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Doctor Strange (2018) (Collected Editions)
Doctor Strange, Bd. 3: Der oberste Herold
Doctor Strange: herald of Galactus?! When an alien sorcerer demands Stephen Strange’s help saving his far-off planet from Galactus, the World-Eater ends up banished to the darkest depths of the mystic realms! Now Strange, his powers depleted, must undertake a rescue mission like never before! What effects will consuming other realities’ planets have on Galactus? Dimensions are destabilized as the cosmic balance is upset, and now it’s up to the good Doctor to make sure the World-Eater’s bout of interdimensional indigestion doesn’t destroy all that is! With a new other-dimensional feast and an unholy alliance, Galactus has never been more terrifying!
COLLECTING: DOCTOR STRANGE 12-17
COLLECTING: DOCTOR STRANGE 12-17
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First published October 1, 2019
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Mark Waid
3,182 books1,273 followersMark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.
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October 26, 2019
When an alien sorcerer banishes Galactus to the Dark Dimensions, the Eater of Worlds runs amok. Can Doctor Strange bring Galactus back to his home dimension and restore the cosmic balance?
Doctor Strange: Herald collects issues 12-17 of Doctor Strange.
Mark Waid's run on Doctor Strange continues, this time with Barry Kitson at the art helm. When the Sorcerer Supreme goes up against the Devourer of Worlds, things take an unexpected turn.
Kitson's art does a great job portraying alien dimensions and Waid certainly stacks the deck against Doctor Strange. When Mephisto and Dormammu are pulling the strings of Galactus, you know shit is serious. Seeing Clea, Umar, Strange, and the magic and space allstars of the Marvel Universe try to stop Galactus was a spectacle worthy of a crossover that derails a lot of books but it was fairly self-contained.
My one pet peeve is that Marvel can't wait to have its heroes make deals with the devil. Just when it looked like Waid might do something interesting with Clea for the first time in years, the rug gets yanked out from under us.
Mark Waid and Barry Kitson exceeded my expectations on this one. Four out of five Wands of Watoomb.
Doctor Strange: Herald collects issues 12-17 of Doctor Strange.
Mark Waid's run on Doctor Strange continues, this time with Barry Kitson at the art helm. When the Sorcerer Supreme goes up against the Devourer of Worlds, things take an unexpected turn.
Kitson's art does a great job portraying alien dimensions and Waid certainly stacks the deck against Doctor Strange. When Mephisto and Dormammu are pulling the strings of Galactus, you know shit is serious. Seeing Clea, Umar, Strange, and the magic and space allstars of the Marvel Universe try to stop Galactus was a spectacle worthy of a crossover that derails a lot of books but it was fairly self-contained.
My one pet peeve is that Marvel can't wait to have its heroes make deals with the devil. Just when it looked like Waid might do something interesting with Clea for the first time in years, the rug gets yanked out from under us.
Mark Waid and Barry Kitson exceeded my expectations on this one. Four out of five Wands of Watoomb.
February 28, 2020
Galactus gets transported to the mystical dimensions leaving Dr. Strange to figure out a way to get him back to our dimension before he wreaks havoc. Needless to say, Galactus causes all kinds of problems once he figures out how to eat magic like he does planets. This arc was really flat for me.
I was very excited to see Barry Kitson on pencils. Unfortunately, Scott Koblish scribbles all over the art leaving the book looking sketchy and rushed. The production art in the back shows just how good Kitson's art looks before Koblish draws over it. I certainly wasn't a fan.
I was very excited to see Barry Kitson on pencils. Unfortunately, Scott Koblish scribbles all over the art leaving the book looking sketchy and rushed. The production art in the back shows just how good Kitson's art looks before Koblish draws over it. I certainly wasn't a fan.
February 21, 2020
A great story, this one. Steve has to pick up the pieces when a well-meaning but bull-headed alien sorcerer banishes Galactus to the magical dimensions, throwing the entire balance of the universe out of whack! Strange brings half the Marvel Universe in to help him with this one and you won't believe what happens!
The highlight for me was when Whoo! That one was a doozy!
