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Doctor Strange: The Last Days of Magic Omnibus
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, without 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! Doctor Strange (2015) 1-10, Last Days of Magic 1
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296 pages, Paperback
Published January 3, 2022
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,351 books1,679 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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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
August 19, 2024
This book goes crazy hard.
Jason Aaron adds a lot of interesting new elements to the lore of magic in the Marvel Universe, the idea that Strange's body is altered by magic so that he cannot eat or drink like a normal person is unsettling yet fascinating.
Magic vs Science is at the story's core, with the Emprikul serving as a credible and solid threat throughout.
Exploring other magic users like Brother Voodoo is always a treat, underrated character in my eyes. Even Magik gets some time here.
Strange is arguably at his most vulnerable and the book does a good job keeping him in peril without feeling forced.
The artwork is stellar, the usage of colour especially gives the book a terrific sense of mystique. It's amazing stuff.
In my eyes this is the best solo Dr. Strange story, it has all the makings of a banger book.
Jason Aaron adds a lot of interesting new elements to the lore of magic in the Marvel Universe, the idea that Strange's body is altered by magic so that he cannot eat or drink like a normal person is unsettling yet fascinating.
Magic vs Science is at the story's core, with the Emprikul serving as a credible and solid threat throughout.
Exploring other magic users like Brother Voodoo is always a treat, underrated character in my eyes. Even Magik gets some time here.
Strange is arguably at his most vulnerable and the book does a good job keeping him in peril without feeling forced.
The artwork is stellar, the usage of colour especially gives the book a terrific sense of mystique. It's amazing stuff.
In my eyes this is the best solo Dr. Strange story, it has all the makings of a banger book.
February 26, 2023
First comic omnibus I’ve read in at least a decade; and I’d forgotten how much fun they can be.
A 10 issue arc, with obligatory cliffhanger ending, but ties in to the idea of at what cost victory in a very visceral way.
A 10 issue arc, with obligatory cliffhanger ending, but ties in to the idea of at what cost victory in a very visceral way.
May 9, 2023
Really enjoyed this attempt to add a gritty personal cost to the sorcerer supreme. Some of the dialogue was cringe but when it was in full flow it’s lots of fun
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