Marvel Month - Mini Review - Doctor Strange

Whilst the Scarlett Witch exists in the MCU, she was more a super-powered being than a genuine magic user. Magic is a fascinating area that does warrant exploration and it’s not beyond the realms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe which can more-or-less do anything by this point. And for exploring the realms of magic, doing the origin of Doctor Strange, a character who is himself relatively new to the realm, makes perfect sense.

So… Doctor Strange had a budget of $166m and made a profitable $677m, it also was well liked by critics despite some unfortunate press going in. 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes is pretty high. But here are my thoughts

Mini Review - Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme

Doctor Strange is one of Marvel’s most beloved magical characters, back in January I did a 4 issue test of his ongoing title, now I’m going to take a brief look at the animated title just as the movie reaches its the end of its second weekend in cinemas. Released by Lionsgate in 2007, it has a fairly mixed reception with fans. Let’s take a look.

4 issue Test #17 - Doctor Strange

Note: if you’re wondering why I delayed this review a week, the answer is simple. I received this issue later than I’d planned so didn’t know if the review would be done in time.

Doctor Strange, sorcerer supreme of the Marvel Universe and getting his own film in the latter half of the year starring Benedict Cumberbatch. I loved the Doctor Strange animated movie, probably one of the best of Marvel’s animation and on par with a good DC one.

But I’m not reviewing either of those, I’m here to review the comic, written by Jason Aaron, who handles the Star Wars book, so he’s set a reasonably high bar, can he surpass it, let’s take a look.