The only downside, really, was that Scott Koblish's finishes over Barry Kitson's layouts, while perfectly fine, weren't quite up to the illustrative standard of the previous couple of volumes.
The highlight for me was when Whoo! That one was a doozy!
The only downside, really, was that Scott Koblish's finishes over Barry Kitson's layouts, while perfectly fine, weren't quite up to the illustrative standard of the previous couple of volumes.
October 29, 2022
Eh.. just eh. Vol. 2 was much better than this, although seeing Galactus was kinda nice, I thought the whole battle of him and Dormammu was boring. Honestly just seeing The Scarlet Witch was my favorite part, big fan of her. But yeah, so far not really my cup of tea.
December 10, 2019
This was the worst of the series so far. I didn't like the space adventures, Glactaus is almost always boring, and Strange self doubting was getting stupid. Overall, not all that fun. A interesting start falls into a long overdrawn mission that adds to nothing. The ending is intriguing though. Enough to pick up the last volume.
September 27, 2019
When a visitor from beyond the stars arrives seeking Doctor Strange’s help against Galactus, Stephen’s response leaves him less than enthused, and results in a threat much larger than Strange ever anticipated. Even an army of magic’s most powerful defenders may not be enough to stop a mystically infused Devourer Of Worlds…
Maybe this volume reads better in trade, I don’t know. But it was bloody painful in single issues. It’s six issues long, and it feels like four of them don’t achieve anything. I’m sure it was meant to be Waid building the threat and gathering momentum, but it just felt like the plot was spinning its wheels and not getting anywhere. We already know that Galactus is a threat, so that’s kind of redundant, and the machinations of the various villains just isn’t that interesting when it’s clear who’s going to betray everyone at the end of it all. The final resolution is impressive, and saves the volume from a one star review, but it takes so long to get there that it almost doesn’t feel worth it.
Barry Kitson and Scott Koblish tag-team this volume, and it’s a detriment to both of them as they struggle to fill the pages with anything that doesn’t just look messy. The splash pages are supposed to be impressive, but come off as rushed, and the group scenes devolve into coloured blobs instead of individual characters. It’s disappointing, given how good both artists are known to be separately, leaving me to wonder if time pressures and deadlines were the problem rather than the artists themselves – these issues suffered massive delays, and that may also be why it felt like this story took forever to get anywhere.
Mark Waid’s Doctor Strange run has been impressive thus far, but this volume definitely feels like a misstep, a placeholder before Waid can move on to bigger things going forward. I appreciate him trying to keep Strange’s adventures rooted among the stars after the first volume introduced the idea, but this whole arc just falls disappointingly flat.
Maybe this volume reads better in trade, I don’t know. But it was bloody painful in single issues. It’s six issues long, and it feels like four of them don’t achieve anything. I’m sure it was meant to be Waid building the threat and gathering momentum, but it just felt like the plot was spinning its wheels and not getting anywhere. We already know that Galactus is a threat, so that’s kind of redundant, and the machinations of the various villains just isn’t that interesting when it’s clear who’s going to betray everyone at the end of it all. The final resolution is impressive, and saves the volume from a one star review, but it takes so long to get there that it almost doesn’t feel worth it.
Barry Kitson and Scott Koblish tag-team this volume, and it’s a detriment to both of them as they struggle to fill the pages with anything that doesn’t just look messy. The splash pages are supposed to be impressive, but come off as rushed, and the group scenes devolve into coloured blobs instead of individual characters. It’s disappointing, given how good both artists are known to be separately, leaving me to wonder if time pressures and deadlines were the problem rather than the artists themselves – these issues suffered massive delays, and that may also be why it felt like this story took forever to get anywhere.
Mark Waid’s Doctor Strange run has been impressive thus far, but this volume definitely feels like a misstep, a placeholder before Waid can move on to bigger things going forward. I appreciate him trying to keep Strange’s adventures rooted among the stars after the first volume introduced the idea, but this whole arc just falls disappointingly flat.
October 30, 2019
ugh I started grudgingly enjoying Doctor Strange books for the weird humor and magical shit, I don't care about Galactus!!! I don't care about Galactus AT ALL. this book had only TWO PANELS of Bats the Ghost Dog. A terrible ratio for my interests.
