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Now unto us is born...the magician! The Master of the Mystic Arts' earliest adventures continue as Strange stands as mankind's last, best hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to steal the life of the conscious world - including Nightmare, Dormammu, Lord Nekron, and the Sons of the Satannish! Featuring the origin of Dr. Strange... and Strange and Clea's first kiss! Plus: Strange takes on a new, masked costume! Guest-starring the Avengers! Collects Doctor Strange #169-178, 180-183, Avengers #61, Sub-Mariner #22, Marvel Feature #1, Incredible Hulk #126, and Marvel Premiere #3-10, 12-14.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Fabulous and trippy. Some of Colan the master's best, work. Thomas was no slouch with the incantation, either! I love the magic, and his art and that whole vibe it had going. Almost wants to make you run away and study under the Ancient One. There is no doubt Colan is best in black and white, so this is fabulous.
vol 1 a weak start but vol .2 rocks.......2007-05-11
well vol. 2s artwork is much improved over vol.1 .a bit weak in spots but overall quality work. the storylines in both volumes good but i like vol.2 with clea and victoria was a interesting i like it the cult of satannish storyline was way better than i expected.unfortunately back in the 70's i was 5 at the time so i got the chance read the early comics and caghts up on the strange history of strange. the alternate reality storyline kinda urk me with the mask strange ended up being mordo and being a lovecraft reader i love the omage to him in the second volume.the vishanti appearing echos the 90's comics with the war of the seven spheres story. overall better than vol 1 because i perfer a more detailed artwork and i like the storyline including the buddha one its comic you all and you forget it was a different time didnt have the pc police in play. the older stories have something the new one dont, character yes marvel took indecent liberities but they just did it without fear of offending it was not to offend it was to entertain. by the eternal vishati i dare say i like strange more now after reading vol.2 .x-men who and spider whatits give me stange and the might thor anyday but thats me
Too Kool 2 B Strange.......2006-03-24
Dr Strange. 1965 and I have to read a book and write a report for a college english assignment. I neither wanted to read a book nor write about it. I preferred reading Marvel Comics. Well the instructor never said what kind of book to read and the comic is a comic Book so I wrote the report on an edition of Dr Strange. I turned in the only "A" paper for that assignment. I still read and collect comics. I encourage the reading of comics. Parents of the world, please do not throw out your kids comics. They are neither a waste of time or money.
Under-rated character shines........2005-09-03
Dr. Strange just got better as the years went on. The late 1960's early 1970's sensibility works for this character under the pen of Roy Thomas and the issues drawn by Gene Colan are the best of the bunch. I really enjoy these black and white compellations because it allows the strength of the artwork to show through without the distraction of often gaudy colors.
The good doctor makes some real comic book magic........2005-06-09
Among the early $15 low-quality paper Marvel Essentials, Dr. Strange #1 is one of my favorites. I was impressed by how Steve Ditko (better known as Spider-Man's first artist) managed to capture the weird, mystical dimensions of Strange's foes and how well Stan Lee and Jim Lawrence were able to script all of those sorcerers' duels and make them believable. What I mean is it would be easy when writing about a fight between mages to introduce any wild plot element you could think of at any given time and explain it by saying "It's magic!", but I never really got that feeling from those tales. Dr. Strange had a regular arsenal of tricks (astral form, mystic bolts, hypnotism, cloak of levitation, Crimson Bands of Cyttorak) and most of the villians were defeated by their own impatience, arrogance, cowardice, or other flaw of their villainous personality. I've read and reread many of his Strange Tales appearances so often that several of the pages are starting to fall out (friggin' low quality paper!), even more so in preparation for the arrival of the Essential Dr. Strange #2 (in higher quality paper!), which is the real reason you're reading this.
