Category: Doctor Strange

  • Doctor Strange (2016, Scott Derrickson)

    The only particularly bad thing in Doctor Strange is the music. Michael Giacchino strikes again with a bland “action fantasy” score. The score feels omnipresent; I’m not sure if it really is booming all throughout the film or if I was just constantly dreading its return. Dread is something in short supply in Doctor Strange.…

  • This issue is an homage to Marvel’s old black and white magazines, though at the regular, modern comic size. And, with the exception of including a text story (I don’t care who wrote it, why’s it there?), the issue is a complete success. The feature story, from Kieron Gillen and Frazer Irving, is set in…

  • Doctor Strange (1974) #74

    What can make the Beyonder whole? Why, sitting through a partial retelling of Dr. Strange’s origin, of course! Every once and a while I’ll come across a comic where I’m completely unfamiliar–so far as I know–with the creative team. I’ve never heard of Peter B. Gillis, though maybe I’ve heard of Mark Badger, but certainly…