August 15, 2019
Why is it impossible to let heroes be happy for once? Jeez, you don't have to tug at my heartstrings like that
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 9, 2020
There isn’t a lot of subtlety to the story--Galactus is a creature who devours things, set loose in the universe, then the mystic realm; and he must be stopped. But it’s sweet that Stephen is still in love with Clea and wants another chance with her.
Jesús Saiz’s covers are gorgeous. But the story art is in a more traditional comic book style.
Jesús Saiz’s covers are gorgeous. But the story art is in a more traditional comic book style.
May 6, 2022
And... I'm done with this run, I'm so tired of these over-the-top storylines, second volume in and Mark Waid's already writing down a story about Doctor Strange wiping out the entire Marvel universe, and he does it like some kind of filler story, middle of the road volume, this reeks of smugness, the pacing is all wrong, the emotions are not there, the art is sketchy, get out of here, book. I'm throwing Mark Waid into the bring-it-down-a-notch bucket, along with Aaron.
July 9, 2021
So. I Mark Waid working out some issues with this run on Doctor Strange?
The story starts with two people unwilling to talk or explain. They just attack and entrap. The set up for this story is 6 pages which is forever in comics.
There is a bunch of stuff in the middle that is sort of interesting, but Galactus hungers and is unstoppable is not exactly original. Just because he hungers for "magic" instead of life force of planets or their energy or whatever does not suddenly change that Galactus hungers story line.
There is backstabbing and plots and all the heroes assembled. Doctor Strange saves them all by operating on the universe.
Then the story that started with people / men starting their relationship with violence, the story ends with a man Doctor Strange stealing taking without permission part of what makes a woman who she was. Horrible way to treat women as objects to be used in the fight, take their very being and walk away.
The story starts with two people unwilling to talk or explain. They just attack and entrap. The set up for this story is 6 pages which is forever in comics.
There is a bunch of stuff in the middle that is sort of interesting, but Galactus hungers and is unstoppable is not exactly original. Just because he hungers for "magic" instead of life force of planets or their energy or whatever does not suddenly change that Galactus hungers story line.
There is backstabbing and plots and all the heroes assembled. Doctor Strange saves them all by operating on the universe.
Then the story that started with people / men starting their relationship with violence, the story ends with a man Doctor Strange stealing taking without permission part of what makes a woman who she was. Horrible way to treat women as objects to be used in the fight, take their very being and walk away.
November 16, 2019
I've never been a fan of galaxy-spanning stories, but this one works better than most.
September 30, 2019
Im done with Waids Strange run
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January 7, 2020Waid has already taken Strange to space once, but opens this volume with him musing on how samey and circular his life has become, how he keeps saving the world from the same enemies over and over, losing and regaining his powers. Which is a legitimate complaint for most long-running superheroes, but having them actually notice as much is risky; are you about to remedy the problem, or just play through it again? Strange then complains that he no longer feels like a doctor, curing things, but a fireman always putting out the same fires, which is just plain stupid; even in areas on which developers have their eye, the same buildings don't catch fire repeatedly anything like as often as the same people's illnesses recur. So even though he's meant to be the Sorcerer Supreme, and being careful what you wish for is the most rudimentary magical understanding there is, Strange wishes for a new challenge. And soon, because of some plot (which to be fair is pretty finely tuned and does work), Strange finds himself dealing with someone else's bad guy altogether: Galactus the world-eater, a creature of science (for superhero comic values of the word) who has been transported to the mystic realms, where his presence risks upsetting the balance of all things.
And where he's soon interacting with all those same old villains Stephen was just moaning about.
So what felt like a new direction instead becomes something more like a cry for help, as Strange is once more forced to go through the motions, ending with hitting a cosmic reset button in pretty much the same way Marvel hit it last time everything ended. Doubly so because poor bloody Galactus was also meant to have his eating disorder fixed not so long ago. If it were a little more meta about using that fact openly, as the opening hinted, it could have been a good read. As is, one can only enjoy the art (I especially liked the roiling but still determinedly neutral Eternity), and hope that Waid's having more fun than he seems to be.
And where he's soon interacting with all those same old villains Stephen was just moaning about.
