Dr. StrangeMarvel Comics. |
| Strange Tales through Volume 1 (1963-1969) |
Dr. Strange Masterworks 1 (Strange Tales 110-111, 114-141; w Stan
Lee; a Steve Ditko). [From Marvel Comics: Master
of the Mystic Arts, a sorcerer supreme, a white knight who wields black
magic against blacker villains. Doctor Strange is mankind's only hope against
the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to steal the life of the conscious
world - forces such as Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, Nightmare, Aggamon,
The House of Shadows, Loki, the Mindless Ones, and more.] |
Dr. Strange Masterworks 2 (Strange Tales 142-168; w Stan Lee, Dennis O'Neil, Jim Lawrence; a Steve Ditko, Bill Everett, Marie Severin, Dan Adkins). [From Marvel Comics: Time to toss out that rabbit's foot at last, True Believer! After thirteen years around the cauldron your luck has paid off-we're conjuring up a sensational second Doctor Strange Masterworks! Featuring the mind-blowing ocular occult of Steve Ditko teamed with Stan "The Man" Lee, you'll want to make sure you nail down your ouija board before breaking this sacred tome open. They're aided and abetted by Roy Thomas, Dennis O'Neil, Bill Everett, Marie Severin and Dan Adkins. With a roll call like that this one's anything but cursed! We've got the climactic battle with the dread Dormammu and the cataclysmic intervention of Eternity; in his first-ever appearance the Living Tribunal lays his judgment upon the Earth, and if that's not enough reality-threatening thrills for you, we pit him head-to-head with Nebulous, Lord of the Planets Perilous. It's guaranteed to rattle your astral fillings! The origin of the Ancient One, the return of Baron Mordo, Strange's struggle against Kaluu while Clea's life hangs in the balance, and an otherworldly odyssey into deadly dimensions to save the lovely Victoria Bentley are the final incantations in this spell unlike any other ever uttered!] |
Dr. Strange Masterworks 3 (169-179, Avengers 61;
w Roy Thomas; a Gene Colan, Tom Palmer, Dan Adkins). [179 is a reprint, and this volume contains only the new cover. From Marvel Comics: With the Marvel Age of Comics running full tilt, 1968 brought with it a massive expansion of the Marvel line, and with it the good Doctor Strange had finally landed his own practice. Headed up by no less than Rascally Roy Thomas, paired with the one of the Silver Age’s greatest art teams of Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, this trio of talents would take the Master of the Mystic Arts to new horizons beyond our wildest imaginings! It all starts off with the Sorcerer Supreme’s tragic origin, followed by the return of the nefarious Nightmare, and then, it goes straight into overdrive as Doctor Strange must face Eternity and Dormammu with the lives of Clea and Victoria Bentley hanging in the balance! But it doesn’t stop there! Next comes one of the greatest Doc Strange epics of all as he battles the Sons of Satannish in an adventure that will leave him changed...forever!] |
Essential Dr. Strange 1 (Strange Tales 110-111, 114-168; w Stan
Lee, Dennis O'Neil, Jim Lawrence; a Steve Ditko, Bill Everett, Marie Severin,
Dan Adkins). [From Marvel Comics: Stephen Strange is Dr. Strange. But he is no doctor, at least not the kind that would initially come to mind. He is the Master of the Mystic Arts, a sorcerer supreme, a white knight who wields black magic against blacker villains still. Strange is mankind's only hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to steal the life of the conscious world - forces such as Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, Nightmare, Aggamon, The House of Shadows, Loki, the Mindless Ones, and more. Collected here in glorious black and white is the run of the Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's amazing creation, Strange Tales #110, 111, and 114-168 - Strange's first and greatest adventures!] |
Essential Dr. Strange 2 (Dr. Strange 169-178, 180-183, Avengers 61, Sub-Mariner 22, Marvel Feature 1, Incredible Hulk 126, Marvel Premiere 3-10, 12-14; w Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Roy Thomas, Gardner Fox, Steve Englehart; a Dan Adkins, Gene Colan, Frank Brunner, Jim Starlin, P. Craig Russell, Barry Smith, et al.). [From Marvel Comics: Now unto us is born
the magician! The Master of the Mystic Arts earliest adventures continue as Strange stands as mankinds last, best hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to steal the life of the conscious world including Nightmare, Dormammu, Lord Nekron and the Sons of the Satannish! Featuring the origin of Dr. Strange
and Strange and Clea's first kiss! Plus: Strange takes on a new, masked costume!] |
Essential Dr. Strange 3 (Dr. Strange 1-21, Annual 9, Tomb of Dracula 44-45; w Steve
Englehart, Marv Wolfman, Roy Thomas, Jim Starlin, Roger Stern; a Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, Alfredo Alcala, Rudy Nebres, Dan Adkins, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Tom Sutton, P. Caig Russell). [From Marvel Comics:
The groundbreaking stories that set the standard for an entire era of mystical adventure! Aided and abetted by lover Clea and man-servant Wong, the newly minted Sorcerer Supreme takes on Demons, the Dread Dormammu, Dracula, the Defenders, Death…and Doctor Strange!? Plus: Planet Earth is no more! The Master of the Mystic Arts fights alone against Eternity, as the world stands on the brink of oblivion! Also featuring the return of the Ancient One and the mind-boggling “Creator Chronicles,” and guest-starring Nighthawk!]
