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Doctor Strange (2015) (Collected Editions) #1-2
Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron Vol. 1
Collects Doctor Strange (2015) #1-10 And Doctor Strange: Last Days Of Magic #1.
Only Doctor Strange can protect our world from the darkness beyond — but every spell he casts comes at a cost! Now witness the full toll taken on Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme as the good Doctor wakes up somewhere very odd, nearly naked, sans spellbooks and weapons and with no memory of how he got there…or why all the monsters are chasing him! And as a new visitor to the Sanctum Sanctorum learns that one wrong door can lead to oblivion, a magic circle of Strange’s friends and allies is about to face its greatest threat! Dark forces are destroying everything mystical in the Multiverse, and their sights are set on this dimension. The Empirikul are coming. Magic’s days are numbered. And Doctor Strange is not ready!
Only Doctor Strange can protect our world from the darkness beyond — but every spell he casts comes at a cost! Now witness the full toll taken on Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme as the good Doctor wakes up somewhere very odd, nearly naked, sans spellbooks and weapons and with no memory of how he got there…or why all the monsters are chasing him! And as a new visitor to the Sanctum Sanctorum learns that one wrong door can lead to oblivion, a magic circle of Strange’s friends and allies is about to face its greatest threat! Dark forces are destroying everything mystical in the Multiverse, and their sights are set on this dimension. The Empirikul are coming. Magic’s days are numbered. And Doctor Strange is not ready!
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First published December 19, 2017
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,358 books1,678 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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July 6, 2018
Something there is that is intent on cleansing the world of magic, and murdering its practitioners. It's not a totally original idea; Marvel has done it before (also with Doctor Strange) with Witches and DC with Day of Judgment. Marvel's previous effort was rather poor, so it's perhaps nice to see a "redo." This one is much more successful, with fantastic art by Chris Bachalo (the sole reason I picked up the volume) and a more coherent story. Jason Aaron's overall story is good, but I've a bit a problem with the style. Most modern comics writers seem to be able to write only one personality: the snarky, self-aware post-modernist. This works for a character like Spider-Man, who was always an irreverent joker, but it's all wrong for Doctor Strange. This character bears little resemblance to the Strange I've read in any previous era. Still, if you can roll with these inconsistencies, or are simply a newer reader, it's a fun, solid tale that is mostly concluded yet left somewhat open at the end. I look forward to the next volume. 3 ½ stars.
May 4, 2022
Had a good time with this one. Early on they show some evil lurking in another dimension, going around killing all magic practitioners. Eventually, Doctor Strange catches on that something terrible is coming. But to his astonishment, it’s not another magic user, but someone using science and technology to disrupt and kill all magic. Now with barely any magic left in the word, Strange has to somehow muster up the power to take entity down. Nice build and some cool action depicted nicely by Bachalo’s art. Looking forward to vol 2!!
December 27, 2021
Very good and beautiful edition. I love the way it bring forward Doctor Strange, obviously, but in a more profound way. Sure there is humor and action, but also the other side, the cost of that magic and that power and what it does to him and made him do to keep going. I really enjoy it!
March 24, 2020
Probably more like 3.5. The first couple volumes of Jason Aaron’s Doctor Strange run play out like an action movie (in a good way). A new villain, tragically motivated to hate/destroy all magic comes for everything Stephen is supposed to protect. He has a quick backstory and enough power to pose a serious threat, so a slightly above average antagonist, but entertaining to see. Not a huge fan of Bachalo’s art; I like a lot of his layouts but the details often get lost and muddied. Worth a read, and as my first Doctor Strange read, I’m not mad at it.
March 8, 2021
Around the same time I picked up Strange Academy I learned that Chris Bachalo had illustrated a run of Doctor Strange comics, and that combo really seemed like a match made in heaven, so I resolved to give a few a read.
