Doctor Strange (comic book)
Doctor Strange | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Superhero |
Publication date | (vol.1) June 1968 - November 1969 (vol. 2) June 1974 - February 1987 (Sorcerer Supreme) November 1988 - June 1996 (vol. 3) February 1999 - May 1999 (vol. 4) December 2015 - April 2017 (vol. 1 cont.) January 2018 - July 2018 (vol. 5) August 2018 - December 2019 |
No. of issues | (vol.1): 15 (169-183) (vol.2): 81 (1-81) (Sorcerer Supreme): 90 (1-90) (vol.3): 4 (1-4) (vol. 4): 26 (1-26) (vol. 5): 20 (1-20) |
Main character(s) | Doctor Strange |
Creative team | |
Written by | List
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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] Writers Dennis Hopeless and Penciler Niko Henrichon took charge during the Secret Wars event in issues 21-24, with Bachalo still providing covers. Writer John Barber and Penciler Niko Henrichon took charge for issues 25-26. After the Marvel Legacy renumbering, Writer Donny Cates and Pencilers Frazer Irving and Chip Zdarsky took over at issues #381-390.[18] Donny Cates teamed up with Nick Spencer and artist Rod Reis for the 2018 four issue miniseries Doctor Strange: Damnation.[19]
Doctor Strange vol. 5
A fifth Doctor Strange series was launched by writer Mark Waid and artist Jesus Saiz in August 2018.[20]
Doctor Strange vol. 6
A short-lived sixth series, Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme, launched in December 2019 by writer Mark Waid and artist Kev Walker follows immediately after the storyline completed in the fifth series.[21] The series was cancelled after six issues.[22]
Timeline
Doctor Strange is featured or co-featured in the ongoing series:
- Strange Tales #110–111, #114–168 (July–Aug. 1963, (Nov. 1963 – May 1968)
- Doctor Strange #169–183 (June 1968 – Nov. 1969)
- Marvel Premiere #3–14 (July 1972 – March 1974)
- Doctor Strange vol. 2 #1–81 [#184–264] (June 1974 – Feb. 1987)
- Strange Tales vol. 2 #1–19 (April 1987 – Oct. 1988)
- Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #1–90 [#265–354] (Nov. 1988 – June 1996)
- Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1–26 [#355–380] (Dec. 2015 – Dec. 2017)
- Doctor Strange #381–390 (Jan.–July 2018)
- Doctor Strange vol. 5 #1–20 (Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2019)
- Dr. Strange #1–6 (Feb.–Oct. 2020)
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication Date | ISBN |
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Essential Marvel | ||||
Essential Doctor Strange Volume 1 | Strange Tales #110, 111, 114–168 | 608 | May 2006 | 978-0785123163 |
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 | ||||
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 1 | Strange Tales #110–111, 114–141 | 270 | June 2003 | 9780785145646 |
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 2 | Strange Tales #142–168 | 304 | January 2005 | 9780785117377 |
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 3 | Doctor Strange #169–179 and The Avengers #61 | 256 | March 2007 | 9780785124108 |
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 |
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 7 | Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #23–37 and material from Chamber of Chills #3–4 | 304 | November 2016 | 9781302900229 |
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 8 | Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #38–46, Man-Thing #4, Marvel Fanfare #5, What If? #18, and material from the Marvel Comics Calendar 1980 | 296 | May 2017 | 9781302907129 |
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 9 | Doctor Strange vol. 2 #47–57, Marvel Fanfare #6; and material from Crazy #88, and the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe vol. 1 #3 | 336 | October 2019 | 9781302917043 |
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Volume 10 | Doctor Strange vol. 2 #58–73 | 400 | February 2022 | 9781302933203 |
Epic Collections | ||||
Doctor Strange Volume 1: Master of the Mystic Arts | Strange Tales #110–111, 114–146; Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 | 392 | October 2018 | 978-1302911386 |
Doctor Strange Volume 3: A Separate Reality | Doctor Strange #180–183; Sub-Mariner #22; Incredible Hulk #126; Marvel Premiere #3–10, #12–14; Doctor Strange (1974) #1–2, #4–5; material from Marvel Feature #1; Marvel Premiere #11; Doctor Strange (1974) #3 | 472 | November 2016 | 9780785194446 |
Doctor Strange Volume 4: Alone Against Eternity | Doctor Strange vol.2 #6–28, Doctor Strange Annual #1, Tomb of Dracula #44, Giant-Size Doctor Strange (1975) #1 (cover only) | 488 | October 2020 | 9781302921996 |
Doctor Strange Volume 5: The Reality War | Doctor Strange vol. 2 #29-51, Man-Thing (1979) #4; material from Chamber of Chills (1972) #3-4, Defenders (1972) #53 | 504 | February 2022 | 9781302933579 |
Doctor Strange Volume 8: Triumph and Torment | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1–13, Marvel Graphic Novel: Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom - Triumph and Torment | 488 | November 2019 | 9781302920562 |
Doctor Strange Volume 9: Vampiric Verses | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #14–33, Ghost Rider #12 | 504 | September 2021 | 9781302930745 |
Doctor Strange Volume 10: Infinity War | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #34–47 & Annual #2; Silver Surfer #67; Spider-Man/Doctor Strange: The Way to Dusty Death GN | TBA | August 2022 | TBA |
Doctor Strange Volume 13: Afterlife | Strange Tales vol 3. #1, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #76–90 & Ashcan Edition, Doctor Strange: What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen? GN | 496 | October 2017 | 9781302907891 |
Volume 1 | ||||
Doctor Strange Omnibus vol. 1 | Strange Tales #110–111, 114–146; Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 | 456 | September 2016 | 9780785199243 |