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| Essential Defenders 1 (183). [See Defenders page for full contents of this volume.] |
| Marvel Premiere through Volume 2 (1972-1987) |
A Separate Reality (Marvel Premiere 10, 12-14; Dr. Strange vol.
2 1-2, 4-5; w. Steve Englehart; a Frank Brunner & Dick Giordano).
[From Marvel Comics: Once, Stephen Strange was a man like any other. Proud. Arrogant. Cynical. But that was before a tragic accident robbed him of his surgeon's skill, and sent him on a quest for knowledge that would take him to the remotest regions of the Far East. There, under the tutelage of the agelesss Ancient One, the mysteries of the Universe were laid out before him, and he became a man quite unlike any other: Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts! But now, the time has come for the pupil to supersede the Master, for the age of the dreaded Sise-Neg is approaching, and the demise of the Ancient One is preordained! Now, the spirit of Doctor Strange must rise and advance once again if he is to triumph over the dark forces which threaten to overwhelm all of creation! And should he prove victorious, there yet awaits the challenge of the fanatical Silver Dagger - who will rob Doctor Strange of all he possesses while setting the stage for his opponent to emerge from his chrysalis as the preeminent mystic of the age: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme!] |
The Montesi Formula (14, 58-62, Tomb of Dracula 44; w Marv Wolfman, Steve Englehart, Roger Stern; a Gene Colan, Dan Green, Steve Leialoha). [From Marvel Comics: It’s the Sorcerer Supreme against the Emperor of the Undead! Dracula wants Earth to fall under the spell of the Darkhold, but Doctor Strange has joined Blade and the Nightstalkers in a quest to vanquish all vampires! See the origins of vampirism itself unveiled! Guest-starring the Scarlet Witch and NEXTWAVE’s Monica!] |
| Misc. |
Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (OGN; w Roger Stern; a Mike Mignola). |
Into Shamballa (OGN; w J. M. DeMatteis; a Dan Green). |
The Oath (5-issue mini; w Brian K. Vaughan; a Marcos Martin). [From Marvel Comics: Doctor Stephen Strange embarks on the most important paranormal investigation of his career, as he sets out to solve an attempted murder – his own! And with his most trusted friend also at death’s door, Strange turns to an unexpected corner of the Marvel Universe to recruit a new ally. Eisner Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (RUNAWAYS, Y: The Last Man) and red-hot artist Marcos Martin (CAPTAIN AMERICA, Batgirl: Year One) join forces for an adventure that will take the Sorcerer Supreme from the underworld of New York City to the deadliest dimensions on the outskirts of reality – while firmly establishing him in the current Marvel Universe and setting him up to join a surprising new team!] |
Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way to Dusty Death (OGN; w Roy
Thomas & Gerry Conway; a Michael Baer, Mark Beachum, Mark Texiera; 1992). |
Strange: Beginnings and Endings (6-issue mini; w
J. Michael Straczynski & Samm Barnes; a Brandon Peterson).
[From Marvel Comics: Brash young surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange is on
a collision course with destiny - a journey that will force him to search
the deepest corners of his own heart
and the outer reaches of the cosmos!
Masters of the comic-book medium J. Michael Straczynski, Samm Barnes and
Brandon Peterson chronicle the adventures of the Master of the Mystic Arts
in the year's most highly anticipated origin story!] |
What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? (OGN; P. Craig Russell).
[From Marvel Comics: What is it that disturbs you, Stephen? Witness
the seduction of Stephen Strange by the mad sorceress Electra. When Strange
finds that his servant Wong has been kidnapped, he has but one choice: relinquish
his mystic power to gain his freedom. From the arcane shadows of the Sanctum
Sanctorum to the dizzying spires of the mystical city of Ditkopolis, Dr.
Strange must risk all to maintain the title of Sorcerer Supreme.]
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