Doctor Strange (comic book)

Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange #177 (February 1969), the debut of Strange's short-lived new look. Cover art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Format Ongoing series
Genre Superhero
Main character(s) Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Doctor Strange and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original Doctor Strange comic book series which debuted in 1968.

Publication history

Doctor Strange vol. 1

The original Strange Tales series ended with issue #168 (May 1968). The following month, Doctor Strange's adventures continued in the full-length Doctor Strange #169,[1] with Nick Fury moving to the newly launched Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Expanded to 20 pages per issue, the Doctor Strange solo series ran 15 issues, #169-183 (June 1968 – November 1969), continuing the numbering of Strange Tales.[2][3] Thomas wrote the run of new stories, joined after the first three issues by the art team of penciler Gene Colan and inker Tom Palmer through the end. Colan drastically altered the look of the series, as Thomas recounted: "…he had his own view of what these other worlds should look like. Everyone else sort of copied Ditko's versions of those extra dimensions, which were great and wonderful. When Gene came on, he didn't feel a real rapport with that, I guess, so his extra dimensions tended to be just blackness and smoke and things of that sort… Sometimes it was a little strange for a dimension Doc Strange had been to before to look different when drawn by Gene, but nobody complained."[4] Thomas recalled in 2000 that he returned to work a day late from a weekend comic book convention to find that Marvel production manager Sol Brodsky had assigned Doctor Strange to writer Archie Goodwin, newly ensconced at Marvel and writing Iron Man. Thomas convinced Brodsky to allow him to continue writing the title. "I got very possessive about Doctor Strange," Thomas recalled. "It wasn't a huge seller, but [by the time it was canceled] we were selling the low 40 percent range of more than 400,000 print run, so it was actually selling a couple hundred thousand copies [but] at the time you needed to sell even more."[5]

Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts

Doctor Strange's starring role in the Marvel Premiere series segued to the character's second ongoing title, Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts, also known as Doctor Strange vol. 2, which ran 81 issues (June 1974 – February 1987).[6] Doctor Strange #14 featured a crossover story with The Tomb of Dracula #44, another series which was being drawn by Gene Colan at the time.[7] In Englehart's final story, he sent Dr. Strange back in time to meet Benjamin Franklin.[8] In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Englehart's work on Doctor Strange with artists Frank Brunner and Colan ninth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels."[9]

The series ended with a cliffhanger as his home, the Sanctum Sanctorum, was heavily damaged during a battle. The title was discontinued so that the character's adventures could be transferred to another split book format series, Strange Tales vol. 2 #1–19 (April 1987 – October 1988) which was shared with the street heroes Cloak and Dagger.

Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme

Strange was returned to his own series, this time titled Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme, which ran 90 issues (November 1988 – June 1996).[10] The initial creative team was writer Peter B. Gillis and artists Richard Case and Randy Emberlin, with storylines often spanning multiple issues. During this time the series became part of the "Midnight Sons" group of Marvel's supernatural comics.[11][12]

Jackson Guice's cover for Doctor Strange #15 (1990) used Christian music singer Amy Grant's likeness without her permission,[13] leading to a complaint saying that the cover gave the appearance that she was associating with witchcraft. A US District Court sealed an out-of-court settlement between Grant and Marvel in early 1991, with a consent decree in which Marvel did not admit to liability or wrongdoing.[14][15][16]

Doctor Strange vol. 4

In 2015, Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo teamed up for the fourth volume of Doctor Strange.[17]

Doctor Strange vol. 5

A fifth Doctor Strange series was launched by writer Mark Waid and artist Jesus Saiz in 2018.[18]

Collected editions

Title Material collected Pages Publication Date ISBN
Essential Doctor Strange Volume 2 Doctor Strange #169-178, #180-183; The Avengers #61; Sub-Mariner #22; The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #126; Marvel Feature #1; Marvel Premiere #3-10, #12-14 608 March 2005 0785116680
Essential Doctor Strange Volume 3 Doctor Strange Vol. 2, #1-29, Doctor Strange Annual #1; and The Tomb of Dracula #44-45 616 December 2007 9780785127338
Essential Doctor Strange Volume 4 Doctor Strange Vol. 2, #30-56; Chamber of Chills #4; Man-Thing #4 564 June 2009 9780785130628
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 3 Doctor Strange #169-179 and The Avengers #61 256 March 2007 0785124101
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 4 Doctor Strange #180-183; Sub-Mariner #22; The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #126; Marvel Feature #1; Marvel Premiere #3-8 272 January 2010 9780785134954
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 5 Marvel Premiere #9-14; Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #1-9 272 April 2011 9780785150220
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 6 Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #10-22; Annual #1; The Tomb of Dracula #44 288 July 2013 9780785167860
Doctor Strange: A Separate Reality Marvel Premiere #9-10, 12-14; Doctor Strange Vol. 2, #1–2, 4–5 176 2002 9780785108368
Dr. Strange Vs. Dracula: The Montesi Formula Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #14, 58–62; The Tomb of Dracula #44 160 October 2006 9780785122449
Dr. Strange: Into the Dark Dimension Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #68-74 168 July 2011 9780785155058
Strange: The Doctor is Out! Strange #1–4 104 October 2011 9780785144250
Doctor Strange: The Oath Doctor Strange: The Oath #1–5 128 June 2013 9780785122111
Infinity Gauntlet Aftermath includes Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #36 352 September 2013 9780785184867
Dr. Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment the graphic novel Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment; Doctor Strange vol. 2 #57; and material from Astonishing Tales #8 and Marvel Fanfare #16 and #43 168 September 2013 9780785156154
Dr. Strange: Don't Pay the Ferryman Doctor Strange vol. 2 #75–81 167 October 2015 9780785193258
Doctor Strange: Strange Origin Doctor Strange: Season One and Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1 144 September 2016 9780785163916
Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen?; Doctor Strange Annual #1; Marvel Premiere #7; And Doctor Strange (1974) #34 — Plus Material From Doctor Strange vol. 2 #46; Marvel Fanfare #5–6 and #8; Chamber Of Chills #1-2; And Journey Into Mystery vol. 2 #4. 224 October 2016 9781302901684
Doctor Strange Epic Collection: A Separate Reality Doctor Strange#180-183; Sub-Mariner #22; The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #126; Marvel Feature #1; Marvel Premiere #3-14; Doctor Strange vol. 2 #1-5 472 Nov 2016 9780785194446
Doctor Strange: The Flight Of Bones Doctor Strange volume 3 #1-4, Mystic Hands Of Doctor Strange #1, material From Marvel Shadows And Light #1, Shadows & Light #2, Marvel Double-Shot #4 192 November 2016 9781302901677
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus Vol. 1 Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme 1-40 and Ghost Rider vol. 3 #12 1,064 July 2016 9781302907075