It turns out that Doc's entry into the world of 20-page long headliners in the late 60's was a lukewarm affair at best. Although the first of Strange's new mag gives a great expanded retelling of our hero's origin, it settles into some merely OK rematches with Nightmare, Tiboro and Dormammu. The only new menaces introduced here were the Sons of Satannish, whose subsequent story arc ended with one of the most forced twist endings I had ever seen. After that little bit of loveliness, Doc decides to start hiding his face behind a mask when out on patrol. You know, his interdimesional adventures have never been public knowledge and he had always been bragging about the many mystic wards that protect his Sanctum Sanctorum (not to mention Dr. Strange IS his real name) so, really, why the mask? I think he did give a reason why he wanted to look more superhero-ey (besides a theoretical boost in sales, I mean), but for the life of me I can't remember it. He would later go on to help the Avengers corrale two Norse gods (there we go!) and then he went toe-to-toe with the Juggernaut (awesome!).
Sadly, it wasn't enough to save him from one of the most graceless series cancellations in the history of comic books. It would take me too long to explain it myself, so I'll leave it to Dr. Strange himself to tell you, with some paraphrasing.
(In #183, before he leaves to investigate the threat of the Undying Ones): Clea, my love. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life in your arms. But as the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, I must never rest my vigil for there are myriad mystical menaces that wish to steal the life from our conscious world.
(In Incredible Hulk #126, several months since the cancellation and after the Hulk and the Sub-Mariner were called in to smooth out that cliffhanger as best they could): Now that that one race of evil extradimensional demons won't be bothering us for a while, I think it's a good time to hang up my cloak, break all contact with my girlfriend, my ancient mentor, and my faithful manservant, and live out my days as a medical consultant. See you around, Dr. Banner.
Stinks, doesn't it?
Fortunately, after a three-year absence, the good doctor was given a second chance (without the ugly mask) as both the leader of the Defenders (see my review of the Essential Defenders) and with a new solo series in the springboard title Marvel Premiere, and he took advantage of both. A rather large stable of writers and artists sent Strange on one continual globetrotting quest from New England to Tibet that reads like one part Lovecraft, one part Indiana Jones, and one part good ol' Silver Age Marvel magic. Strange fights several new arcane monsters, from shambling undersea demigods to the one-and-only Shuma Gorath. You may have played him in one of the Marvel/Capcom arcade games. He's the one-eyed octopus thing. In the final tale in this collection, Strange and Mordo both try to exert their influence on an extremely powerful sorcerer who is prepared to journey back to the dawn of time and remake the universe. It's good stuff and why Dr. Strange is here to stay.
I liked the Marvel Premiere tales very much, but I wished the writers hadn't used so many real-world religious icons as props. Stonehedge was said to be a gateway to a hell-like realm and 5000-year old demonic cults used an inverted cross as their symbol (Huh, talk about creative anachronism!). The Ancient One was even held hostage by the Living Buddha. Man, basing comic book characters on current spiritual figures just isn't cool. They should just stick to ancient Norse or Greek mythology (See my review of the Essential Thor #2 for more on how well that works. I review a lot of these, don't I?).
The missteps of Doc's first solo series were absolutely tragic, but the Marvel Premiere stories make this Essential collection, starring the archmage of the Marvel Universe, worth owning by any classic comic fan. Go ahead and summon up a copy today.
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- surreal backgrounds, stilted dialogue, excessive alliteration ... and still a lot of fun
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Book Description
Stephen Strange is Doctor Strange. But he is no doctor, and least not the kind that would initially come to mind. He is the Master of the Mystic Arts, a sorcerer supreme, a white knight who wields black magic against blacker villains still. Strange is mankind's only hope against the dark otherworldly forces that conspire to destroy the conscious world - forces such as Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, Nightmare, Aggamon, The House of Shadows, Loki, the Mindless Ones and more. Collected here in glorious black and white is the run of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's amazing run of Strange Tales #110, 111, & 114-168 - Strange's first and greatest adventures.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
The origins of the Master of the Mystic Arts. This includes the work by mostly Lee, and of course, Ditko to explain to us how the surgeon Stephen Strange becomes the world's greatest sorcerer.
The Ancient One, Mordo, Dormammu and the Eye of Agamotto, all that good. stuff is here. With fabulous names and fabulous spells that could have come via Lovecraft and Smith.
Gets better as you go..........2007-07-27
This first volume of Dr. Strange actually gets better once the great Stan Lee STOPS writing! The stories become more complex and spread out well over the issues they were in. There are a variety of artists as well, with Ditko's of course being the classic. This is a nice look into the beginnings of the Master of the Mystic Arts.
