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Summary: A classic of 1960's comic art at its best!
Review: Although many remember Steve Ditko's art work on Spider-man, a character he illustrated from the beginning for about 2 years, it is his work on Marvel's Doctor Strange that stands out.This is a rare hardcover (never out in paperback) collection from 1992 reprinting the master mage's earliest stories - from Strange Tales 110-111 & 114-141, from 1963-1966. The quality of the color reproduction is excellent, which is great as some of the early Marvel Comics' wildest colors and backgrounds were used and depicted when Dr. Strange journeyed to some other dimension to fight another (evil) magician. Some of the Marvel Masterworks library are relatively slim but you get your money's worth with this one - 272 pages of mystical combat with Dormammu, Baron Mordo, Loki and others. Sure, other reviewers are correct in pointing out the dialog and stories may seem corny to some raised on the "grittier, more realistic" stories from the 80's, but I feel that is comparing apples to oranges - like comparing say the movies Gladiator to Ben Hur - both classics but products of their times. I recommend this as among the best of Marvel Masterworks library. Shame you can't still buy it over the counter at your friendly neighborhood comic book store.
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Summary: The wildest, weirdest and best comic book art of the 1960's.
Review: I recently read Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and while doing so encountered this passage: "...and Kesey is old and haggard and his face is lopsided...and then Sandy looks and Kesey is young, serene, and his face is lineless, and round and smooth as a baby's as he sits for hours on end reading comic books, absorbed in the plunging Steve Ditko shadows of Dr. Strange attired in capes and chiaroscuro, saying: "How could they have known that this gem was merely a device to bridge DIMENSIONS!" I couldn't have said it better myself. This is the cosmic stuff that shaped the dreams of a generation.
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Summary: The wildest, weirdest and best comic book art of the 1960's.
Review: I recently read Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and while doing so encountered this passage: "...and Kesey is old and haggard and his face is lopsided...and then Sandy looks and Kesey is young, serene, and his face is lineless, and round and smooth as a baby's as he sits for hours on end reading comic books, absorbed in the plunging Steve Ditko shadows of Dr. Strange attired in capes and chiaroscuro, saying: "How could they have known that this gem was merely a device to bridge DIMENSIONS!" I couldn't have said it better myself. This is the cosmic stuff that shaped the dreams of a generation.
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Summary: The Mystic Mage of the 1960's BACK in FULL COLOR!
Review: Perhaps the most interesting and imaginative series that was ever produced, the Doctor Strange stories are unparalleled in storyline and colorful artwork. This book opens and "exposes" little hints at the reality of the astral plane in the occult world, where creatures, not necessarily friendly, roam in dark, smoky domains just beyond sleep. Fascinating to say the least, this book gives you your money's worth in stories, art and atmosphere. Venturing forth into unseen dimensions, Doctor Strange prevents evil forces from entering our own reality by dueling adversaries within their own realms. It is essentially a book to be meditated upon, and preserved upon ancient scrolls for future generations. The realms of Nightmare, Dormammu, and Eternity await! Get this book!
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Summary: Wonderful intro to Dr. Strange
Review: This volume is a wonderful introduction to Dr. Strange, containing the classic original stories of my most favorite comic book hero. We also get the great first-time intros of some of the best villains--Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, and Umar the Unrelenting. The 'modern' reader, won't necessarily appreciate a lot of these things when compared to the current generation of writing in other comic books (like the edgy X-Men, Avengers, etc). After all, this was written in the 60's, so it's sometimes cheesy and has simplistic plots. But for a Dr. Strange fan, this volume is a necessary and refreshing addition.
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Summary: Wonderful intro to Dr. Strange
Review: This volume is a wonderful introduction to Dr. Strange, containing the classic original stories of my most favorite comic book hero. We also get the great first-time intros of some of the best villains--Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, and Umar the Unrelenting. The 'modern' reader, won't necessarily appreciate a lot of these things when compared to the current generation of writing in other comic books (like the edgy X-Men, Avengers, etc). After all, this was written in the 60's, so it's sometimes cheesy and has simplistic plots. But for a Dr. Strange fan, this volume is a necessary and refreshing addition.
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