HQ. And Xanatos himself dabbled in both, although the only magic he has used was either artifacts or rituals.

    No one seems to embody the tropes of both better than Dr. Doom though, wearing a suit of tech armor while casting spells in battle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zetsubou View Post
    Doctor Strange's specialty is neurosurgery but he hasn't practiced it in years. He is no longer a scientist.
    Please name the volume and issue of Dr. Strange or "The Defenders" or "Midnight Sons" where he returns his diploma. Otherwise, please withdraw your slanderous lie. After all, it's DOCTOR Strange, not MISTER Strange.

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    Chronologically,

    If you count "engineering" under "science", Alan Scott, the Original Green Lantern.

    Dr. Fate's original More Fun Comics run enemies Wotan and Karkull both played in both realms.

    Pre-Crisis (really, pre-70s) Wonder Woman (and the Amazons in general) were presented as both mystical/mythological, and yet having developed sophisticated magic-integrating technologies.

    The way Kirby wrote The Asgardians in general, and Odin in particular, seriously blurs the lines (odd that his depiction of The Olympians seemed far less ambiguous).

    IMO: from there it gets murky because you wind up with mashups between "mystical" and "mysticism."

    The Black Panther's physical/sensory abilities are derived from herbs and rituals with distinctly mystical/religious aspects, but he's a bonzer inventor and loaded to the eyeballs with advanced technology.

    Moon Dragon developed psychic abilities from her (mysticism-rich) martial arts studies, but was also an accomplished scientist and engineer (at least in her early appearances).

    Something of a stretch: Iron Man integrated mystical elements into his Thor-Buster Armor in comics, and built an Uru Armor with the help of The Dwarf King in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

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    Does Darth Vader count?

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