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No thread for [Dr. Strange: The Oath]? No Stephen Strange fans among the Legionati, besides me? I started reading Dr. Strange in some teeny-tiny paperback reprints of the original Lee/Ditko run. I love the character, just as I love his DC counterpart, Dr. Fate.
Having read most of what has been published for the Sorcerer Supreme, I think Vaughn and Martin's take is one of the best ever. Vaughn's Strange is arrogant but still heroic, and fiercely loyal to his friends, the way the character should be.
Playing off his past as a surgeon seems like a great idea, and so far not too deconstructionist for my taste. The character always had this duality in him -- the arrogant surgeon and the humble mystic -- that probably informed Lee's characterization, but was never exploited so explicitly.
And, the Night Nurse is an awesome character--her existence seems a perfectly logical extension of a Marvel Universe where outcast heroes actually bleed. Of course, I would expect that Spider-Man is waiting in the ER at Bellevue, because he can't use his health insurance without revealing his secret identity (Oops. I forgot.)
Marcos Martin's art style strikes me as a Marvel/Strange analog to Bruce Timm and Darwyn Cooke, taking the iconic art style and making it live for a contemporary world. Beautiful stuff. Easily the best take on Strange since Rogers and Austin.
This book is loads better than JMS's ponderous, wonderless and depressing retcon of the origin from a couple of years ago.
<span style="font-size: 8px;">[Edited to rm "The Oath" from thread title]</span>
...but you don't have a moment where you're sitting there staring at a table full of twenty-five characters with little name signs that say, "Hi, my superpower is confusing you!"
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I really want to be picking this up now but do to my sitch I'll have to wait till the tpb comes out.
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This is on my pull list but I haven't been to my CBS in a while, due to present buying so I am skint.
I have heard lot's of good things about it.
Doublechinner, what did you think of "Strange" from a couple of years back?
I quite liked it but Marvel seem to be a bit reticent about what continuity this follows.
Was it a failed reboot or does the new series follow on from it (or does it stick to the established history)?
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Bob Larkin's cover the the Simon & Shuster book... http://www.samcci.nostromo.no/drstrange/DS%201979%20tpb.jpg After so many thick volumes, I suspect someone at Marvel decided, instead of putting out ONE big book this year, HEY, let's put out FOUR skinny ones! More money to squeeze out of the SUCKERS... Larkin did a lot of paperback books, including a run of DOC SAVAGE, and while this looks nice, it's far from his best work. Come to think of it, MOST of these S&S collections have DULL-as-dishwater covers, and BLAND-beyond-belief design. I mean, if you're gonna do a a book collecting stories of ONE character, wouldn't it make more sense to use that character's LOGO? I've asked this before, and always, some SMARTASS will say (taking the side of some anonymous book publisher employee or design firm freelander), "Oh, they probably wanted it to appeal to general audiences". B***S***!!! Listen, I went to art school for 2 years, and I had "typography" for 6 months. One of the main ideas that sunk in was, you come up with a logo for a product, and you use that logo-- EVERYWHERE. Look at the rock band CHICAGO. Same logo from their 2nd album all the way to today! That's called "product identification". Compare the S&S Doc book's logo (or utter lack thereof) with the following... the "Treasury" logo... http://www.samcci.nostromo.no/mte/MTE%2006.jpg the 70's logo... http://www.samcci.nostromo.no/drstrange/DS%2021.jpg the late-60's logo.. http://www.samcci.nostromo.no/drstrange/DS%20177.jpg Doc went thru multiple logos over the years, my own favorite is the one used when Roy Thomas & Gene Colan were on the book. It was quite noticeable when, a FEW issues into a revival of the title decades later, they brought back the "Roy" logo with the very issue HE got back on the book for a good long run. When I did my "DR. WEIRD" cover for Gary Carlson (still unused), I did it as a tribute to the late-60's era, right down to the logo... http://www.webspawner.com/users/zodiaccomics/imageGallery/DW_pin-up%2002_website.JPG
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Oh, those are hardly the only logos Strange has had... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.legionworld.net/upload/00000051/DrStrangeLogos.jpg) My favourites of those are the second-from-top in the left column, and the third-from-top in the right column...
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Well, that saves me the trouble of looking them all up!
While the "70's" version sure lasted a long time, I have the feeling they came up with that mostly fit fit it under that stupid "MGC" BANNER that defaced every one of their books for about a decade.
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I like Reboots choices as well, although the third down on the right is my total favorite.
Second or third down in the middle column are the ones I remember from my own collecting days.
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So the latest Dr. Strange series is, surprisingly, pretty awesome so far!
I shouldn't be too surprised since Jason Aaron is writing it and he brings his usual sensibilities to the party. But Doc is a pretty tough nut to crack for a lot of creators and one of the more difficult properties to make interesting but also accessible. The first issue succeeds in doing that several times over by showcasing more than a few sequences that highlight the high concept magic nature of Doc while then also showing the human part of him.
Also, I think Carlos Bachalo might just have found the perfect comic for his artistic sensibilities. His style is unique as hell but it doesn't always work for me. While I've liked him on X-Men, Spidey, etc, it can start to wear me down after awhile. Here, he is able to utilize his penchant for off the wall action and oddball backgrounds to great effect and it enhances the overall story. More importantly, I think Doc needs him more than he needs it. What I mean is, I don't think I could take a Dr. Strange comic with "classic" artwork, or standard superhero fare. Instead, I want the art to be a bit out there and highly stylized. Dr.Strange needs to be as off the wall and different as possible in order to be interesting, less it becomes to easily a candidate for being labelled boring. Bachalo nails it right from the start.
So yeah: Dr. Strange #1 is highly recommended. I loved it!
PS - awesome magicians bar scene with Shaman, Scarlet Witch and Brother Voodoo being his drinking buddies.
PPS - cool new supporting character who is already super likable.
PPPS - that opening sequence? Doc battling other worldly monsters for some boy's soul a la exorcist, but artistically drawn as if a space-fantasy knight battling space worms, and then gets the kinda-hot female space worm to fall in love with him? Awesome.
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So the latest Dr. Strange series is, surprisingly, pretty awesome so far!
I plan to try this version of Doc when the eventual trade is released. 
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I really like it, its quirky and also tense, and I love the new character. our hero Dr Strange is flawed but likable. and possibly in quite a bit of trouble. Hard to write that for a guy who has been facing cosmic level threats his whole career.
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Aaron also has another book to try but i am waiting for the trade ... The Godammned ... I didn't quite get into Southern Bastards (yet).
But I liked his Thor, (much like Dr Strange so far) he seems good at putting some fresh paint on a character and adding some classic excitement that appeals to the teenager in all of us.
The first trade of Strange should be good and forthcoming! I can't wait to see how this story arc plays out.
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