Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme or the loss of magic – The Danger Room –

Doctor Strange and (semi) synergy

The longest-running series starring only Doctor Strange ran 81 issues and aired between 1974 and 1987. It didn’t have its own comic book until 1999, before the first of 25 issues was published in 1968, a miserable four-issue miniseries in it. It features Marvel Knights, co-written and illustrated by Tony Harris. Throughout the 21st century, the character has continued this trend: guest appearances in series like Joe Straczynski’s Spider-Man, several miniseries starring the Defenders, a few miniseries with fancy crews (more on that later), and an excellent Brian Bendis’ Avengers Participation in ‘, the Marvel person who arguably had the most confidence in the character’s abilities, was followed by Jonathan Hickman, who made him one of the New Avengers. Again Strange was too popular for anyone to forget him, and too uncommercial to have his own show.

Marvel Studios had been considering making a Doctor Strange movie since 2010, but in 2014 it was announced that Scott Derrickson would direct the movie and it would be released in November 2016. It was the perfect time to give the character another editorial shot, and Marvel has capitalized on the synergy between movies and comics despite a rather vague relationship., with the film cast both featuring Peter Quill’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Bendis, and Mark Bagley being able to air an Avengers franchise and transforming Steve Rogers into a Nazi that overlaps with the films in which he shows his most heroic and iconic films. face. In any case, the publisher has always tried to capitalize on the success of the films, and currently Eternal or Shang Chi serials are airing in initiatives that are more evidence than effective, at least in terms of sales and for example the serial button. Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo, volume 4 doctor Strange, It began airing a year before the release of the first Doctor movie.

Admittedly, Marvel put quite a bit of meat on the grill in the form of the then-star writer and veteran of the house whose flamboyant, ornate style seemed so fitting for the mystical world of the Sorcerer Supreme. And the bet paid off. Premiering in October 2015, the series ranked a reliable fifth with 145,456 copies after Bendis and David Márquez’s #1 Invincible Iron Man, which sold 279,514 copies, Nick Spencer’s new Spider-Man series (245,873), #1 Spider Gwen (197103) and 6 secret wars (192244). Aaron discovered the world of magic in Marvel, but his absence forced Stephen Strange to use less and less magic and more and more magical items.Like Angarramus’ axe. It has to be admitted that this Doctor Strange with an ax has become an iconic image that is even reflected in the movie as a joke. A month before the movie’s release, Universe 616’s magic was gone, a situation that was just a starting point. Doctor Strange and Wizards Supreme† The series, which was released in October, rose to number three on the sales list with 149,710 copies, while the main series dropped to number 25 with 72,990 copies. The following month, the regular series was ranked 70th and the said series was ranked 99th with 29,349 copies…

Neither Jason Aaron nor, more recently, Mark Waid, have succeeded in providing continuity to the character’s short-lived streak. despite the character’s increasingly prominent role in UCM, he partially fulfills the charismatic role of Tony Stark. Ordinary reader on the occasion of the premiere of the film In the multiverse of madness, Doctor Strange If you look through the comics, you’ll see that the Doctor has died and been replaced by his widow, Clea, whom he has never heard of. To restate this Supertramp recording: Synergy, which synergy?

Wizards Forever

Particularly interesting from the mini-series in which Stephen Strange played at the turn of the century PromiseWritten by Brian K Vaughan in 2006 and illustrated entirely by a Spanish art team: Marcos Martín in pencils, Álvaro López in inks, and Javier Rodríguez in colours. 10 years later, Javier Rodríguez returns to character as a cartoonist with López’s ink, a journey that even Rodriguez himself could not have predicted. In the scripts we have Robbie Thompson, senior television writer and producer supernatural and their entry into the Marvel universe Spider-Man: Veneno, which is closely related to Seda or characters associated with the series. spiderman/bloodbath† Thompson is a decent screenwriter who’s not bad at humor but hasn’t done a really good job so far.

The premise of the series is simple and revolves around the concept that the title of Sorcerer Supreme is hereditary and has been held by many over the centuries. In the 21st century, the lack of magic has become a major threat and Merlin, the Sorcerer Supreme of his time, brings together a group of colleagues at various historical moments with an idea that reminds us of it. always avengers one of both shoots† Oddly enough, Thompson doesn’t use characters like Doctor Voodoo or Clea who have become Sorcerer Supreme or have all the voices at one point, but uses a few newly created characters.

Among our acquaintances In Jonathan Hickman’s version, Isaac Newton is a very sensible choice because Newton was not only the father of modern science, but also studied alchemy to turn lead into gold.† Not metaphorically, but to make a fortune, not to purify his soul, as alchemical studies should. There is also the Elder, but in a version that should be called Nino. Complete the already well-known Wiccan cast in an adult version set in an alternate future. Wolverine and the X-Men† New characters include 1950s Brazilian magician Nina the Conjurer, Kushala, a 19th-century Apache possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance, and the adorable Conmented version of Sinmented, the Dark Domain’s homunculi bred by Newton. Thompson lets the story breathe to delve into the past and the motivations of the characters, and manages to keep it from getting boring.

The dynamics between the characters are interesting and fun, but the adventures remain a walk through different dimensions and times. Look, it doesn’t help that the series was canceled in issue 12, completed the main story in issue 9, and spent the rest of the episodes unraveling a conspiracy involving Wiccan. It is precisely in these hallucinatory environments that he owes Steve Ditko. With a look that rivals that drawn by paranoia Ditko, Javier Rodríguez develops his tremendous talent for compiling pages and searching for new approaches, without saving us from the bridging bridges floating in the gap between pink balls and characters.† In the end, Rodriguez drew only eight of the twelve numbers, the numbers 5, 10, 11 and 12 are by a prolific Nathan Stockman. Hats off to the colours, we have the incredible talents of Jordie Bellaire and Tamra Bonvillain.

Solving and fun job, Doctor Strange and Wizards Supreme It’s primarily aimed at character builders, Javier Rodriguez fans, and those wondering what Steve Ditko would look like under the parameters of the 21st century.