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MARVEL PREMIERE 9-14/DR STRANGE 1-18

This page: MARVEL PREMIERE 9-14/DR STRANGE 1-5

The DR STRANGE run falls into two parts: the first half, on this page, was done in close collaboration with artist Frank Brunner; the second half I plotted alone. The second half's artist was the legendary Gene Colan, but there's no denying that Frank gave DR STRANGE a unique look and feel.

When I'd first encountered Stephen Strange in THE DEFENDERS, I'd written him basically as a superhero who shot rays out of his palms. When I took on his solo series, I decided I should learn a little about actual magick - and it led to a continuing interest in the subject.

Frank and I each had ideas for what we wanted to do with this series, so we'd get together at my place or his, lay out our respective interests, and spend the evening - often a long evening - in the extremely fun process of merging the two. In the end we always had more than the sum of our parts, and it led to some very advanced storylines.

The Universal TV movie, Dr. Strange, is based on DR STRANGE 1-5. That makes five Hollywood productions I've generated directly to this point (Batman, NightMan, Batman: The Animated Series/The Adventures of Batman & Robin, and The Silver Surfer are the others), plus Guardians of the Galaxy, Justice League, UltraForce, and Captain America.

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ICollection: contains MARVEL PREMIERE 10I
ICollection: DR STRANGE 1, 2, 4, 5I
ICollection: MARVEL PREMIERE 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, DR STRANGE 1, 2, 4, 5I
Collection: MARVEL PREMIERE 9-14I
Collection: DR STRANGE 1-18I
IDr Strange, the filmI

COMICS

DR STRANGE 6-18


NOTES:

MP11: An extra issue: mostly reprint with new framing pages, in context with the ongoing story.

MP12: The second half was scripted by Mike Friedrich while I was on vacation.

MP14: The famous "Sise-neg GenesiS."

DS3: An extra issue: mostly reprint with new framing pages, in context with the ongoing story.