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Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus
Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus, Vol. 3
Doctor Strange and the Midnight Sons are under siege — and Strange is transformed! Now, the masked mystery magician known as Strange tests his sorcery against Doctor Doom and Namor! Clea returns, the Hulk is possessed, and the sinister Salomé makes her move. But what is the connection between Strange and Dr. Vincent Stephens? And will the real sorcerer supreme please stand up? As Strange masters the power of catastrophe magic, Baron Mordo plots his arch-foe’s death! But can even the Master of the Mystic Arts prevent the birth of Chthon? Plus, an untold team-up with Spider-Man! An award-winning tale that will disturb you! And more!
COLLECTING: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) 60-90; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual (1992) 4; Strange Tales (1994) 1; Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) 6; Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (1997) 1; Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter (1998) 1; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Ashcan Edition (1995) 1
COLLECTING: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) 60-90; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual (1992) 4; Strange Tales (1994) 1; Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993) 6; Dr. Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (1997) 1; Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter (1998) 1; Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Ashcan Edition (1995) 1
1088 pages, Hardcover
First published August 26, 1998
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About the author
David Quinn
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David Quinn is a comic book writer. His main graphic novel Faust (with co-creator Tim Vigil) was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the 2001 movie Faust: Love of the Damned. The follow-up Faust: Book of M, was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.
Among other work, he has written runs on Marvel's Doctor Strange and Chaos! Comics' Purgatori and Lady Death.
(source: Wikipedia)
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
David Quinn is a comic book writer. His main graphic novel Faust (with co-creator Tim Vigil) was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the 2001 movie Faust: Love of the Damned. The follow-up Faust: Book of M, was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.
Among other work, he has written runs on Marvel's Doctor Strange and Chaos! Comics' Purgatori and Lady Death.
(source: Wikipedia)
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June 30, 2024
(Zero spoiler review) 2.75/5
Hoo boy, talk about a damp squib...
This run on Dr Strange: Sorcerer Supreme has been more up and down than a jack hammer on crack. The first two omni's had far more good than bad, yet here on omnibus 3, it's very much the reverse. If Ellis and DeMattias hadn't come along and pulled one of my favourite Marvel characters from the mire, you would be looking at a one star review, and I might just be using this book throw at stray cats who venture into my yard. Yet despite the confounding awfulness of the opening two thirds of this collection, its very much a case of something being less than the sun of its parts. David Quinn is a good writer, and his writing doesn't suck here. The art doesn't suck. The lettering doesn't suck, but the premise they were all working towards was so horrific, that I'm not sure Alan Moore with Alan David art could have salvaged this thing. Like Homer assembling his flat pack BBQ pit, only to have it look like it would have to improve drastically just to be an abortion.
No one on this book does a bad job, yet most of this is still absolutely, indisputably crap. As stated above, The final handful of issues goes some way to righting the wrongs of the two dozen previous ones, and I'll never complain about having some early Mark Buckingham art, but its too little, too late. Buy only if you must complete the set (like me). 2.75/5
OmniBen.
Hoo boy, talk about a damp squib...
This run on Dr Strange: Sorcerer Supreme has been more up and down than a jack hammer on crack. The first two omni's had far more good than bad, yet here on omnibus 3, it's very much the reverse. If Ellis and DeMattias hadn't come along and pulled one of my favourite Marvel characters from the mire, you would be looking at a one star review, and I might just be using this book throw at stray cats who venture into my yard. Yet despite the confounding awfulness of the opening two thirds of this collection, its very much a case of something being less than the sun of its parts. David Quinn is a good writer, and his writing doesn't suck here. The art doesn't suck. The lettering doesn't suck, but the premise they were all working towards was so horrific, that I'm not sure Alan Moore with Alan David art could have salvaged this thing. Like Homer assembling his flat pack BBQ pit, only to have it look like it would have to improve drastically just to be an abortion.
No one on this book does a bad job, yet most of this is still absolutely, indisputably crap. As stated above, The final handful of issues goes some way to righting the wrongs of the two dozen previous ones, and I'll never complain about having some early Mark Buckingham art, but its too little, too late. Buy only if you must complete the set (like me). 2.75/5
OmniBen.
January 4, 2025
It seems to me this is a period when Marvel was trying very, VERY hard to redefine Dr. Strange (first with the magical simulacrum Strange and then the Dr. Strange looking like Neil Gaiman), and failing miserably.
These issues are all over the place, nobody seems to know exactly what the plot is (making comics the Marvel way indeed) and, broadly speaking, nothing matters. Interdimensional war? Sure, OK, but currently the Doctor cannot be bothered. Clea shows up to recruit him at the cost of her allies' lives? Sure, nice to see her old flame again, spout some New Age BS and then leave. The Strange simulacrum wants to be whole? Sure, let's have it try and randomly bond with Polaris, have her be saved by Forge and then tell him off because... they were bonding.
And then the Doc sort of becomes Neil Gaiman (I mean, look at the Omnibus cover).
WTF?!
The art is not terrible for the most part, but nothing really to write home about. On the whole, quite skippable.
These issues are all over the place, nobody seems to know exactly what the plot is (making comics the Marvel way indeed) and, broadly speaking, nothing matters. Interdimensional war? Sure, OK, but currently the Doctor cannot be bothered. Clea shows up to recruit him at the cost of her allies' lives? Sure, nice to see her old flame again, spout some New Age BS and then leave. The Strange simulacrum wants to be whole? Sure, let's have it try and randomly bond with Polaris, have her be saved by Forge and then tell him off because... they were bonding.
And then the Doc sort of becomes Neil Gaiman (I mean, look at the Omnibus cover).
WTF?!
The art is not terrible for the most part, but nothing really to write home about. On the whole, quite skippable.
June 11, 2022
This one is tough to review. The Strange Tales special, and the special “What is it that disturbs you Stephen?” are wonderful, as are the last 10 or so issues of the series. But the first 2/3 of the ongoing Doctor Strange sorcerer supreme series feels like a giant mess. I struggled to even get through it. It is hard to justify a better rating or such a large purchase for only a third of the content.
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