Doctor Strange: Season One Vol 1 1

In Bucharest, Romania, a string of bizarre, improbable, or impossible occurrences marks the path of Nul, Breaker of Worlds, released from his hammer after the Hulk destroyed it. An unnamed narrator explains that "the membrane that protects us all from impossible nightmares is thin and fragile. All it takes is one thing to rupture it and the entire world can break..."

In New York City, Doctor Strange is feeling slightly lovelorn after an uncharacteristic one-night stand. He looks for clues in the metaphorical tea leaves but finds only the message "R.A.G.E." The following evening, Hulk pushes past Wong into the Sanctum Sanctorum asking for help: he needs Strange to gather their old Defenders teammates and stop Nul from walking the earth. Though Strange is pondering a mystery of his own -- the odd images he saw in the vision of Notebooks Joe -- he agrees.

They first contact Namor, then Silver Surfer. Hulk refuses to go any further, saying he doesn't dare go near Nul, but suggests his ex-wife Betty (the Red She-Hulk) if they want some extra muscle. Betty, whom they discover bored and frustrated in Pamplona, Spain, is willing to come along, provided she can bring her "big-ass sword."

Needing transportation, they call on Daniel Rand, aka Iron Fist, whose own life had taken a turn for the interesting when an assassin attacked him during tests of a zero-g plane. Nul's pattern of destruction shows him to be en route to Wundagore Mountain ("a place of weird science and astonishing tales"). As the Defenders follow his trail, Rand's very expensive new plane is brought down by a missile, leaving them stranded but mostly unharmed--

--until Iron Fist is shot. The rest of the team look up to see the menacing figure of Prester John, brandishing the Evil Eye and vowing that the Defenders will not be permitted to interfere. With him is a small army of his New Men -- animal-headed soldiers -- who have the heroes completely surrounded.

Solicit Synopsis

A window-crashing, high-flying, globe-traveling, ghost-battling adventure from the earliest days of Doctor Strange's training in the mystic arts! Part Indiana Jones, part Lord of the Rings, thrill to this new tale of how a selfish, arrogant surgeon collided with a hot-headed martial artist to become the greatest team the mystic arts have ever seen! If only they can stop hitting each other and figure out how all this magic stuff works anyway. Also featuring DEFENDERS (2012) #1, by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson.

Notes

It is the only graphic novel in the series that takes place in the Prime Marvel Universe as it tells the story that picks up after Strange Tales #115 rather than retelling the character's origin story in a modern manner; Greg Pak also confirmed in an interview that he was setting the comic firmly in existing continuity.^[1]

Links and References

References

↑ Richards, Dave (23 July 2012) Pak Casts a Deadly Spell in "Doctor Strange: Season One" CBR.com. Retrieved on 29 January 2023.

[1] Richards, Dave (23 July 2012) Pak Casts a Deadly Spell in "Doctor Strange: Season One" CBR.com. Retrieved on 29 January 2023.

[1]

Doctor Strange: Season One Vol 1 1

Appearing in "Season One"

Synopsis for "Season One"

Appearing in "Breaker of Worlds - Part 1: I Hate Myself and Want to Die"

Synopsis for "Breaker of Worlds - Part 1: I Hate Myself and Want to Die"

Solicit Synopsis

Notes

See Also

Links and References

References

Fan Feed