Well, it looks like Spider-Woman Week will end with a whimper rather than a bang. That’s OK, though. We’ll return to Jessica Drew soon enough.
Right now, the Keeper has to get something off his chest.
First of all, last week’s comics were very disappointing. For the past three issues, 52 has dwindled in quality to the point where we’re no longer interested.
Justice Society of America #1 also reinforced our urge to never read another Geoff Johns comic again.
(Yet another hero’s family is slaughtered. Hooray.)
Yet, most disappointing of all, a copy of Doctor Strange: The Oath #3 could not be found anywhere in Silicon Valley. We’d like to think that subscribers are snatching the mini-series up, since it is perhaps the best book starring the Sorcerer Supreme since the early-70s.
Sadly, though, it appears there just weren’t too many issues to spread around. A similar shortage occurred when Beyond! #3 came out a few months back, even though every previous and subsequent issue of the excellent mini-series was readily available.
We can’t help but wonder if Diamond Distributors hates us, or something.
At any rate, the saddened Keeper was forced to look elsewhere for a Dr. Strange adventure - mainly, the Golden Age of comics.
As readers of Alan Moore’s Tom Strong may know, Nedor Publishing featured the exploits of a Golden Age “Doc” Strange who acquired super-powers after drinking a miracle elixir known as “Alosun.”
As you can see in the following story, he didn’t call upon the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth. A good swift punch did the job just as well.
You know, if Civil War ends with Iron Man tossed through a giant glass globe, our lives would probably be fulfilled.
Are all the Nedor characters public domain now?
Yep, which is why at least three companies have published the all-new adventures of the Black Terror in recent years.