The result may not be quite all that one homes from the combo of Bachalo's visuals and Strange, but it often is exactly that. I'm not a huge fan of Strange's characterization here, but I have no idea how much of that is because I have little patience for the roguish womanizer archetype overall. The story is solid even if the resolution seems to happen too abruptly, and it's fun to see a bunch of Marvel's other mystical characters guest-starring - kinda wish we'd gotten to spend more time with the Magic Avengers there.
The result may not be quite all that one homes from the combo of Bachalo's visuals and Strange, but it often is exactly that. I'm not a huge fan of Strange's characterization here, but I have no idea how much of that is because I have little patience for the roguish womanizer archetype overall. The story is solid even if the resolution seems to happen too abruptly, and it's fun to see a bunch of Marvel's other mystical characters guest-starring - kinda wish we'd gotten to spend more time with the Magic Avengers there.
July 8, 2018
This is the start of a very solid Dr. Strange run. It is consistent with the character and his history while adding a nice twist that makes sense - the cost of using magic on the mind and body. It is light and trippy - Steve Dikto would be pleased. There are moments of humor. Strange works with a number of the other sorcerers. They are mostly very deferential to him and don't add much to the story - it seems they are there for us to view like celebrities ("look, it's Shaman" and "there is the Scarlet Witch") without having any development or contribution to the plot. It may be that Strange is just too dominant a magic user for other magic-users to be worthwhile.
The art is cool.
The art is cool.
September 17, 2022
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October 19, 2021
This turned out to be really great Halloween read. Lots of weird fun.
March 27, 2021
I've been on a Dr. Strange comic-reading marathon as my Comixology subscription is nearing its end and this story is my favorite so far. Dr. Stephen Strange or Earth-616's Sorcerer Supreme is my favorite superhero of all time. This storyline illustrates the attack of the Empirikul whose goal is to eliminate magic in the entire universe. After killing approximately 17 supreme sorcerers of different dimensions, the Empirikul led by the Imperator is now targeting Earth and specifically Doctor Strange. I found this story to be incredibly interesting with the likes of Scarlet Witch, Magik, Hellstrom, etc. appearing and helping Strange as the Earth faces its last days of magic. Once in a while, it's nice to go beyond the mainstream portrayal of superheroes in the big screen and come to know them where they truly came from, from colored pages with text bubbles. This storyline showed me that there's more to the Sorcerer Supreme that we all know, every punch comes at a cost.
December 4, 2020
I've always liked the character of Doctor Strange though I've never been a regular reader of any of his solo books. This series originally caught my attention because of the fantastic artwork of Chris Bachalo and I ended up reading the entirety of Jason Aaron's run as writer. I liked his take on Doctor Strange and enjoyed the stories he told though I'm not sure how well it fits in the character's overall continuity. Aaron takes a lot of liberties redefining how magic works in the Marvel universe and reimagining what Doctor Strange's day to day life is like. I thought his take was really cool but it just doesn't relate to the established continuity. I imagine that as new writers come to the book some of Aaron's more original ideas will disappear in favor of a more familiar approach to the character.
The main thrust of the story in this volume is about an alien and his robot soldiers (collectively known as the Empirikul) who are hell bent on destroying all magic through the multiverse. When they come to earth, they wipe out most of the magical artifacts and mystical creatures on earth and destroy all the planet's magical energies. That leaves Doctor Strange and a handful of other magical super heroes - all freshly stripped of their powers - to try to fight off the aliens using a hodge-podge of second-rate artifacts and potions. And somehow, through sheer grit and cleverness, they manage to pull a plan out of their ass and save the day.
The writing is good. Aaron delivers a fun adventure with the sort of end-of-the-world high stakes that seem to dominate Marvel comics nowadays. But it's definitely Bachalo's artwork that makes this series something special.