So what felt like a new direction instead becomes something more like a cry for help, as Strange is once more forced to go through the motions, ending with hitting a cosmic reset button in pretty much the same way Marvel hit it last time everything ended. Doubly so because poor bloody Galactus was also meant to have his eating disorder fixed not so long ago. If it were a little more meta about using that fact openly, as the opening hinted, it could have been a good read. As is, one can only enjoy the art (I especially liked the roiling but still determinedly neutral Eternity), and hope that Waid's having more fun than he seems to be.
March 17, 2020
Whoa! Stop! Hold on a second... one of the first things I recall about every writing teacher I’ve ever had was that you don’t tell the reader the story, you let them experience the story. You make it emotional. Through most of this volume our illustrious author does nothing except tell the story. In fact huge chunks are just narration. And not very engaging narration. It was rather painful reading this. There’s no emotional anchor, there’s no empathic resonance. It’s just page after page of pretty pictures explaining the story. Yawn.
And then... there’s the whole science/magic dichotomy. This always breaks down into absurdity. In a world, a reality where magic is real, where magic exists ... it is, by definition, natural. Therefore magic is part of the physical world. It’s part of physics. So science and magic aren’t some weird esoteric dichotomy. They are essentially the same thing, just being done in two different methodologies. Some writers grok this. Clearly, Waid hasn’t the basic fundamental clue.
But wait, there’s more... the powers at play in this story are staggeringly cosmic. Literally. We’re talking the Living Tribunal, Eternity, Galactus, Mephisto, Nightmare, etc. This is the playing field of Doctor Strange. And some of this is presented with at least a sense of scale. But then ... ok, somehow Dormammu thinks he can make Galactus his servant? That’s delusional on the scale of ... well, let’s just say, astronomical proportions and leave it at that. I find it hard to swallow that someone who once ruled the Dark Dimension could be that monumentally stupid. But then we are talking Dormammu here, so .... And then there’s Black Bolt, his slightest whisper can level mountains. Fine. But to say that somehow he can actually be a match, even slightly, with Galactus is the definition of ludicrous.
Let me put this another way, Waid is so clearly working outside his toolbox here that this volume is downright insulting (and I didn’t even mention the endless lines of cliched narration and dialogue).
And then... there’s the whole science/magic dichotomy. This always breaks down into absurdity. In a world, a reality where magic is real, where magic exists ... it is, by definition, natural. Therefore magic is part of the physical world. It’s part of physics. So science and magic aren’t some weird esoteric dichotomy. They are essentially the same thing, just being done in two different methodologies. Some writers grok this. Clearly, Waid hasn’t the basic fundamental clue.
But wait, there’s more... the powers at play in this story are staggeringly cosmic. Literally. We’re talking the Living Tribunal, Eternity, Galactus, Mephisto, Nightmare, etc. This is the playing field of Doctor Strange. And some of this is presented with at least a sense of scale. But then ... ok, somehow Dormammu thinks he can make Galactus his servant? That’s delusional on the scale of ... well, let’s just say, astronomical proportions and leave it at that. I find it hard to swallow that someone who once ruled the Dark Dimension could be that monumentally stupid. But then we are talking Dormammu here, so .... And then there’s Black Bolt, his slightest whisper can level mountains. Fine. But to say that somehow he can actually be a match, even slightly, with Galactus is the definition of ludicrous.
Let me put this another way, Waid is so clearly working outside his toolbox here that this volume is downright insulting (and I didn’t even mention the endless lines of cliched narration and dialogue).
