Doctor Strange Epic Collection: A Separate Reality (Doctor Strange (1974-1987))

Reading Order: Masterworks vol 3 / Essential Collection 2 (black and white only, overlaps) **Epic Collection A Separate Reality** Masterworks vol 6 / Essential vol 3 (black and white only, overlaps) This book is well put together and collects issues from the early to mid 70s in chronological order, and for the price you get more issues than the Masterworks volumes. The colors pop, which I like, since it really visualizes all the crazy worlds you will visit which is typical of Dr Strange. You also get some bonus art material in the back of the book which is a nice bonus. Now onto the context of this book and why it's a bit disjointed. Dr Strange was cancelled after issue #183 and then came back with Marvel Premiere. This book basically contains 3 separate comic series, the fairly awkward ending to his first solo stories followed by 2 reboots. During Marvel Premier we get a very mixed bag of art and writing, with a different writer for each issue until Englehart and Brunner take over. The Englehart/Brunner duo do a real good job of taking over the character and giving him back his epic multi-issue stories Strange was known for. Marvel Premiere #12-14 is probably one of the best Strange storylines I've read and makes this book worth the read. It was great to see the origins of Shuma-Gorath as well as a few tie ins with the Defenders. If you're looking to gobble up all the Strange books you can, you will find a more complete run by collecting the Masterworks volumes but considering this as a pretty cheap alternative, you get some good stuff here for the price. Definitely recommend that if you liked this book to check out Masterworks vol 3 for the Roy Thomas origin story, you would only miss one issue between the two books, #180. As a follow up for additional stories, Masterworks vol 6 would continue the story but you would be missing 4 issues, #6-9. A cool Easter egg for any fan of the movie, this book includes issues where the book of Cagliostro comes from, the book of time. Also if you remember Master Hamir, the fake Ancient One you see at the beginning of the movie is in the book but he's just a servant to the Ancient One.

You just cant beat classic era comics from the 60's and 70's. Especially Marvel. Great Dr. Strange stories here...all the lore and all the drama. Love the colorful artwork and writing. You can't go wrong.

It was great to go back & enjoy again Marvel's past works. Interesting stories & beautiful art. Marvel is not what it use to be. The only Marvel comics i still read is "Thor" . The only place where the old Marvel spirit still survives is in the movies & Netflix. If you want to see the real Captain America, watch the movies.

This is a heck of a chunk of comics for a pretty decent price (especially if you go with the Kindle edition), and it manages to be a bridge from the end of the first Doctor Strange series to the start of the second, with a long run in Marvel Premiere that almost seems to have been a round-robin challenge (eventually it settles down to Gardner Fox writing, but up until then the writer would change with each issue, as would the art team.) It's actually rather fascinating to see the way that the writing matures, too -- although it's fairly static and purpleish during the Marvel Premiere run...until Fox is replaced by Steve Englehart, and Frank Brunner shows up on the artwork, at which point we're off to the philosophical and existential races, with a great deal of darkness (there's a great deal of Being Inspired By Lovecraft), and a rather bleak story of Christian fundamentalist lunacy to close out the volume. The upgrade that was done on the artwork for the Masterworks edition of this material has really benefited Brunner's work -- lovely stuff, and Clea never looked better than she does here.

Just like many of the others in the Marvel Epic Collection series this collection of Doctor Strange stories is presented in a very high quality presentation. Images are sharp and the colors jump off the page. I've always believed Frank Brunner's run on Doctor Strange was one of the highlights of the series and they're all presented here, I don't think they'll ever look better than they do in this volume.

OH boy, the bucket full of nostalgia again. How happy I am to put this volume on my very special Marvel shelves ...... I always liked the good doctor and preferred his appearance AFTER Ditko. The stories are in some places outrageously bad rip-offs on Lovecraft but, it is so interesting to see the development and how the creators fight to develop the character into something likable.

This is essential Dr. Strange. Includes the great Silver Dagger arc. This collection is full of so many great stories. Get it.

Dislike the fact that it's been recolored making it look weird with the bright hues.( I have a few of the original comics and I had used it to compare) otherwise this collection takes care of a few of those missing in my collection.

Not every 'chapter' aka Comic - but the colour and his art on the one's he does are AMAZING !!

As is the wont with the Epic Collection line, Dr Strange's first foray into Epics is with volume three. But seeing as this particular period has some really neato stuff, who are we to complain?. Covering the years 1969-1974, the good doctor goes through a fair few changes in the space of this chunky volume. We start off with the last four issues of Dr Strange's original series, where Dr S (at this stage in his lamentably silly mask), his lover Clea, and his faithful servant Wong, face the terrors of Nightmare under the steady hands of writer Roy Thomas and art legend Gene Colan. After battling the lord of bad dreams, Strange tackles a mysterious threat in a storyline that actually outlives the title itself, spilling over into issues of Sub-Mariner and Incredible Hulk (both included here). After a brief reintroduction as Strange teamed up with said heroes to form the Defenders, he took over the pages of Marvel Premiere for a dozen issues, and here's where the book gets very interesting. A succession of creators (including Stan Lee and Barry Windsor-Smith) kick off the Shuma-Gorath epic, a sprawling tale that sees Strange and his allies face a series of VERY Lovecraft-inspired monstrous foes on the way to a confrontation with a mysterious and deadly being. Partway through this saga, the new regular team of Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner take over, and give a wonderful extra psychedelic spin to everything. Finishing the Premiere run and shepherding the doctor back into a book of his own, they throw the hero into far-out stories about time-travelling gods and death itself. It's brilliant, and really helps the character stand apart from the rest of Marvel's stable. Extras include original art (some rarely seen), adverts and pinups.

… Lieferung war sehr schnell! 😊 Was Doctor Strange comic betrifft, wie alle Marvel Comics aus diese period sind heute die Träger von Nostalgie.

Gostei muito, excelente

The artstyle in this book is so beautiful. And the package I they delivered was double packed by which the book was fully protected. And I loved the stories they collected in this volume. I personally recommend to read it