Strange #2 is the second issue of my new favorite Marvel series. I've always been a fan of Clea from decades back, and it's great to see her finally front and center in a book. I hope Marvel keeps the book focused on Clea for a long time to come. Jed MacKay writes her completely different from Stephen Strange, and her personality, her power and her history open up a ton of new story directions that have brought a new excitement to the mystic side of the Marvel Universe. Read Full Review

Ferreira delivers some beautifully detailed panels on every page of this issue. The art has a wonderful tone to it that fits the character perfectly. Read Full Review

Strange continues to be an enjoyable book but it's definitely a Marvel book. Action is the way forward and that's often without any real reveals or information until the very end of the fight. The action that we do get is fun and busy here and the artwork is strong for it. But I had more fun watching Clea and Wong on the couch talking and joking than I did anything else here. That delivered good character material and made for some fun. The bigger picture has a lot of things at play here but its initial focus really seems like it's going to be on this Blasphemy Cartel group and I'm not sure that it's really going to land well as an engaging story yet for a character like Clea. Read Full Review

Its just the beginning of Cleas tenure as the new Sorcerer Supreme, and shes already had a run in with Dr. Doom, and met Deaths own Sorcerer Supreme, who brought along a revenant of Thunderstrike. Jeds definitely got a lot in store here, and I cant wait to see what he does with these pieces set in motion. Read Full Review

For all its inconsistency, MacKays script DOES further explore a really cool idea with Clea as the ultimate authority of magic in the Marvel Universe. Its got a substantial foundation, but MacKay seems to be moving ahead with it in a way that feels uneven. It feels lopsided with no lead-in to the attack that opens the issue and a long rest scene at the end.  Read Full Review

Writer Jed MacKay has interesting ideas for this Strange series, as seen in the conclusion to this issue's big fight being a surprising turn one couldn't predict. Read Full Review

Solid but quick read.

A really disappointing second issue. We have a long fairly pointless fight, a few pages of dialogue and then we're off preparing for another fight next issue.

A good but unexceptional fight scene with a great cliffhanger. This issue wasn't bad in any way, but it didn't have as much meat on its bones as I would've liked

This was ok. I like Clea, but I’m not convinced she’s an effective lead character. I think creating mystery and buzz around this that lead to the likes of Scarlet Witch and Magik as potential replacements really did this book no favors. I’d much rather read about one of those two as Sorcerer Supreme with Clea in an adversarial role.

Meh. Clea talking about how great she is non-stop got kind of old by the end of the issue.

I find the art confused and confusing. There's real talent in fits and starts, but no unity, no flow. The writing is disappointing. The prose is occasionally strong, but the pace and scene structure are problematic in the extreme.

I get the sense of a writer who wants to do an ongoing story chafing under an editorial mandate to tell a very different miniseries story. Trying to do them both isn't working; they're wildly imbalanced. (Trying to segue between them with those snarky bathrobe scenes cribbed from Black Cat isn't working, either; the humor doesn't fit -- no matter how much I like it.)

The artwork is intense, but the plot could use a bit more structure.