August 2, 2020
Mark Waid começou muitíssimo bem na sua fase com Stephen Strange, o Doutor Estranho, levando o cirurgião até o espaço e envolvendo magias com temas cósmicos. Mas será que eles está conseguindo manter o nível nos encadernados seguintes? Chegando neste terceiro encadernado, em que Stephen Strange precisa impedir que a fome de Galactus acabe consumindo todas as dimensões conhecidas, a resposta que obtive do Olho de Agamotto é que que o nível das histórias vêm baixando. A resposta para isso é que tanto os roteiros quanto as aartes vêm ficando mais desleixados. Parece que a Marvel não está investindo tanto no bom doutor, o que é uma pena. Temos nessas seis edições que compõem esse encadernado, um monólogo do Doutor que parece interminável enquanto resolve os problemas cósmicos e dimensionais da existência. Claro, se você gosta de sagas épicas que deslindam personagens dos mais diversos da Casa das Ideias, pode ser que você saia da leitura satisfeito. Por outro lado, quem já leu muitas sagas cósmicas e com Galactus pode ficar bastante decepcionado. Gosto muito do Doutor Estranho, por isso torço que o nível de suas aventuras melhorem nas próximas publicações.
September 4, 2022
Whereas Waid’s ideas and insights usually excite me, this one story - maybe by its very nature - just leaves me wanting. Tragedy aside, it’s a little thin on insights into Strange. Not wrong, just feels like a lot of monologising to cover for something deeper he’s been working through. Like he’s talking aloud to make sure not to let the bad thoughts seep in.
Barry Kitson’s art is fine for what it is, but when illustrating the most fundamental of magical realms, it’s pretty damned uninspired. It’s like all stage direction with no set dressing - blocking but pedestrian camera work.
So am I sad to know Wait only has a few issues left in him? I sure hope it gets back on fun/weird/inspired footing before his run is summarily cut.
Barry Kitson’s art is fine for what it is, but when illustrating the most fundamental of magical realms, it’s pretty damned uninspired. It’s like all stage direction with no set dressing - blocking but pedestrian camera work.
So am I sad to know Wait only has a few issues left in him? I sure hope it gets back on fun/weird/inspired footing before his run is summarily cut.
August 8, 2021
Overall, a vastly mediocre arc. Obviously, Waid had this great big plot, about what if Galactus started eating magic worlds rather than physical worlds? But it's just not that interesting, especially when Waid constantly goes so big picture that we get no characterization and so no focus on our characters and their plots.
But the ending to this volume is so purposefully offensive, replicating Marvel's worst plot-twist ever, that you have to wonder if Waid was just trying to piss people off. Especially since the lack of characterization to this point turns it into a pointless misfire that you can just barely care about.
But generally, this feels like a big F-U to fans.
But the ending to this volume is so purposefully offensive, replicating Marvel's worst plot-twist ever, that you have to wonder if Waid was just trying to piss people off. Especially since the lack of characterization to this point turns it into a pointless misfire that you can just barely care about.
But generally, this feels like a big F-U to fans.
December 19, 2019
Doctor Strange has gone back to his typical Volume... doing something that messes everything in the galaxy up, only he can save everyone, and then everything goes back to normal and no one remembers anything. This time there are a few twists in that he becomes a Herald of Galactus, accidentally gets Galactus to absorb magic in addition to his normal tech and science, has to do a huge team up to kill Galactus, which makes him on par with a god, making him make deals with the In-Betweener and Eternity, which ultimately puts back everything the way it was at the cost of one semi-insignificant being, and never again getting back the love of his life (which you could almost see happening from the second she shows up in the story).
It was a great read, but felt very like something I've read before.
Time for something new Strange... maybe an apprentice?
Recommend.
It was a great read, but felt very like something I've read before.
Time for something new Strange... maybe an apprentice?
Recommend.
November 15, 2019
Herald feels like a tale from the vaults. Chunky, over-saturated art, bland storytelling, excessive narration - it's a comic straight out of the bad old days of the 80s! Galactus is just munchin' on a planet when he gets zapped to the mystical realms. Doctor Strange, being a keen knower of mystical things, determines that Galactus's misplaced presence will cause all of creation to collapse. So, the Doc gathers all his mystic buds and they try to get Galactus the hell out of there. Chaos ensues.
If you can picture page after page of the combined heroes/villains of the Marvel multiverse floating dully above abstract nothingness, you're picturing Herald. Here's hoping a new writer arrives with the fourth volume to supercharge this increasingly lame series.
If you can picture page after page of the combined heroes/villains of the Marvel multiverse floating dully above abstract nothingness, you're picturing Herald. Here's hoping a new writer arrives with the fourth volume to supercharge this increasingly lame series.
