Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Doctor Strange

Marvel Platinum

by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan

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Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Fantasy

296 pages, Paperback

Published September 29, 2016

About the author

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Reviews

[Letizia Loi]

E' la raccolta perfetta se volete leggere gli episodi più salienti su Doctor Strange, ma - comprensibilmente - non avete il tempo, la voglia o la possibilità pratica ed economica di leggere tutti i volumi dagli anni '60 a oggi. Questo Marvel platinum raccoglie i primissimi due numeri in cui venne introdotto Strange, le sue origini, il primo scontro con gli arcinemici di sempre (in cui conobbe anche la futura moglie) la morte del maestro e la sua nomina a Stregone Supremo, la separazione da Clea e un l'ultimo numero (molto moderno) in cui si racconta l'acquisto della casa a New York.
L'unica cosa che potrei criticare (e che mi lascia molto perplessa) è che contiene l'ultimo issue di The Oath (Il Giuramento) che non ha molto senso da solo, senza aver letto il resto di quella storyline. Per il resto è senza dubbio una raccolta fantastica.

[Neo]

Doctor Strange.

Despite the meh last story of the collection, Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Doctor Strange is pure brilliance. From magic Nazis worshipping Dormammu to escapes via singularity to a desperate knucklebone showdown on New York rooftops, the stories collected draw a portrait of a strong, lonely man, Stephen Strange. It is deeply human, as well as trippy as hell.

[Graham]

To be honest I’m not really interested in anything other than the 60’s & 70’s stuff in this collection. Having said that, great artwork aside, the writing is so dated and clunky that reading them again was a bit of a drag. Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

[LivThebooks]

2.5 its a cool book too have for marvel fans but the stories aren't really that good. But hey Doctor Strange is one of my favorite marvel characters so its an ok comic.

[Steve Clark]

Interesting review of the character over the years

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[Oliver Stephens]

Least favourite comic from a top 3 favourite character

[Alan]

First third was classic stories. Rest was bad writing and bad art. The first and last Marvel Platinum that I will ever read.

[Simon]

A really good introduction to this slightly lesser known hero from Marvel.

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Entertaining and gives a peek at the many different styles of Doctor Steven Vincent Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts and Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.

I myself pretty much enjoyed Geof Isherwood's drawings and Brian K. Vaughan's storytelling. Also, some drawings found scattered around by David Finch, John Romita Jr. and the cover art by a certain Johnson are appealing.