I really enjoyed the supporting cast, which includes the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Shaman and Talisman from Alpha Flight, and a handful of others. Aaron also introduces a new apprentice for Doctor Strange in Zelma Stanton. There were only two problems with the supporting cast. One, Aaron seemed to forget that some of them - like Scarlet Witch and Magik - have other powers beyond their magic, which means that as Empirikul was destroying all magic, the Scarlet Witch and Magik would have been kicking his butt with their mutant powers. The other complaint I had is that there wasn't any real character development for anyone except Doctor Strange and Wong. This really bothered me with Zelma who is clearly supposed to be interesting and important but never manages to be anything more than blandly likeable. Hopefully another writer will pick her up and breathe some real life into her.
Still, everything said and done there's a lot to like here and I definitely did like it.
The main thrust of the story in this volume is about an alien and his robot soldiers (collectively known as the Empirikul) who are hell bent on destroying all magic through the multiverse. When they come to earth, they wipe out most of the magical artifacts and mystical creatures on earth and destroy all the planet's magical energies. That leaves Doctor Strange and a handful of other magical super heroes - all freshly stripped of their powers - to try to fight off the aliens using a hodge-podge of second-rate artifacts and potions. And somehow, through sheer grit and cleverness, they manage to pull a plan out of their ass and save the day.
The writing is good. Aaron delivers a fun adventure with the sort of end-of-the-world high stakes that seem to dominate Marvel comics nowadays. But it's definitely Bachalo's artwork that makes this series something special.
I really enjoyed the supporting cast, which includes the Scarlet Witch, Magik, Shaman and Talisman from Alpha Flight, and a handful of others. Aaron also introduces a new apprentice for Doctor Strange in Zelma Stanton. There were only two problems with the supporting cast. One, Aaron seemed to forget that some of them - like Scarlet Witch and Magik - have other powers beyond their magic, which means that as Empirikul was destroying all magic, the Scarlet Witch and Magik would have been kicking his butt with their mutant powers. The other complaint I had is that there wasn't any real character development for anyone except Doctor Strange and Wong. This really bothered me with Zelma who is clearly supposed to be interesting and important but never manages to be anything more than blandly likeable. Hopefully another writer will pick her up and breathe some real life into her.
Still, everything said and done there's a lot to like here and I definitely did like it.
July 29, 2023
Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron volume 1. This is a graphic novel hard cover that collects issues #1 - 10 of the 2015 series and Last Days of Magic #1.
I got burnt out on Marvel and the superhero genre in general so it’s taken me a while to read this one. I recently got into the Marvel Midnight Suns game which has reinvigorated my love for Marvel.
This acts as a good jumping on point for the character of Doctor Strange in modern Marvel comics. You don’t need to come equipped with any prior knowledge of the character.
The central plot revolves around magic disappearing from the Marvel universe and the impact this has on the different magical users. What does a character like Strange do without magic? There is commentary on the idea of science vs magic. The main threat in the book is the Empirikul, a scientifically advanced race that want to destroy all traces of different forms of magic across the multiverse.
Plenty of action, magic and otherwise. Interesting supporting cast of different magic users.
It didn’t grab me in quite the same way as the Jason Aaron run on Thor. I feel part of the reason is the artwork here just didn’t click with me. It felt inconsistent and muddled in places - hard to follow. Art is a personal preference however so some may love it.
A decent jumping on point for the Sorcerer Supreme and the magic side of Marvel. I look forward to seeing where the series goes next.
I got burnt out on Marvel and the superhero genre in general so it’s taken me a while to read this one. I recently got into the Marvel Midnight Suns game which has reinvigorated my love for Marvel.
This acts as a good jumping on point for the character of Doctor Strange in modern Marvel comics. You don’t need to come equipped with any prior knowledge of the character.
The central plot revolves around magic disappearing from the Marvel universe and the impact this has on the different magical users. What does a character like Strange do without magic? There is commentary on the idea of science vs magic. The main threat in the book is the Empirikul, a scientifically advanced race that want to destroy all traces of different forms of magic across the multiverse.
Plenty of action, magic and otherwise. Interesting supporting cast of different magic users.
