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When it comes to Doctor Strange, the late Steve Ditko was, in my opinion, the definitive artist on the strip. Other artists have, of course, worked their own illustrative magic on the Doc's mystical adventures, but if I had to choose between them all, it would be Ditko's iconic issues which would be accompanying me on my journey to that mythical desert island were I ever to become a castaway.
You'll all have your own preferences I'm sure, and here's another one to consider - the 'first' issue of a new series starring the Doc which you Crivvies may be interested in. I was pleasantly entertained by it, but rather than tell you what it's all about, I thought I'd just hit you with some pages and see if they manage to pique your curiosity. Now's your chance to get in on the ground floor - don't miss it!
Have you got a favourite Doctor Strange issue from the '60s or '70s? Tell your fellow readers which one it is - and why.
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I think Dr Strange had some of the best artists working on his comic in the 1960s to 1970s. Ditko's Dr Strange is the classic, but I loved Gene Colan's long run on the title as well. My favourite Doc Strange however was the 1974 relaunch with Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner , especially issue 4 , err it was magic!
The Frank Brunner strips are certainly well-regarded, McS, by quite a number of readers who bought them at the time. I've got a Special, obtained back in the early '80s, which reprints the first few Brunner strips, so I must dig it out and re-read it someday. I also like Gene Colan's run, but Ditko's strips had something magical about them (probably Stan Lee), especially the Spidey/Dr. Strange team-up.
Like you, Kid, I think you can't beat Ditko's original version of Dr Strange. In the autumn of 1978 I bought a Dr Strange Pocket Book which reprinted all the early Dr Strange stories and that was the first time I'd ever read them.
I've got that self-same Pocket Book, CJ, bought at the time it came out. It didn't reprint ALL the early tales, only ones from several issues of Strange Tales.
No argument from me about Ditko, my favorite. The short run with Marshall Rogers was very good.
Read a few of them and enjoyed them, but Ditko's strips represent my childhood when they were reprinted in a UK mag titled Terrific, so to me they're hard to beat.
I agree with McScotty, in that Frank Brunner & Gene Colan's artistry on Dr Strange was my personal favourites, especially Brunner's.
Yeah, Ditko is the GOAT, but growing up I really dug Frank Brunner, Marshall Rogers, Paul Smith, and of course Gene Colan.
No denying that all those artists were great, JC & GA, but I loved the relative simplicity of the stories back in the '60s. Maybe it's the time in my life they represent that swings things in Ditko's favour for me. And I still think the Spidey/Strange team-up in ASM Annual #2 is a classic and Ditko at his best.
Kid, I only knew about Paul McScotty's latest Hot Wheels post on his blog because I saw it in YOUR blog list around 1pm yesterday and clicked on the link but in your comment on Paul's blog you said you didn't know about his latest post until several hours later which is very strange.
Very strange indeed. It seems that other people can see new posts in my blog list, yet even though I refresh my browser regularly, I can't. Mark Evanier's blog does something very similar. I'll see one post listed, yet when I visit his site, a brand-new post has already been published, but with no mention of it in my list. However, with McS's posts, if his new post isn't in my list, when I visit his site, it's usually not showing as being published. Just can't work it out.
And the buggah still hasn't responded to my comment on his post. Waaahhh! Nobody loves me.
Some strips seem better in black and white than colour. Sometimes I find the colour dilutes the overall impact and for me Dr Strange (Ditko, Colan, Brunner) is one of them.
Interesting. I find that colour adds a new dimension to them and gives them 'atmosphere', though I don't mind them in b&w.
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