MARVEL
MASTERWORKS: DOCTOR STRANGE VOL. 1 (Marvel,
First Printing, 2010;
Softcover)
Collects
the Doctor Strange stories from
Strange Tales
#110, 111, 114-141 and
the main story from Amazing
Spider-Man Annual
#2 (cover
dates July, 1963- February, 1966)
Writers:
Stan Lee and Don Rico (#129)
Artists:
Steve Ditko with inking by George Roussos (#114, 122-125)
I
bought this and read it years ago, but I dumped that copy when it
fell out of print and was commanding several times over cover price.
I'm not married to my collection and will cash in whenever I get a
chance. I then found this copy shortly thereafter out in the wild. I
had to read the new copy, which is in and of itself a reread. Marvel
has since reissued this in hardcover (which has also fallen out of
print). This material is currently available in an Omnibus
hardcover.
This was very enjoyable on the re-read. The essence of Doctor Strange's
second battle with the Dread Dormamuu was caught in last year's
movie, Doctor Strange. I'm not going into much else here, as
you can read what I thought of this material a few years ago.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4.5 out of 5.
The
OCD zone-
Softcover Masterworks
are wider than a standard trade paperback.
Linework
and Color restoration: Marvel Masterworks are the
Criterion Blu-Rays of collected editions. Top shelf restoration and a
color palette faithful to the original comic books.
Paper
stock: Matte coated stock, the paper used in these books (as
well as Epics) is my favorite.
Binding:
Perfect bound trade paperback.
Cardstock
cover notes:
Laminated cardstock cover.
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