Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus, Vol. 2

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus

by Roy Thomas, M.C. Wyman (Illustrator), Michael Bair (Illustrator)

Doctor Strange is thrust into the Infi nity War! The Doc allies with Galactus, puts together a group of mages to save the Earth and reunites the original Defenders...but when Strange defies the all-powerful Vishanti and is stripped of his mystical power, he must revive his old non-team, with a twist! Who will join the ranks of Strange's Secret Defenders? He'll battle Nightmare, team with Morbius, and lose and gain a disciple - but Dormammu is the one to really dread! COLLECTING: DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME 41-59, ANNUAL 2-3; SPIDER-MAN/DR. STRANGE: THE WAY TO DUSTY DEATH; SILVER SURFER (1987) 67; MORBIUS: THE LIVING VAMPIRE (1992) 9; SECRET DEFENDERS 1-11; MATERIAL FROM INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL 18; NAMOR THE SUBMARINER ANNUAL 2; SILVER SURFER ANNUAL 5

Genres: Marvel, Comics, Graphic Novels

1056 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

About the author

Roy Thomas was the FIRST Editor-in-Chief at Marvel--After Stan Lee stepped down from the position. Roy is a longtime comic book writer and editor. Thomas has written comics for Archie, Charlton, DC, Heroic Publishing, Marvel, and Topps over the years. Thomas currently edits the fanzine Alter Ego for Twomorrow's Publishing. He was Editor for Marvel comics from 1972-1974. He wrote for several titles at Marvel, such as Avengers, Thor, Invaders, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and notably Conan the Barbarian. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America — and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.

Also a legendary creator. Creations include Wolverine, Carol Danvers, Ghost Rider, Vision, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Valkyrie, Morbius, Doc Samson, and Ultron. Roy has also worked for Archie, Charlton, and DC among others over the years.

Reviews

[OmniBen · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review) 3.5/5
It scrapes a four rounded up by the skin of its teeth, but boy oh boy was this one wildly inconsistent ride. A bunch of tie ins and annuals of moderate quality kick things off, before we go on an enjoyably strong run with Mr. comics, Roy Thomas and Geof Isherwood at the helm, doing reliable work. Sure, it doesn't scale the heights seen in the first omnibus with Guice Jackson's delicious artwork, but it had me suitably turning the pages with few qualms for a nineties run. Then we get the outstanding Spiderman cross over graphic novel; The Way of Dusty Death, which is without a doubt the absolute highlight of the book. The rest of the book runs the gamut from good to skippable event tie ins, which if I'm honest, did see me flick through more than a few pages when things neither featured Dr. Strange prominently, or were just pretty god damn forgettable.
The four stars really does flatter this book somewhat, though the undoubted quality it does contain deserves to be recognised above the burden of too much mediocre content, which ultimately stops this being a must own. Worth a read, but you're not gonna rush bac to it any time soon. 3.5/5


OmniBen.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This omnibus is so uneven. The most fun regular run stories are those ties into the Infinity War and Infinity Crusade crossovers. The Spider-Man/Doctor Strange: The way of Dusty Death is great and I really enjoyed most of the Secret Defenders issues (especially that art by Grindberg!) but the Sorcerer Supreme issues were lack luster for me. With the majority of the exceptional content already included in the Infinity War and Crusade omnis this volume is a pass for me.

[Rodrigo Lewallen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this omnibus. It helped me fill in the holes of my knowledge of Dr. Strange from my childhood readings of this comic. The book also helped me enjoy the MCU movie as well.