Volume 4

# Title Material collected Pages Cover Date Published ISBN
Original Printings
1 The Way of the Weird Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1-5 136 SC December 20, 2016 978-0785199328
HC May 10, 2016 978-0785195160
2 The Last Days of Magic Doctor Strange vol. 4 #6-10 and Doctor Strange: Last Days of Magic #1. 168 SC July 11, 2017 978-0785199335
HC October 25, 2016 978-0785195177
3 Blood in the Aether Doctor Strange vol. 4 #11-16 136 SC November 7, 2017 978-1302903008
HC March 7, 2017 978-1302902995
4 The Way of the Weird Doctor Strange vol. 4 #17-20, Annual #1 SC January 9, 2018 978-1302905873
HC October 10, 2017 978-1302905866
5 Secret Empire Doctor Strange vol. 4 #21-26 SC January 23, 2018 978-1302905897
1 God of Magic Doctor Strange vol. 4 #381-385 July 3, 2018 978-1302910648
Damnation Doctor Strange: Damnation #1-4 October 2, 2018 978-1302913922
2 City of Sin Doctor Strange vol. 4 #386-390 112 October 16, 2018 978-1302910655
New editions
1 Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1-10, Doctor Strange: Last Days of Magic #1 280 OHC December 19, 2017 978-1302904326
2 Doctor Strange vol. 4 #11-20, Annual #1 272 November 27, 2018 978-1302908973
Doctor Strange by Donny Cates Doctor Strange vol. 4 #381-390, Doctor Strange: Damnation #1-4 360 April 30, 2019 978-1302915292

Volume 5

# Title Material collected Pages Date Published ISBN
1 Across the Universe Doctor Strange vol. 5 #1-6 112 December 18, 2018 978-1302912338

References

  1. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1960s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 128. ISBN 978-0756641238. Hailing 1968 as the beginning of the 'Second Age of Marvel Comics,' and with more titles to play with, editor Stan Lee discarded his split books and gave more characters their own titles...Strange Tales #168 [was followed] by Dr. Strange #169.
  2. ↑ DeFalco in Brevoort, DeFalco & Manning 2008, p. 128
    "Hailing 1968 as the beginning of the 'Second Age of Marvel Comics,' and with more titles to play with, editor Stan Lee discarded his split books and gave more characters their own titles…Strange Tales #168 [was followed] by Dr. Strange #169."
  3. ↑ Doctor Strange at the Grand Comics Database
  4. ↑ Field, Tom (2005). Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-1893905450.
  5. ↑ Thomas (interviewer) (Autumn 2000). "So You Want a Job, Eh? The Gene Colan Interview". Alter Ego. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. 3 (6): 13–14.
  6. ↑ Doctor Strange vol. 2 at the Grand Comics Database
  7. ↑ Wolfman, Marv (w), Colan, Gene (p), Palmer, Tom (i). "His Name Is Doctor Strange" The Tomb of Dracula 44 (May 1976)
    Englehart, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Palmer, Tom (i). "The Tomb of Dr. Strange!" Doctor Strange v2, 14 (May 1976)
    Sanderson "1970s" in Brevoort, DeFalco & Manning 2008, p. 175
    "The great Marvel artist Gene Colan was doing superb work illustrating both Doctor Strange and The Tomb of Dracula. So it made sense for Strange writer Steve Englehart and Tomb author Marv Wolfman to devise a crossover story."
  8. ↑ Sanderson "1970s" in Brevoort, DeFalco & Manning 2008, p. 174
    "The year 1976 was the 200th anniversary of the United States' Declaration of Independence. So it was appropriate that several of the major events in Marvel history that year dealt with political themes… In September, just before departing from Marvel for DC Comics, writer Steve Englehart sent Dr. Strange back through time to meet one of the men responsible for the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin.
  9. ↑ Sacks, Jason (September 6, 2010). "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on August 3, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme at the Grand Comics Database
  11. ↑ Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #60 (December 1993) to #68 (August 1994)
  12. ↑ Christiansen, Jeff (August 27, 2015). "Midnight Sons". The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #15". Grand Comics Database.
  14. ↑ Cronin, Brian (February 29, 2008). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #144". ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Amy Grant Sues Marvel". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (136). July 1990.
  16. ↑ "Plus Entertainment". Chicago Sun-Times. April 9, 1990. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
  17. ↑ Stroz, Casey (April 27, 2015). "Doctor Strange - Last Days of Magic Conjures Up New Characters!". BadCoyoteFunky. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  18. ↑ Richards, Dave (July 6, 2018). "Doctor Strange Enters the Infinity Wars (With Some Help From Mark Waid)". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 6, 2018.
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