Doctor Strange: Damnation - The Complete Collection

by Donny Cates

Rod Reis (Illustrator), Donny Cates (Script Writer), Nick Spencer (Script Writer), and Christopher Sebela (Script Writer)

Collects Doctor Strange: Damnation #1-4, Damnation: Johnny Blaze - Ghost Rider #1, Doctor Strange (2015) #386-389, Iron Fist (2017) #78-80 and Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #15-17. The city of sin meets its biggest sinner yet. When Doctor Strange raises up Las Vegas from its destruction during SECRET EMPIRE, he inadvertently opens a door for the embodiment of evil: Mephisto! When the Lord of Hell claims the gambler's paradise for himself and sets his sights on the rest of the world, it will take a diverse group of heroes to beat the devil at his own game. Wong's makeshift band of Midnight Sons - Iron Fist, Blade, Moon Knight and Scarlet Spider - must face down a whole platoon of Ghost Riders…but where does Johnny Blaze stand? DAMNATION transforms the life of Doctor Strange - and the magical landscape of the Marvel Universe!

• ISBN10: 1302912607
• ISBN13: 9781302912604
• Publish Date: 3 July 2018
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 2 April 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Marvel Comics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781302912604

Reviews

I don't usually read these characters or their series of books but I liked this little event. I read it because it deals with the aftermath of when Las Vegas was destroyed back in Secret Empire event. This is Marvel's way of trying to "fix" some of the disasters that happened. I usually don't like restore comics but I did like what I read.

I don't know what struggles Strange has gone through that they talk about during this event, but it has me interested in picking up some Dr. Strange TPB's as I've never read any of his books, except if their part of some type of Event.

There were some characters and individual comic issues that I didn't care for, but that doesn't take away from the overall arc going on.

I have seen this in other TPB's, where they don't list the comics in the order of the story but by series, which I think takes away from reading, because if you like to read Events in chronological order, you need to flip through to find the next one on the list. It's a little annoying.

[Quirky Cat]

You know those issues that just make you laugh out loud again and again? This is one of those issues. I kind of had a feeling that’d be the case, since Spider-Man is so predominantly shown on the cover, but you never know.
This issue does have a lot of funny moments, thanks heavily to Spider-Man’s cameo. I loved his interactions with Bats especially. The scene where he talks to a spider is pretty funny, but also a little bit trippy (I showed the page to my husband and his only comment was ‘I don’t know how to respond to that’ if that gives you any ideas).
The comic relief is greatly appreciated, especially considering how heavy the last plot was, thanks to Damnation and all. There’s still a heavy undertone to this issue, but it’s more of the resolution sort of mode.
Fans of Zelma will be happy for her appearance, and perhaps even hopeful by the way things are left. It’ll be interesting to see where things go from here – I’m assuming Doctor Strange will be getting rebooted along with the rest very soon.