It didn’t grab me in quite the same way as the Jason Aaron run on Thor. I feel part of the reason is the artwork here just didn’t click with me. It felt inconsistent and muddled in places - hard to follow. Art is a personal preference however so some may love it.
A decent jumping on point for the Sorcerer Supreme and the magic side of Marvel. I look forward to seeing where the series goes next.
June 2, 2021
I think I got exactly what I expected from this book. Jason Aaron is a good writer, maybe not as great as Marvel thinks he is. I only say that because they love producing omnis and deluxe hardcovers of everything he writes and give less attention to other that are more deserving. But anyway, this is good. The concept of all magic being used up is interesting and the idea that there is a consequence to every use of magic is interesting too. It kind of makes sense. The use of Magik from the X-Men and Talisman from Alpha Flight added to this. Though it would have been more interesting had they been more prominent.
My biggest apprehension, which played out exactly like I had expected, came from Chris Bachalo. No one draws like him. He draws in a way that is very detailed, with thick lines and creative layouts. But those layouts can get too creative, in that it is very hard to understand what is happening on the page. Sometimes we are too close to the subject of the action and it is impossible to tell what is happening. And what's up with character poses? In Bachalo's imagination, everyone walks hunched over with their hands in front with fingers splayed out. It's as if every person is Nosferatu or something. It isn't the worst art and it gets points for looking weird. But it really makes me look forward to an artist with a cleaner style.
My biggest apprehension, which played out exactly like I had expected, came from Chris Bachalo. No one draws like him. He draws in a way that is very detailed, with thick lines and creative layouts. But those layouts can get too creative, in that it is very hard to understand what is happening on the page. Sometimes we are too close to the subject of the action and it is impossible to tell what is happening. And what's up with character poses? In Bachalo's imagination, everyone walks hunched over with their hands in front with fingers splayed out. It's as if every person is Nosferatu or something. It isn't the worst art and it gets points for looking weird. But it really makes me look forward to an artist with a cleaner style.
July 17, 2019
This is not the Doctor Strange I've gotten to know. He seems much younger. Gone are the grey streaks and Steven is less stern. He actually has a sense of humor. Wong, who is much more than Strange's servant, cooks him the most bizarre foods. It makes total sense that a Sorcerer Supreme would not eat the same food as you and me, but no other creators mentioned about his diet before.
Strange sees New York through the psychedelic lens of magic. The streets are filled with psychic creatures and rainbow colored mushrooms and stuff. Yes, I loved Aaron's worldbuilding. The universe of Doctor Strange is rich and layered and teeming with unseen horrors. Aaron also expands the mythology of the Sanctum Sanctorum. It's a truly magical house filled to the brim with bizar artefacts and inter-dimensional doorways. And then there's the thing in the cellar...
The story is very entertaining and exciting and it has all the ingredients for a movie; action, adventure, great characters. And there's something really big at stake. Magic itself is disappearing from the universe and Strange must try to prevent it.
I wasn't all too impressed with the backstory and motivation of the main villain, but all in all this was a solid read and very entertaining from start to finish. Aaron's and Bachalo's take on the character is fresh and exciting.
Strange sees New York through the psychedelic lens of magic. The streets are filled with psychic creatures and rainbow colored mushrooms and stuff. Yes, I loved Aaron's worldbuilding. The universe of Doctor Strange is rich and layered and teeming with unseen horrors. Aaron also expands the mythology of the Sanctum Sanctorum. It's a truly magical house filled to the brim with bizar artefacts and inter-dimensional doorways. And then there's the thing in the cellar...
The story is very entertaining and exciting and it has all the ingredients for a movie; action, adventure, great characters. And there's something really big at stake. Magic itself is disappearing from the universe and Strange must try to prevent it.
I wasn't all too impressed with the backstory and motivation of the main villain, but all in all this was a solid read and very entertaining from start to finish. Aaron's and Bachalo's take on the character is fresh and exciting.
