I really like my Dr Strange ...STRANGE for lack of a better word. I love the Lee/Ditko stories that blended the good Dr. with the ealier Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish or Amazing Fantasy type stories that predated the Super-Hero stuff. Gimme things like aliens from other dimensions posing as haunted houses, astral self chases that span from NYC to the sun in minutes, or even the horror tainted stuff from Master of Mystic arts early issues.

I think that the things that play to Stranges strengths have all but been forgotten. Now he is just a wise cracking mystical version of the real character. Damn shame,I love the character and consider him my second favorite ONLY to Spider-Man, unfortunately I have not seen much of either one in years. Again...a DAMN shame

I enjoyed Dr. Strange from the beginning up thru the Brunner period - after that, not so much. I will admit tho, that the recent mini-series with the Night Nurse was the best Dr. Strange story in years.

JMS's rehash of the Strange origin story was a mess. I always felt that Dr. Strange had the best origin story of all the early Marvel heroes, but that particular retelling gave me a headache.

Dr Strange needs to be the most expert of Marvel's characters concerning "Marvel Occult" - dimesnions, creatures, demons, etc.  However, I believe that many of the big occult characters - Dormammu, Shuma Gorath, Living Tribunal, Eternity, etc. - need to be very mysterious and distant.  I don't like it when they are brought down to the levels of character interaction.  Dr Strange, for example, should never be able to defeat Dormammu himself, just able to thwart his plans and his mortal pawns.  I feel it was a big mistake to simply make Dormammu a "mere" villain.

I think Strange's status as Sorcerer Supreme needs to be seen in the light of "we have so few masters now, that even someone with Strange's limited experience is the Sorcerer Supreme."  Maybe in another thousand years, he will really be worthy of the title.  Not meant to disparage the good doctor, but Strange needs to be less than all powerful if the character is to be threatened enough to make a good series.  Removing the Ancient One was a huge error.

I don't like Strange as a standard superhero, but it's important to remember that his occult adventures take place in a superhero world.  He is not a straight fantasy character.

Without the Ancient One, I think Dr. Strange is middling as a character. It was his loyalty, and love, for his mentor that drove so much of the best stories I can remember.

Who is the board's biggest Doctor Strange fan?

Marc -

I don't know people well enough at the JBF to answer your question.  But from my observations and research on the net, I would be inclined to say that Howard Hallis and Neilalien are probably the two most informed individuals on the Internet re: Dr. Strange !

http://www.howardhallis.com/drstrange/

http://www.neilalien.com/

What genre do you prefer, or do you like the variety?

William, I like about 80%+ of everything that's ever been done on Dr. Strange !  That's about how much I've read and/or own.