THE ISSUE EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT!
• The craziest comic Marvel publishes gets even crazier this issue.
• After being betrayed by one of their own, Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme are banished to a dark, magical dimension where everything is out to kill them! And you're trapped with them!
• Can you and the Sorcerers escape this maze-like madness?
Rated T+
By the time I finished Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #6, I found myself wanting to go back and read it again. Maybe even a couple more times. Yes, the central gimmick is reminiscent of the final confrontation from the Doctor Strange movie, but it works. It works so damn well that I now expect Robbie Thompson to revisit the Choose Your Own Adventure template on a regular basis in this title. As I mentioned, Im not sure how the digital version works, but the paper copy is so darn much fun. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Read Full Review
Ultimately, will Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #6 redefine the character or the superhero landscape? No. But is it a fun and risky one-off that plays with the actual medium of comics, delivering a narrative unlike most on the stands? Absolutely - and that also allows a lot of leeway over some of its minor flaws. It's easy for comic books to be a passive pursuit - and even easier for creators to stick tried-and-true tropes. The fact that Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #6 doesn't makes it well worth your time to seek out. Read Full Review
The use of a choose your own adventure like structure to represent time travel was very catchy. I apparently selected the correct path the first time through so I had to reread the issue and choose wrong to get the whole experience, but I still enjoyed it. The character of each member really shines when you do choose the incorrect paths, and creates a very different path then that first read through reminding me of the Simonson Fantastic Four adventure through time. The art is still strong and gives this an older feel that I love. While we have not seen much, the build up of Sir Isaac Newton as a villain has made him seem menacing. This title has me hooked and I can't wait to see where it goes now that they have caught up to the present.
It was a fun nod to the choose your own adventure path. And apparently I got it right the first time too. LOL I'm kinda sadden that this book doesn't get the same respect to the other big titles. It's actually a very good series. The art of Rodrigues, Lopez and Bellaire is fitting and the story of Thompson is just good.
One brief plot point stretches into a whole issue thanks to choose-your-own-adventure timey-wimey shenanigans. The writing is nothing special but the art is fairly impressive. Overall, I enjoyed this trick more when the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl played it. Not an actual disappointment, but a mighty "meh" reaction is probably not what the creators were hoping for when they dumped extra effort into this gimmick issue.
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