June 3, 2025
I dont like this flippant voice that aaron gives strange. to me, strange is a very serious character, not quippy. obviously he's not humourless. the voice just seems wrong to me here. other than that I think it is well written.
there is a cost to using magic, physical to the user as well as pain and a draining I'd life force or something similar.
turns out Wong has been protecting strange by using a host of disciplines to share that cost for the greater good of strange saving humanity. as well as a misery/suffering manifestation that takes away strange's pain.
zelma is a librarian who comes seeking help from strange and becomes entangled in his world. our point of view character as she learns about magic so does the reader.
the villain here is a being of science. their parents lived on a world where magic dominated and science was illegal or at the very least taboo. parents are murdered by the establishment sbd send their little Kal-El away in a space ship with the EMPIRIKUL. robots who teach abd protect them. villain goes from world to world killing magic users. I think Aaron was a big fan of their own world with the godbutcher. very similar to that juat not as good.
bachalos art suits this perfectly. I think this is my favourite of their work.
there is a cost to using magic, physical to the user as well as pain and a draining I'd life force or something similar.
turns out Wong has been protecting strange by using a host of disciplines to share that cost for the greater good of strange saving humanity. as well as a misery/suffering manifestation that takes away strange's pain.
zelma is a librarian who comes seeking help from strange and becomes entangled in his world. our point of view character as she learns about magic so does the reader.
the villain here is a being of science. their parents lived on a world where magic dominated and science was illegal or at the very least taboo. parents are murdered by the establishment sbd send their little Kal-El away in a space ship with the EMPIRIKUL. robots who teach abd protect them. villain goes from world to world killing magic users. I think Aaron was a big fan of their own world with the godbutcher. very similar to that juat not as good.
bachalos art suits this perfectly. I think this is my favourite of their work.
January 1, 2026
Starting the year by finishing off the second half, in a single sitting, of a re-read I'd been doing over a few months between new pulls and collected editions.
I originally read this digitally 9 years ago and started pulling the latter part of the run physically as I was enjoying it so much.
Reading this in an oversized format is perfect for Bachalo's artwork and layouts. One is able to take the time to appreciate the detail and the flow that really fits the story.
Aaron's writing is engrossing and dark with some dry humour too. It works perfectly as an introduction to Stephen and into this side of the Marvel universe especially as it shakes up the status quo.
I love the characters introduced here like Zelma and I'd forgotten that there were a few new characters introduced in this run and a cool new location in the bar with no doors. I'd not thought to look into them previously but this re-read has piqued my interest e.g. Alice Gulliver, that James Robinson created and seems to have used in his Scarlet Witch run; something for the TBR.
Overall, this was just as great a read the second time around and I'm glad I picked up the OHC.
I originally read this digitally 9 years ago and started pulling the latter part of the run physically as I was enjoying it so much.
Reading this in an oversized format is perfect for Bachalo's artwork and layouts. One is able to take the time to appreciate the detail and the flow that really fits the story.
Aaron's writing is engrossing and dark with some dry humour too. It works perfectly as an introduction to Stephen and into this side of the Marvel universe especially as it shakes up the status quo.
I love the characters introduced here like Zelma and I'd forgotten that there were a few new characters introduced in this run and a cool new location in the bar with no doors. I'd not thought to look into them previously but this re-read has piqued my interest e.g. Alice Gulliver, that James Robinson created and seems to have used in his Scarlet Witch run; something for the TBR.
Overall, this was just as great a read the second time around and I'm glad I picked up the OHC.
September 8, 2019
This Doctor Strange volume by Jason Aaron is GOOD. Really, really good!
The first half is kinda slow. Interesting and original, but not really great. Then the good stuff comes! Doctor Strange is fighting to save magic and many magicians come to aid him, including THE Scarlet Witch and Magik (Illyana Rasputin)!!! And there were some special pages, some really special moments here and there that made me feel like I was reading Sandman - it was just SO good.
Looking forward to reading the second oversized volume!
