ROLL THE DICE…IF YOU DARE! It's Halloween, and Nico Minoru joins her girlfriend Karolina Dean, and friends Teddy Altman and Billy Kaplan for a rousing round of RPG Hoosegows and Hydras. But when a dice roll leads to goblins materializing in real life and her friends all disappearing, Nico Minoru is soon left running through NYC's streets with a very real dragon hot on her tail. Desperate for help, she finds herself at the Scarlet Witch's Last Door. Will these two witches find the missing heroes and piece together how this board game came to life, or will their adventure end in a critical loss?
Strange Tales Issue 1 is fast-paced, fantasy-led, and fun. It celebrates the magic users of the Marvel Universe with an adventure that adapts the world's most beloved role-playing game into their rules Read Full Review
Strange Tales #1 launches an involving mystery that reminds us of the addictive power of games, the importance of reading instruction manuals, and the dangers of entering thrift shops. Read Full Review
Underwood crafts some beautifully detailed and visually thrilling art in this issue. I really enjoyed the visual style and the action throughout. Read Full Review
The issue is a fun romp through parallel dimensions for Nico Minoru and Scarlet Witch as they battle through hordes of Dungeons & Dragons-style creatures. Read Full Review
Written by Jeremy Whitley and drawn by Bayleigh Underwood, Strange Tales #1 is a delightful introduction to this series. Its especially a must-read for fans of Scarlet Witch, Wiccan/Hulkling, and Nico/Karolina (which is probably just a fully overlapping circle if were being real) who receive a major spotlight here, but solicits for future issues tease Ghost-Spider, Doctor Strange (duh), and Shuri, reflecting the anthology nature of this titles original run as aforementioned. Its spooky, but not scary, so those who may wince at Marvel Zombies can rest easy. Its more Jumanji than Friday the 13th. Underwoods art indicates as much, with a playful, youth-skewing aesthetic that looks great on the page with Jim Campbells colors. If youre in the mood for a Halloweeny superhero romp, then you cant go wrong with this first issue of Strange Tales. Read Full Review
Continuity, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin'?
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