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shane_tiernan's review
4.0
Dr. Fate is one of those heroes that I remember always seeing as a kid and thinking "He is so cool". But as far as I can remember I've never read a comic with Dr. Fate in it. So it was fun to finally get to know him. I tend to enjoy magical superheroes more other types because they usually have some kind of fantasy plot going on and I'm a fantasy fan. This one didn't disappoint.
chadrushing's review
4.0
This really was the Dr. Fate book I was looking for after learning about the character. I thought the character has so much potential for great stories but, the ones I had read from the early days and then again around 1989 where just ok. This one was really building to what I had hoped the character would become. Sadly the author died before it could be completed so we will never know. Fingers crossed that the new run for this character that started in 2015 is a good one.
rickklaw's review
4.0
Writer Steve Gerber died while working on this series, leaving the story without a conclusion. An unheralded genius, Gerber penned long runs on Daredevil, The Sub-Mariner, Omega the Unknown, Defenders, Man-Thing, and his seminal creation Howard The Duck. Though creating nothing as lasting nor as important as Howard within, Gerber successfully reintroduced Dr. Fate, the Golden Age mage, into the contemporary DC universe. In a gutsy move, DC allowed four different writers to create possible endings while emulating late author's style. In Dr. Fate.: Countdown to Mystery, Gerber used his trademark elements of the fantastic and topical intertwined with the goofy and terrifying. The book serves as a fitting tribute to Steve Gerber and his reality-bending stories.
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