Doctor Strange Omnibus vol. 2 | Strange Tales #147–168, Doctor Strange #169–183, Avengers #61, Sub-Mariner #22, Incredible Hulk #126; Marvel Feature #1, Not Brand Echh #13 | 704 | January 2022 | 9781302926632 |
Volume 2 | ||||
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 |
Dr. Strange: Don't Pay the Ferryman | Doctor Strange vol. 2 #75–81 | 167 | October 2015 | 9780785193258 |
Strange Tales | ||||
Doctor Strange: Strange Tales | Dr. Strange stories from Strange Tales #1–19 and Cloak & Dagger story from Strange Tales #7 | 240 | October 2011 | 9780785155492 |
Sorceror Supreme | ||||
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus vol. 1 | Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1–40 and Ghost Rider vol. 3 #12 | 1,064 | July 2016 | 9781302907075 |
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus vol. 2 | Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #41–59, Annual #2–3, Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way to Dusty Death, Silver Surfer vol. 3 #67, Morbius: The Living Vampire #9, Secret Defenders #1–11, and material from Incredible Hulk Annual #18, Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #2, and Silver Surfer Annual #5 | 1,056 | April 2018 | 9781302911782 |
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus vol. 3 | Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #60-90, Annual #4 and Ashcan Edition; Strange Tales (1994) #1; Midnight Suns Unlimited #6; Dr. Strange: What is it That Disturbs You, Stephen? GN; Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter GN | 1,080 | February 2022 | 9781302930448 |
Volume 3 | ||||
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 |
Strange | ||||
Doctor Strange: Beginnings and Endings | Strange vol. 1 #1–6 | 144 | September 2005 | 9780785115779 |
Strange: The Doctor Is Out! | Strange vol. 2 #1–4 | 104 | October 2011 | 9780785144250 |
Volume 4 | ||||
Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1–5 | 136 | 2016 | 978-0785199328 |
Doctor Strange: The Last Days of Magic | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #6–10 and Doctor Strange: Last Days of Magic #1 | 168 | 2017 | 978-0785199335 |
Doctor Strange: Blood in the Aether | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #11–16 | 136 | 2017 | 978-1302903008 |
Doctor Strange: Mr. Misery | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #17–20, Annual #1 | 136 | 2018 | 978-1302905873 |
Doctor Strange: Secret Empire | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #21–26 | 136 | 2018 | 978-1302905897 |
Doctor Strange vol. 1 | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #1–10, Doctor Strange: Last Days of Magic #1 | 280 | 2017 | 978-1302904326 |
Doctor Strange vol. 2 | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #11–20, Annual #1 | 272 | 2018 | 978-1302908973 |
Legacy | ||||
Doctor Strange by Donny Cates Vol. 1: God of Magic | Doctor Strange #381–385 | 136 | 2018 | 978-1302910648 |
Doctor Strange by Donny Cates Vol. 2: City of Sin | Doctor Strange #386–390 | 112 | 2018 | 978-1302910655 |
Doctor Strange: Damnation | Doctor Strange: Damnation #1–4 | 136 | 2018 | 978-1302913922 |
Doctor Strange: Damnation - The Complete Collection | Damnation #1–4, Johnny Blaze: Ghost Rider #1, Doctor Strange #386–389, Iron Fist #78–80, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #15–17 | 336 | 2018 | 978-1302912604 |
Doctor Strange by Donny Cates | Doctor Strange vol. 4 #381–390, Doctor Strange: Damnation #1–4 | 360 | 2019 | 978-1302915292 |
Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme | ||||
Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme Vol. 1: Out of Time | Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1–6 | 136 | May 2017 | 978-1302905903 |
Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme Vol. 2: Time After Time | Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #7–12 | 136 | December 2017 | 978-1302905910 |
Volume 5 | ||||
Doctor Strange by Mark Waid vol. 1: Across the Universe | Doctor Strange vol. 5 #1–5 | 112 | December 2018 | 978-1302912338 |
Doctor Strange by Mark Waid vol. 2: Remittance | Doctor Strange vol. 5 #6–11 | 152 | May 2019 | 978-1302912345 |
Doctor Strange by Mark Waid vol. 3: Herald | Doctor Strange vol. 5 #12–17 | 136 | September 2019 | 978-1302914578 |
Doctor Strange by Mark Waid vol. 4: The Choice | Doctor Strange vol. 5 #18–20 and Doctor Strange Annual (2019) #1 | 112 | January 2020 | 978-1302914585 |
Strange Academy | ||||
Strange Academy Vol. 1: First Class | Strange Academy #1–6 | 160 | March, 2021 | 978-1302919504 |
Strange Academy Vol. 2: Bright Side | Strange Academy #7-12 | 144 | October, 2021 | 978-1302919511 |
Collected Miniseries | ||||
Doctor Strange: The Oath | Doctor Strange: The Oath #1–5 | 128 | June, 2013 | 9780785122111 |
Dr. Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment | 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 |
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; and 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 |
References
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Field, Tom (2005). Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-1893905450.
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Englehart, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Palmer, Tom (i). "The Tomb of Dr. Strange!" Doctor Strange, vol. 2, no. 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."
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme at the Grand Comics Database
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- ^ 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 7, 2018.
- ^ Fugere, Mike (December 28, 2019). "Dr. Strange: Surgeon Supreme Offers Something Different... Until It Doesn't". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ https://www.cbr.com/marvel-cancels-doctor-strange-issue-6/
External links
- Doctor Strange (1968) at the Comic Book DB