Marvel Masterworks Doctor Strange 9 - Hardcover

Stern, Roger; Dematteis, J. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1302917048 ISBN 13: 9781302917043

Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, 2019

Synopsis

STERN, ROGERS & SMITH MEET DOCTOR STRANGE!

The Marvel Masterworks casts an enticing spell this Halloween with its next Doctor Strange edition! All-time great writer Roger Stern joins a host of the greatest artists ever to draw the Master of the Mystic Arts. The result? Pure magic. The tales in store feature the return of classic enemies like Nightmare, Baron Mordo and Dormammu, introduce Morgana Blessing, team Stephen Strange with Brother Voodoo, send him back in time to ancient Egypt alongside the Fantastic Four -- and to World War II with Nick Fury -- and draw Clea into a war for the Dark Dimension. Painstakingly restored and packed with bonus features galore, this amazing tome honors one of greatest eras in DOCTOR STRANGE history.
Collecting: DOCTOR STRANGE (1974) #47-57, MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #6; with material from CRAZY (1973) #88 and the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK of the MARVEL UNIVERSE (1983)

Written by: Roger Stern with J.M. DeMatteis
Pencils by: Marshall Rogers, Gene Colan, Paul Smith, Brent Anderson, Michael Golden, and Kevin Nowlan
Inks by: Terry Austin, Dan Green, and Joe Rubinstein
Cover by: Paul Smith

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Review

"The best Doctor Strange stories -- besides those plotted by Steve Ditko-- were written by Roger Stern ... who, perhaps not coincidentally, wrote the best Spider-Man stories not plotted by Steve Ditko."-- Benito Cereno

"Roger Stern took over as chief writer for Doctor Strange ... and subsequently took the character to new emotional heights. While previous stories focused on Strange's powers, Stern saw dramatic potential in the man himself, and scripted his adventures accordingly." -- Danilo Castro

"Roger had the Midas touch with just about everything he wrote for Marvel. Spider-Man, Avengers, Hulk, Doctor Strange, you name it."-- J.M. DeMatteis

"Marshall Rogers joined Stern for a six-issue run on Doctor Strange with Terry Austin inking (plus finishing Rogers' breakdowns on a couple of issues). In this run, he debuted a new love interest for Doctor Strange, Morgana Blessing. This storyline eventually ended in a multi-part time travel story that involved a very clever trip to the pages of Fantastic Four. -- Brian Cronin

"Roger Stern presents us with the modern version of Doctor Strange, keeping the characterization consistent despite the constant rotation of artists at that time. It is also well worth mentioning that Terry Austin with his inks, offers consistency in the artistic section despite the constant change of cartoonists.  This stage is being reissued in Marvel Masterworks and [is] really worth having a prominent place on the bookshelf."  -- Ricardo Benicio
"Stern doesn't only write action/adventure, he writes real, compelling characters. Like Stan Lee before him, he lavishes numerous pages on characters' inner lives and preoccupations. He fills out his characters and makes you care about them as much as he does. Next to Lee/Ditko, Stern wrote the best Doctor Strange stories ever printed." --Thomas Piperson

"Not since the days of Englehart has any writer had such a grasp of Doctor Strange."-- Andrea Spilholtz

"A recipe for comics magic: Take one writer who made Captain America more than just a symbol; one penciler who made the Batman seem to come to life; and a terrific inker who made the X-Men better than ever. Mix them all together and you get a spectacular book called Doctor Strange." -- John Zuber Jr.

"Doctor Strange #53 brought a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat.It's not often that the written word can combine with the graphic arts to so move me." -- Lorraine Goodison

"For something like 30 issues, Stern wrote Doctor Strange. Really solid work,with nary a clunker in the streak. It's one of the most sustained runs of high-quality work that I can remember." -- Jess Nevins

"While many previous creative teams (Lee & Ditko, Englehart & Brunner, etc.) had written fine Strange stories, Stern topped them all, by mixing the cosmic with the personal." -- Michael Rawdon

"I am hard pressed to recall other stories that capture the essence of the character and where he is no mere plot device. This is Strange at his most vital era, perhaps even more than when Steve Ditko introduced the character." -- Nicolo Yu

About this edition

• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1302917048
• ISBN 13: 9781302917043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284
• Illustrator: Rogers Marshall, Smith Paul, Colan Gene