October 24, 2019
Doctor Strange is one of the few Marvel titles I look forward to. (I'm more of a DC fan.) However, I enjoy the... for lack of a better phrase "dark whimsy" that can sometimes come with Doctor Strange. That was more true with the previous writer (in the stories when Zelma was Strange's student), but the mystical action that we have now is a pretty decent substitute for what originally drew me into this series. The idea of Galactus being stuck in the mystic realms, and therein disrupting all of reality (because science v. magic) was pretty interesting. (Though Galactus always seemed like a being that was abstract in nature, so does that really make him that terribly opposed to magic and that completely ensconced in science? Like I said, I'm more of a DC fan, so I'm hardly a Galactus expert.) Still, the concept itself was interesting and had my turning the pages to see what would happen next. I kind of hated the end, though, where Strange erases Clea's memory even though they both wanted to try having a relationship again. I mean... that's one of the most annoying comic tropes--the big hero makes a huge emotional sacrifice without talking to anyone else because he knows better. Ugh. I won't pass too much judgment since I don't know exactly what the deal was he made with Mephisto, but, again... my knee-jerk reaction was just... "ugh." Still, not a bad comic as a whole--interesting ideas, solid action--even if it broke my suspension of disbelief a bit. (I mean, one man reconstructing all of reality? All of history? Every single person's life? I don't care how much time he has, that's just ridiculous.) Regardless, a nice what-if, but not a comic that I could take too seriously (while also being one that made me go "ugh.") All in all... a solidly average read.
May 16, 2020
I could have sworn that I not only rated this one already but wrote up a review of it. Apparently not, however.
Waid continues a strong run on Doctor Strange fitting an event size story in which Galactus is sucked into/pitted against the magical planes of reality of the MU and Strange has to save them and him that runs the entirety of issues 12-17 here in this volume.
It's as epic a story as Strange has taken on since his recent surge in popularity following his addition to the MU and relaunched Jason Aaron-helmed title. Waid introduces us to about every nefarious magical overlord in the MU as Strange searches for allies to help him deal with the crisis Galactus's presence in the magical planes creates. It's weakness is the that story, given it's save the universe scope ends up feeling a bit squished by being confined to a six issue volume. Like getting the one hour TV show treatment of a story that needs the full feature film-length to be delivered at full-effect.
Waid continues a strong run on Doctor Strange fitting an event size story in which Galactus is sucked into/pitted against the magical planes of reality of the MU and Strange has to save them and him that runs the entirety of issues 12-17 here in this volume.
It's as epic a story as Strange has taken on since his recent surge in popularity following his addition to the MU and relaunched Jason Aaron-helmed title. Waid introduces us to about every nefarious magical overlord in the MU as Strange searches for allies to help him deal with the crisis Galactus's presence in the magical planes creates. It's weakness is the that story, given it's save the universe scope ends up feeling a bit squished by being confined to a six issue volume. Like getting the one hour TV show treatment of a story that needs the full feature film-length to be delivered at full-effect.
March 11, 2023
This arc seemed like a good idea: pair Mark Waid with Brian Kitson, then have them pit Doctor Strange up against a pretty formidable alliance of Galactus, Dormammu and Mephisto. The result is sometimes entertaining, but other times dull and nonsensical. It feels over-written to me: long, long monologues that over-explain, wordy dialogues, continual suspensions of belief, ludicrous explanations of how the universe works... I was actually relieved when the arc came to an end.
I thought Barry Kitson's artwork was a bit of a mixed bag. I had been enjoying the work of the previous artists and Kitson's style didn't do as much for me. Having said that, he created some excellent splash pages throughout the volume which look nice as posters.
I thought Barry Kitson's artwork was a bit of a mixed bag. I had been enjoying the work of the previous artists and Kitson's style didn't do as much for me. Having said that, he created some excellent splash pages throughout the volume which look nice as posters.
May 1, 2023
I wasn't sure how to feel about the cover of this volume featuring Galactus' helmet, but it tied to how Waid's run has repeatedly woven into science into Stephen Strange's life of magic. And using Galactus as a strong representation of the world of science and having him cross over into magic did make for a good idea for this arc.
