MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Jason Aaron
PENCILS: Chris Bachalo
INKS: Tim Townsend, Al Vey, and Mark Irwin
COLORS: Chris Bachalo
LETTERS: VC's Cory Petit
COVER: Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend
VARIANT COVERS: Neal Adams; John Tyler Christopher; Juan Doe; Eric Henderson; Dave Johnson; Kevin Nowlan; Jakub Rebelka; Skottie Young; Allen Lee Hansard with Mary Cahela and Judy Stephens
36pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2015)
Rated T+
Doctor Strange created by Steve Ditko
“The Way of the Weird”
Doctor Strange is a Marvel Comics superhero character. Doctor Strange first appeared in Strange Tales #110 (cover dated: July 1963) and was created by artist Steve Ditko, although Marvel Comics also recognizes Stan Lee as the character's co-creator.
Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange is a brilliant, but egotistical neurosurgeon who only cares about using his career and talents to become wealthy. A car accident severely damages his hands, ending his ability to perform surgery. His pride causes him to lose everything, but his encounter with the Ancient One changes him. Doctor Strange becomes the “Sorcerer Supreme,” the “Master of the Mystic Arts,” who is the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats from wherever they may come.
As part of the “All-New All-Different Marvel” initiative, Marvel Comics is launching a new Doctor Strange comic book series. The new series is written by Jason Aaron; drawn and colored by Chris Bachalo, with inking by Tim Townsend, Al Vey and Mark Irwin; and lettered by Cory Petit.
Doctor Strange #1 (“The Way of the Weird”) with Strange battling possession in the Netherworld. After a day of battling soul-eaters and a psychic-leech, Strange sees a pattern. Something bad is coming. Plus, Strange meets Doctor Voodoo, Shaman, and the Scarlet Witch.
I am intrigued by some of the elements presented in this new series, but I don't know that this is a title that I would buy every month. If you have ever seen Chris Bachalo's art, and you have because he has been a Marvel Comics stable pony for over a decade, then, this comic book will look familiar to you. Maybe some of it looks like Bachalo's work on Neil Gaiman's Death comic book miniseries. Anyway, I can't recommend this, not because it is bad, but because I don't see myself being a regular reader of this new Doctor Strange. So why should I suggest that you be?
Now, there is also a five-age epilogue written by Aaron and drawn by the great Kevin Nowlan (who also draws one of this #1 issue's variant covers). For a long time, Nolan has been known as a comic book artist's artist, and Nowlan's five pages are worth every penny of this book's cover price. I will come back to this title if there is more Nowlan.
[This volume includes a bonus story written by Jason Aaron; drawn and colored by Kevin Nowlan; and lettered by VC's Cory Petit.]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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