Waid and his creative team are attempting to flip that notion on its head, and the first issue is quite promising. We'll see where it goes from here, but I'm genuinely intrigued. Job well done. Read Full Review

For the first issue in a story arc this a great success. It lays out the groundwork for new readers and supplies us with enough cosmic wonderment via a brand new villain with Galactus hanging over it all. Read Full Review

This story is so far distinctly by the numbers. The art did little here to mask the tomfoolery with the new character, who did nothing to engage me but instead alienated me further. Read Full Review

Well Done!!!!

Mark Waid is trying to challenge Doctor Strange and it mostly works for this issue but I'll have to see how they progress. Barry Kitson and Scott Koblish deliver some nice art throughout and make it look great!

There is a retro style to the art and writing in this issue that I'm digging.

This was alright. There's stuff here that's really cool, but some of the dialogue and story here is a bit rough.

Stephen says, "I'm sick of doing the same three Dr. Strange stories over and over." The universe hears him and replies, "OK, Mr. Sorcerer Smug-preme, let's see how you do with premise #3 from the Galactus playbook." I like the last act because it actually stirs the Galactus chocolate into the Dr. Strange peanut butter with delicious results, but the first two-thirds are rather blah. I can't tell whether the start is too meta or not meta enough. Could it somehow be both?

Interesting story, okay execution.