If there were ever a true test of a characters mettle when faced with a impossible moral choice and their back's up against a wall this issue shows off Shang-Chi's in SPADES.

This is the best issue yet, simply because it dives into the pathos of Moon Knight. It's really cool. Genuinely, Jed MacKay gets Moon Knight. I'm really happy with this one.

This is a bit of a slower issue. I gotta say, I'm not a huge fan of Sara Pichelli. Her art is serviceable, in my opinion. Kelly Thompson does a pretty nice job on the writers' side of things but there's a little too much going on in some of the dialogue, especially with Maxine Danger. She doesn't really work for me. I hope we trend away from the obvious business villain trope. Maybe it's a red herring, or maybe the character will be developed more later on. Overall, the issue is good but I was on such a high with the last issue that this one pales in comparison. more

This is great so far. There's not much to say aside from everything is working here. If you have any sense, you'll be reading this. There is a tiny bit of concern in me that is worried how this event will wrap up. I know this isn't the end of the Krakoan era, but I hope this event has a finality to it.

Confusing fight scenes. Hard to follow. And bullseye used to use Everything as a weapon, not just a pistol. The way the clones are disposed of is ridiculous. And all the heroes showing up after the action is over is silly and since when do they interfere with beat cops who just have their orders? Really a come-down.

I was disappointed this story was over but turns out it's still ongoing?!

Kelly Thompson has been a dark house. Her Black Widow and Captain Marvel have been great.

I have never been a huge fan of this character, but MAN, this book is fun! We get just enough of the mystery to keep it alive and just enough to make us wonder why Natasha has gone all Somerset Holmes (smile if you remember that book, please). If you haven’t read this series yet, pick up the previous two issues...it’s worth it.

Spurrier expertly weaves a tale that shows us the depths of Dane Whitman's character and paves the way for a future filled with excellent stories. His history with writing about mental illness provides a careful and mindful hand where lesser writers would be blunt in their depiction, and it is genuinely refreshing to see considering Marvel's history with how it treats its manic-depressive characters. His blight isn't magicked away with an empty bit of toxic positivity, instead it is managed and treated with empathy.
Read Black Knight with an open heart, and buckle up for amazing action and smart dialogue.

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Taking the Dread Pirate Roberts tactic and applying it to Dane and Jacks is the best kind of pastiche - it elevates and adds complexity. I'm excited to see what future awaits this father and daughter duo and I wonder if we'll be seeing them work along side some "Witchbreed" in the future. more

This issue was kind of messy, but overall still worked for me. One of the users in these reviews, Merlyn, was made super offended by this issue. He gestured at a quote from the comic "Oh so very male." This was Dane describing how Merlyn (the character and not the user) whitewashed the history of Camelot to fit the myth and the idea of Camelot that we know today, making it puritanical, chaste, restrictive and "oh so very male". I don't understand why this triggered Merlyn so much. I guess the implication he sees there is that male is bad. But that's not what the implication is. The implication is that women were written out of the myth, which would of course be a bad thing, if Camelot were a real historical place. I think that's very obvious, but Merlyn's a bit of a baby victim with huge insecurities. He also got real mad that they showed a Nazi version of Black Knight. I don't know if I have to clue him in here, but the Black Knight character has always been about a guy with sword that feeds on his hatred and anger for power. He's been shown as villainous multiple times in the comics, overtaken by the sword. This is a theme in THIS VERY RUN. Of course there's a Nazi Black Knight. It's on one page, get over it. It's not disrespecting the character. You're just hyper sensitive because you probably have some bigoted tendencies in you and are made uncomfortable by the idea that someone could be corrupted by bigotry and hatred so much that they become Nazis, so chill out. more

Picking up right where the last issue left off and never letting up, The Death of Strange #2 continues with great storytelling, superb pacing, and amazing artwork (I will never run out of praise for Lee Garbett). Whenever I’m thoroughly enjoying a comic, I feel like I reach the end and don’t even realize it - while also feeling like I didn’t get enough because of how much I’m loving the story. This is exactly what happened this issue, but at the same time I think we do get a lot of information. We were introduced to the Three Mothers who have been teased since the beginning of the event, we were given background on why the younger Doctor Strange appeared (genius by the way and a super fun idea), and we learned what has been happening since the barrier that protected our world fell after Strange’s death. All of these moving parts and it never felt jumbled, rushed, or convoluted. Jed McKay has always done a fantastic job of laying out a story and methodically seeing it through. I’m happy to see he is accomplishing that with The Death of Doctor Strange.

I’m naturally weary of events, having been reading comics for 10 years there’s been mishaps that have lead to periods of event burnout for me. This is especially true when it comes to the dozens of tie-ins or one shots typically associated with then. I’m enjoying Death of Doctor Strange so much that there are a few tie-ins I’m actually really looking forward to reading!

I fully recommend this to anyone that’s a fan of Doctor Strange or has even the slightest interest in him. Things are only going to get more intense as this magic fueled Who Done It murder mystery continues so jump in now! more