Marvel’s new Doctor Strange comic brings him back from death in style

Doctor Strange, as seen in the film, made an appearance in 2022. He was animated by Sam Raimi and then turned into an animatronic corpse. The comic-book version of Doctor Strange spent most of his time dead. That’s because he’s been dead. Clea, Stephen Strange’s estranged partner, has taken over as Sorceress Supreme in his stead, and she’s managing just fine, thank you.

Comics’ death is sometimes just marketing for the next story. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing, ParticularlyIn the event of the forthcoming Doctor Strange #1. The newest edition of the book was written and illustrated by Tradd. Doctor Strange run looks absolutely gorgeous, with Moore — one of the most distinctively kinetic artists in superhero comics — taking the opportunity to go absolutely buck-wild on the page.

Taking advantage of Doctor Strange’s current plight beyond the land of the living, Moore — along with colorist Heather Moore — uses the character’s otherworldly powers and current situation to re-introduce him to readers, while experimenting with a loose, dreamlike style. In the preview pages below, the results speak for themselves, with vivid colors that look like they’re barely contained by the linework, serving up a wonderful visual metaphor for how unpredictable Strange’s world of magic is.

The front and back cover of Doctor Strange #1 (Marvel Comics, 2022), a psychedelic wraparound illustration where Doctor Strange strikes a pose with a hand on his hip on the front and a number of ghostly silhouettes and visages appear on the back, including his face in profile, a green shaded drawing of Strange drifting off to sleep, and a black and gold woman in front of a crucifix.

A nondescript red dreamscape of nightmarish quality. Arcs and waves sprawl across the page above a poem in the left hand corner, some look like teeth, and on the whole the image can appear to look like a monstrous face. From Doctor Strange #1 (Marvel Comics, 2022)

A page from Doctor Strange #1 (Marvel Comics, 2022) where dreamlike scenes from Doctor Strange’s origin story are intercut with a scene in the present where Doctor Strange fights a ghost tiger.

Doctor Strange No. 1 releases Nov. 23.

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