Doctor Strange #10 Review

Writer: Mark Waid / Artists: Jesus Saiz; Kevin Nowlan & Jim Campbell; Butch Guice & Carlos Lopez; Tom Palmer & Daniel Acuna / Marvel Comics Doctor Strange came out this week with his 400th issue according to Marvel’s legacy numbering. In the real world this is the tenth issue in the Waid/ Saiz run. In the latest chapter, the good doctor is met by his old mentor thought to be deceased. The Ancient One has been torn from heaven and has had his magical ability and knowledge removed. Later we learn that a more appropriate description would be “repo’d”. After hearing The Ancient One’s story Strange begins to reteach his former master the ancient arts as well as preserving his life. One night, Stephen travels to the source of the entity powerful enough to assail his master from the other realm and finds himself in a white void filled with identical monsters in identical suits on old computers. It turns out to be the occult version of a debt collection agency. These are the enforcers of the mantra, “Magic has a price”. Doctor Strange confronts the “Head Accountant” who is afforded the unique office and sweater vest of authority. Learning early that his friends have been detained and that his magic is ineffective, he begins to punch the accountant in the face repeatedly. Victory is short lived, though, as the benefactor demanding Strange’s debt paid is revealed to be his greatest enemy and he’s on Earth for a rampage . . . oh and he has a family.

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