The first half is kinda slow. Interesting and original, but not really great. Then the good stuff comes! Doctor Strange is fighting to save magic and many magicians come to aid him, including THE Scarlet Witch and Magik (Illyana Rasputin)!!! And there were some special pages, some really special moments here and there that made me feel like I was reading Sandman - it was just SO good.
Looking forward to reading the second oversized volume!
March 18, 2021
I think this is how all deluxe editions should be, a completely story as opposed to so many others which are just two paperbacks slapped together. Granted this is the same but the story runs throughout, there is no deviation but a little bit of filler with some wizards at the end which I'm not sure why it was included it was very pointless and didn't add anything at all but that's what fill is.
I made a mistake when reading this last time, as I tried to binge the whole thing in one sitting. Huge mistake as Jason Aaron's work is very dialogue heavy so last time it just became overbearing. When I read bits and bobs throughout the week I bloody loved it!
The story is about magic is dying out, all magic users have to pay a toll and Doctor Strange hasn't been paying his. So of course being sorcerer supreme something big happens and everyone ends up paying for it, there are quite a few parallels between this and Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 1: The God Butcher. This also had a few things in common with a Doctor Strange by Mark Waid, Vol. 1: Across The Universe, which was magic is dying but it was more of a soul searching story where as this was much more epic, it felt like there was consequences to his actions.
So all in all I think this is a great read, as long as you don't try to rush through it.
I made a mistake when reading this last time, as I tried to binge the whole thing in one sitting. Huge mistake as Jason Aaron's work is very dialogue heavy so last time it just became overbearing. When I read bits and bobs throughout the week I bloody loved it!
The story is about magic is dying out, all magic users have to pay a toll and Doctor Strange hasn't been paying his. So of course being sorcerer supreme something big happens and everyone ends up paying for it, there are quite a few parallels between this and Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 1: The God Butcher. This also had a few things in common with a Doctor Strange by Mark Waid, Vol. 1: Across The Universe, which was magic is dying but it was more of a soul searching story where as this was much more epic, it felt like there was consequences to his actions.
So all in all I think this is a great read, as long as you don't try to rush through it.
July 19, 2021
A very good reimagining of Dr. Strange for this generation. Aaron places Strange in a fully developed world of weirdness, injects more humor than Strange has had in the past and populates the page with many interesting and large ideas. The "magic has a price" mantra gets worn out, and later becomes a cliche in this series, but this is a great beginning.
May 8, 2023
Starts well enough despite rough transitions and inconsistent illustrations. Dark on dark illustrations are never good. The story also suffers a bit from what, I can only assume, are heavy handed and needless complexities. What really brings this crashing down about two-thirds of the way through is the penchant for wandering off into inconsequential storylines.
January 24, 2021
Been a while since I read comic books, but this one got me back into it! Fun storyline with a cool underlying message. Although sometimes the things that happened were a tad random. Curious to read the rest of the run.
3,5 ⭐s
3,5 ⭐s
January 31, 2021
Solidne czytadło, ale nic wybitnego. Doskonale oddaje dziwność postaci Stephena i magii w świecie Marvela, sympatyczna Zelma, ale główny wątek to jedna wielka klisza magia vs. nauka, przez co trochę trudno się tym ekscytować.
March 4, 2018
Still Not sure if I like this series... some weird moments for me. Had read part of the installment seperately.
October 18, 2020
Read the first half and quit.
July 20, 2021
NIE-SA-MO-WI-TE
September 11, 2021
I like da first half but I don't like da second half ☹️
January 21, 2022
boring and forgettable
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May 17, 2022A little quirky. Like it was try to be Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol. Wong was great though.
May 28, 2022
Very rare for me to enjoy modern superhero comics, but Aaron's work is more urban fantasy than fistfights, and Bachalo's work is extraordinary, with psychedelic panel designs and great use of color.
June 4, 2022
4,5/5⭐️
June 12, 2022
Salvo el tema de que se les olvidó que Magik crea discos de transportación por su poder mutante y no por magia, un excelente arco.
4.8/5
4.8/5
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