It gets a little messy at some points, but that's par for the course when you have a story at the cosmic scale and includes what feels like multiple realities coming to blows. It's odd when we have an end-of-everything story in a comic that doesn't somehow affect all other books, but invoking "magic" does make for a convenient excuse in the end.
Let's see where all this comes to a head.
It gets a little messy at some points, but that's par for the course when you have a story at the cosmic scale and includes what feels like multiple realities coming to blows. It's odd when we have an end-of-everything story in a comic that doesn't somehow affect all other books, but invoking "magic" does make for a convenient excuse in the end.
Let's see where all this comes to a head.
January 23, 2020
*3.8. A very good story overall. I was weary of Stephen going to space and meeting galactus since he’s not a cosmic hero and I prefer him on earth but Mark Waid made the story work. My favorite parts were the character moments, the fighting scenes were good too but I think Waid excels more on character based stories as opposed to large event/fighting plots. I still don’t necessarily understand the science behind what happened to galactus in this and how it affected other realms. Overall an entertaining story, I don’t like the ending it’s a bit cliche but I understand why. A solid volume overall and I’d definitely recommend this.
August 5, 2020
Galactus, Thanos, Phoenix.
Give a Marvel story enough time and one of them will show up.
Here, it feels like we sort of lose the thread up until the end. Even the boom seems to acknowledge that it's like the sixth time this year that someone has stolen all of Strange's magic. Then it's a one-off cosmic adventure after we seemed to finish such things up until the little O. Henry moment where
Give a Marvel story enough time and one of them will show up.
Here, it feels like we sort of lose the thread up until the end. Even the boom seems to acknowledge that it's like the sixth time this year that someone has stolen all of Strange's magic. Then it's a one-off cosmic adventure after we seemed to finish such things up until the little O. Henry moment where
October 8, 2021
Things about to get mystically cosmic all up in this piece...
How do you protect yourself from a world eating cosmic entity? Banish it to the mystic side of things? There's a reason that nobody ever did it before. It's a stupid, universe unbalancing move.
This has shades of the Spider Man story, "One More Day" running through it. Strange strikes a deal and sacrifices something he holds dear. It keeps the Sorcerer Supreme alone.. and still stuck in his never ending loop of bravado and ego. Strange even says that he's repeated the patterns in his life before.
Is that why he kept getting canceled for a bit of time? Running into the same tropes again and again.
How do you protect yourself from a world eating cosmic entity? Banish it to the mystic side of things? There's a reason that nobody ever did it before. It's a stupid, universe unbalancing move.
This has shades of the Spider Man story, "One More Day" running through it. Strange strikes a deal and sacrifices something he holds dear. It keeps the Sorcerer Supreme alone.. and still stuck in his never ending loop of bravado and ego. Strange even says that he's repeated the patterns in his life before.
Is that why he kept getting canceled for a bit of time? Running into the same tropes again and again.
February 15, 2020
The finest Doctor Strange story arc I have read in decades. And also the saddest ending. Reminds me what made Doc my favorite character, back in the glory days of Marvel. Thank you Mr. Waid for a fantastic cosmic story (and Barry Kitson's art was as stupendous as anything from the '70s, or from Ditko)!! And thank you all for giving us the Dr. Stephen Strange we've known and loved the best. He and his universe (as it best was) will be remembered forever!
June 2, 2020
SPOILER:
Dr. Strange is bored. Galactus is send to magic realms and gorges like he's at a Golden Corral. Dr. Stranges gathers a magic army. Realty blows up and Dr. Strange plays God and rewrites the Universe from the Big Bang.
Interesting journey with a crappy, wrapped up in a "it was all a dream" type ending. Come on Waid step it up for the next volume or I may be ending my time with you on this book. (He'll read this right?)
Dr. Strange is bored. Galactus is send to magic realms and gorges like he's at a Golden Corral. Dr. Stranges gathers a magic army. Realty blows up and Dr. Strange plays God and rewrites the Universe from the Big Bang.
Interesting journey with a crappy, wrapped up in a "it was all a dream" type ending. Come on Waid step it up for the next volume or I may be ending my time with you on this book. (He'll read this right?)
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