Doctor Strange has a great background story, a failed surgeon turned magician. His hands were ruined but his life wasn’t, so he threw himself into the mystic arts. And he has become surprisingly good at it. He looks rather cool too: It’s a great premise, one that leaves the story really open. So why couldn’t the writers come up with anything better than a cure for cancer stumbling into Strange’s hands? It seems terribly clichéd. The cure is apparently the end to the world’s problems because clea...

"By the hoary ***-ing hosts!"Doctor Strange is awesome, with potential to be one of my favorite Marvel characters. And this was my first Doc Strange comic ever. Vaughan is a fantastic writer. I've read Saga, Y, and Paper Girls, so I'm no "stranger" to his writing. While this doesn't allow him the freedom of a creator-owned comic, it's an extremely well-written mini-series, with sharp dialog, clever humor, and fascinating mysticism. The only thing missing is his obsession with sex and cursing. I'...

"Doctor Stephen Strange embarks on the most important paranormal investigation of his career, as he sets out to solve an attempted murder - his own! And with his most trusted friend also at death's door, Strange turns to an unexpected corner of the Marvel Universe to recruit a new ally."Though published in the past 10 years, this is a "throw-back" series in its style mimicking the early Marvel Strange Tales and Dr. Strange comics of the 1960s. Just the refresher course I wanted before seeing the...

If your name is something like Stephen Strange then you’d almost have to be a superhero, wouldn’t you? Either that or Bond villain.Dr. Strange is very upset to learn that his friend and servant Wong has terminal brain cancer and vows to use every mystical means at his disposal to save him. The cure he finds turns out to have much larger implications that threaten Strange both magically and physically. This is one of those Marvel characters that I mainly know from his appearances in other books r...

I've encountered Doctor Strange here and there, but I've never gone out of my way to read one of his solo titles. But with Marvel actively working on putting together a Doctor Strange movie, it was obviously time to change that. I had no earthly idea where to go, but luckily some of my friends here on Goodreads have read this volume, and given it glowing reviews. Seemed like as good a place as any to start.And so it was. Maybe longtime fans would disagree, but it seems to me like there isn't tha...

Like something I'd write, and this time that's not a complement.

I've been meaning to read The Oath for awhile now. I have always been a fan of Dr. Strange. Anything that has an emphasis on magic and archmages, in particular, have always been a favorite topic of mine. Thus it was with pleasure that I read this truly excellent Dr. Strange tale.The Oath is a story about Oaths. The Oaths taken by doctors to treat their patients, Wong's oath of service to Dr. Strange, Dr. Strange's Oath to protect the world as Sorcerer Supreme, etc. The story starts with Wong bri...

For me there's no more enjoyable comic opener than a dry humourous jab at the ridiculousness of the situations our heroes keep getting into. Vaughan kills it in the first two pages, and buys himself a lot of interest in seeing where he's really taking the adventure.Vaughan gives Strange a real personality here - and Wong too! They're not just mystics taking the damned books so seriously, but smartasses of the highest order - Wong because he's been Strange's bitch forever, and Strange because he'...

4.5 starsThis book has been on my Want-It-So-Bad list since 2011, and yesterday I finally got to read it!I should probably mention that I read these as single digital issues. From what I can tell, this volume doesn't have any extras anyway, so I don't think it matters. But, you know, full disclosure and all...I believe this is the only Dr. Strange solo title I've ever read, so I don't have anything to compare it to. Having said that, I thought this was reallyreallyreally good!The art wasn't anyt...

Dr. Strange was this arrogant doctor who lost the ability to do surgery because of an injury to his hands. He goes to a Tibetan guru, the (for lack of a better name) Ancient One, for healing, who gives him something better: Magic, which leads him to wear a lavish superhero costume, adopt an Asian martial arts sidekick named (one word) Wong, become The Sorcerer Supreme and Be Glam. We discover in this volume that Wong has incurable cancer, but this is a superhero comic, and, you know, magic. Stra...

Dr. Strange has been shot! This occurred because Dr. Strange found that which shouldn't exist, a cure for cancer. His assailant stole it after shooting him. The Sorcerer Supreme found it after fighting a God to obtain a cure for Wong's terminal brain tumor. Now time is of the essence as Dr. Strange, Wong, and The Night Nurse search for the culprit and the cure. This is the first time I've ever read a Dr. Strange comic and I must admit I was impressed. The story was really well told and despite t...

"Doctor Strange: The Oath" was my first starting point with the character in the comics. Unfortunately, it did not click with me.It was just an average story with Doctor Strange unraveling a murder mystery, and along the way, looking for a cure for his friend, Wong. There's nothing wrong with that per se, it's just that I was looking for something fresh and unique to read. That's unfortunate, because I've heard a lot of good things about it.Overall, "Doctor Strange: The Oath" was underwhelming t...

A very nice Dr Strange story full of thrills, humour, twists and references to the origin and past of the character. The criticism joke to wizards' sexy dressed apprentices made me laugh for good and think to Mike Vosburg's baywatch-babe Clea in a late 70s Chris Claremont's Marvel Team Up that scared me a lot when I was a kid.Maybe my most favourite tale of the Doc after the awesome Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment.And all the Sherlock/Watson jokes made me think that MCU authors

This is one of those reviews you read after you’ve read the book but if you’re just looking for a quick yay or nay take on this, I thought that Doctor Strange: The Oath was an ok-ish story for an ok-ish character. I haven’t read many Strange books so I can’t say where this one stands in his canon/continuity but it’s not a terrible read. Does Doctor Strange even have a great book – who knows? If you want to read a Doctor Strange book, I’d say this is the best I’ve read yet (out of the two I have!...

This was a fascinating read!It starts with Strange coming to Night nurse telling her to cure his body and well wong has a big disease too and well we find out through the course of the issues how he came to be like this and who shot him and the reason for it all: (view spoiler)[> some elixir that can cure all diseases but Stephen got it initially to cure his friend wong (hide spoiler)] and then as the story progresses we find the connective piece and the trio going up against multiple threats a...

Apart from the infinity gauntlet omnibus this is the first complete Dr. Strange story I've read and also the first Brian k Vaughn book and I'm please to say I was hooked the whole way through. All the characters were grounded it was very pleasant to read. Loved the addition of hitlers gun! Awesome.

Wong has a brain tumor and Doctor Strange goes looking for a cure. What he finds is a cure to all cancer. Too bad Timely Pharmaceutical doesn't want the cure going public. Can Doctor Strange, Wong, and Night Nurse get the serum back before Wong succumbs?By the Hoary Fucking Hosts of Hoggoth, this was the best modern Doctor Strange tale I've yet read. The Oath of the title refers to the Hypocratic oath Strange swore back when he was Doctor Stephen Strange, asshole neurosurgeon. Strange wrestles w...

A couple of people recommended this one to me, so thanks, folks; I really enjoyed it.I'm not a huge fan of Dr. Strange and part of the reason for that is that I prefer my characters to have a well-defined power set. Magic-users like Strange have a wibbly-wobbly set of abilities which usually consist of, well, anything the characters happen to need at any given time. This robs them of a lot of drama, in my opinion.The writer of this mini-series counters this to an extent by giving the good Doctor...

"Oh help me, dear doctor, I'm damaged . . ." - The Rolling StonesFrom the opening scene - in which 'man Friday' Wong carries a bullet-wounded Stephen Strange into the Night Nurse's clinic - the story grabs you by your amulets and doesn't let go until the gloriously romantic and perfect final panel. Mystical action, drama, sly humor, character history and in-jokes (the names of the pharmaceutical company and the magical elixir) mix together into a potent and enjoyable little concoction. This conc...