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Doctor Strange, Vol. 5: Secret Empire by Dennis Hopeless, John Barber, Niko Henrichon, Kevin Nowlan
sabregirl's review
4.0
Not a bad read, just wish there was a bit more between the actual story and the one with Strange and Zelma. I was like wait what's happening?
mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
Confused barely related stories. Including a partial retelling of a past story - which was at least better than reprinting it at the end. They were all okay and all hinted that Dr. Strange could be a better book. But this book wasn't that better book. Art is still a little wonky but maybe fine.
jeffrey_rid's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
andrewgraphics's review
1.0
The only thing that saves this book is the art isn't too murky
The plotting and writing is hopeless (heh): what should have wrapped up in 2 issues is spread over five, the characters act out of character, and all of the dialogue is hip/cool speech and completely interchangeable, including Dr Strange and Mordo..! Because of this I had no idea who a couple of characters were in situation.
I will actively avoid comics written by Hopeless from now on.
The plotting and writing is hopeless (heh): what should have wrapped up in 2 issues is spread over five, the characters act out of character, and all of the dialogue is hip/cool speech and completely interchangeable, including Dr Strange and Mordo..! Because of this I had no idea who a couple of characters were in situation.
I will actively avoid comics written by Hopeless from now on.
renatasnacks's review
3.0
I haven't read the main Secret Empire book (and lbr probably never will) but I really enjoyed this nonsense (I think largely because Hydra Steve was in this for like, 2 panels and seemed extremely tangential to the magical happenings at hand). I'd read another entire volume of just Dr. Strange, Ben Urich, and Jessica Drew making D&D jokes. Please give that to me, Marvel.
Also, let Jess be a werebear!
Also, let Jess be a werebear!
zlwrites's review
3.0
Spider-woman got cancelled and Hopeless throws her in here for one last hurrah. It doesn't really make sense.
Hey, who could beat an all-powerful sorcerer and his demonic hordes? A woman who can shot small energy blasts and her reporter friend with no powers but a thorough knowledge of a D&D manual!
Hey, who could beat an all-powerful sorcerer and his demonic hordes? A woman who can shot small energy blasts and her reporter friend with no powers but a thorough knowledge of a D&D manual!
joeypajamas's review
2.0
I really enjoyed Dennis Hopeless' run on Spider-Woman, but his take on Doctor Strange is just... wrong. While I know it was Jason Aaron who started the whole "high cost of magic" thing it's such a boring trope for magic based characters I really wish it would go away.
Hopeless is landed with having to deal with the Secret Empire event, and the issues that deal with that are fine. However, every character is pulling out snappy quips and dude-bro one liners. While that works for Spider-Woman (who just so happens to appear in this volume) it's not right for Strange...or Kingpin, or Baron Mordo or Daredevil. Tellingly, the section of this volume I enjoyed most was when we saw flashbacks of a time earlier on Strange's career and he was talking in a manner more similar to the early Stan Lee/ Roy Thomas issues.
Sadly, I haven't liked this version of Strange all that much. While Aaron's run was better, it still feel he didn't get Strange's character quite right. Hopeless, however, just totally misses the mark. Hopefully, in the next volume Donny Cates will get things back on track.
Hopeless is landed with having to deal with the Secret Empire event, and the issues that deal with that are fine. However, every character is pulling out snappy quips and dude-bro one liners. While that works for Spider-Woman (who just so happens to appear in this volume) it's not right for Strange...or Kingpin, or Baron Mordo or Daredevil. Tellingly, the section of this volume I enjoyed most was when we saw flashbacks of a time earlier on Strange's career and he was talking in a manner more similar to the early Stan Lee/ Roy Thomas issues.
Sadly, I haven't liked this version of Strange all that much. While Aaron's run was better, it still feel he didn't get Strange's character quite right. Hopeless, however, just totally misses the mark. Hopefully, in the next volume Donny Cates will get things back on track.