(I originally read these comics in early/mid September 2015)
Hmm. Well, I must admit, reading these was something of a slog and has me questioning whether I'm actually a Doctor Strange fan at all! I could only manage one or two issues a day and I couldn't tell you the number of times I felt compelled to break off mid-issue for a snooze (though that possibly says more about me than the comics). Steve Englehart continues as writer with Gene 'The Dean' Colan replacing Frank Brunner as artist and they take the opportunity to have Colan's two contemporaneous assignments cross over with a Doc vs. Drac duel. When Englehart leaves after issue # 18, 'Tomb of Dracula' scribe Marv Wolfman takes over. The annual, drawn by P. Craig Russell, looks gorgeous but is just so much wordy, wispy, hippy wank. Jim Starlin is the latest writer to jump on board the carousel as of # 24, and I found his issues slightly more readable. He hangs around just long enough to introduce the In-Betweener before Roger Stern arrives to finish off his storyline and to begin a long and lauded association of his own with the good doctor. Stern's held in great acclaim as a Doctor Strange writer but I don't have an unbroken run of his issues. I'm hoping they'll be reprinted around the time of the upcoming movie so I can continue onwards. (At the time of posting, it doesn't look good.)
Doctor Strange (1974) # 14-28, Dr. Strange Annual # 1 and Tomb of Dracula (1972) # 44/45 are collected in:
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Doctor Strange (1974) # 14-22, Dr. Strange Annual # 1 and Tomb of Dracula (1972) # 44 are collected in:
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Tomb of Dracula (1972) # 44/45 and Doctor Strange (1974) # 14 are collected in:
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Tomb of Dracula (1972) # 44 and Doctor Strange (1972) # 14 are collected in:
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