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November 02015

Doctor Strange movie announces start of production, confirms cast [Marvel] [ScreenCrush] [CNET] [Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mads Mikkelsen, and Tilda Swinton] [also hitting the web: a Neil Gaiman tweet that allows people to infer the idle chat from a few years back between Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro about doing a Dr. Strange movie might have been a real pitch or offer to Marvel that Marvel passed on before the MCU got rolling; Bleeding Cool] [30 November 02015]

Steve Ditko's first published story in Daring Love #1, "Paper Romance", dated September-October 01953 [with Nick Caputo commentary] [25 November 02015]

Marvel's February 02016 solicits include Doctor Strange #5
DOCTOR STRANGE #5
JASON AARON (W) CHRIS BACHALO (A)
Cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL CHO
The Witchfinder Wolves are here and Doctor Strange is in trouble.
The Empirikul is coming, Magic's days are numbered and Strange is not ready!
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 [24 November 02015]

Strong sales for Doctor Strange #1 as one of the "unprecedented (at least in recent memory) 14 titles with direct market sales over 100,000 copies in October" [Marvel relaunches gobble up October sales] [ICv2] [Comichron] [Dr. Strange Historical Sales Numbers] [23 November 02015]

Jessica Jones dark 13-episode first season released on Netflix to rave reviews [Screen Rant] [David Tennant moves on from his great Doctor Who to play the Purple Man; "magic"] [6 Ways "Jessica Jones" Changed the Marvel Universe: Bendis' Alias was one of the titles that launched Marvel's 'R-rated' MAX imprint in 02001] [22 November 02015]

New TPB Dr. Strange: Don't Pay The Ferryman is out! [Amazon] [reprints some good stuff from 01986-87 Doctor Strange #75-81] [21 November 02015]

Doctor Strange #2 out today!

Doc also appears in Howard The Duck #1, and Invincible Iron Man #3 (as "facial hair bros", sigh).

Marvel's January 02016 solicits include Doctor Strange #4; guest app in All-New Wolverine #4
DOCTOR STRANGE #4
JASON AARON (W) CHRIS BACHALO (A)
Cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
DEADPOOL VARIANT COVER BY TBA
Doctor Strange has gathered a circle of magic-using friends to try and best monitor magic in the Marvel Universe.
But this tactic is too late as forces are destroying all magical objects and beings in the multiverse and they are turning their sights on our dimension.
At least Strange won't have to die alone...
32 PGS./Rated T+ $3.99 [4 November 02015]

Happy 88th Birthday to Steve Ditko! [Wikipedia] [Javier Hernandez birthday wishes] [Arlen Schumer tribute] [2 November 02015]

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