Essential Doctor Strange, Volume 1 ( Marvel Essentials ).......2007-03-25
Essential Doctor Strange, Volume 1 (Marvel Essentials) is a wonderful comic book. Doctor Strange is a master of the mystic arts and encounters many mythical adventures. The stories featuring Dr. Strange offer stories with lots of adventure, excitement and entertainment. The illustrations are wonderful. I fully recommend Doctor Strange!
surreal backgrounds, stilted dialogue, excessive alliteration ... and still a lot of fun.......2006-02-27
Volume One of the Essential Doctor Strange includes the first 57 installments of the strange doctor, reprinted from Strange Tales. Many of the stories were complete in one issue, but there are also multi-parters, usually more fun because the longer tales allow more plot development.
The good news: the surreal extra-dimensional backgrounds; the colorful villains (to name a few: Baron Mordo, the Dread Dormammu, and my favorite, Nightmare, ruler of the dream dimension); the absence of the hyper-muscularity and fist-fights of other Marvel franchises; the fast-moving freedom of the narratives (magic is not bound by space and time); and even the self-parodying, slighty campy, stilted dialogue and obsessive alliteration.
The bad news is the black and white reproduction, presumably to save money. Such an exotic premise deserves color, and it would easier to parse some of the wilder panels if the original color was still there to provide structure.
The other bad news, with the copy that I received at least, was that the binding kind of disintegrated; by the time I got to the end I was reading the book as separate, unbound pages. And I treated the book with the greatest of care.
All in all, these strange tales are still a lot of fun, both as a trip down memory lane and as stories in their own right. It was one of the more original, more off-beat premises Marvel came up with, and it still holds up (other than the binding.)
One of my favorite Marvel Characters gets Essentialized!.......2004-12-29
This massive edition of Essentials is the first that collects the adventures of Doctor Strange, the Master of the Mystic Arts. These collect the good Doctors Earliest Adventures from the days of Strange tales including his very first appearance in Strange Tales 110, and including a full run from #114 to 168 spanning the hey day of the 1960's.
In these pages wer first learn of Strange's Origin, meet the Ancient One and Clea, and also Docs greatest villians including Dormammu, Satannish, Baron Mordo, and others. Doc's 1960's adventures really played well in the 1960's. Steve Ditkos unique style fit the psychadelic era to perfection with his rendering of the strange and fantastic realms that Doctor Strange would visit along with some of the most terrifying entities in the Marvel universe.
Doctor Strange has always been among the most underrated of Marvel Characters. He always had pretty good writers and artists doing his stories. Artists like Ditko, Brunner, Gene Colan, and Paul Smith who captured the feel of the mesmerizing world of Doctor Strange.
Of course his world was always so vibrant that it suffers a bit from the Essential B&W format but I stll heartily recommend the book for any Doc fan.
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"Zen and the Art" For Singles.......2006-11-27
I think this book is hilarious and a must read for men and women. However, it should be viewed as a guide for sex as in the way that "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence" is understood as an actual handbook on Zen or motorcycles. In Pirsig's "Zen...", Zen and motorcycles are used as images of freedom and spirituality for a man finding himself. Sex is used largely in the same way for Heimel: a vehicle to express the new freedoms and emotional turmoil young adults face as they wrestle with adult romatic relationships.
And it is very funny; laugh-out-loud, read-it-to-your-friends-and-neighbors-even-boyrfriend, funny.
Easy to relate to, poignant and very funny.
What else do you want from a book?
Buy it; read it; share it. You won't regret it.
afternoon fun.......2005-06-10
what a nice book...there are so many truths in there which even my aunt has shared with us after college, like afternoon sex and dating your boss. Anyways, while this is a bit of a dated book, it is funny, witty and presents a lighter side of an otherwise tabou topic (in most families, not in ours!).
Still Crazy After All These Years.......2005-02-14
During my freshman year of college one of my friends gave me this book for my birthday. I was slightly shocked to receive it, but after one week it was well worn through by nearly every girl on our floor. It wasn't really so much about sex but more about being a single woman and dealing with things like being boy crazy and whining about the lack of quality men.
Two years later, when I turned 21, my older brother gave me this book for my birthday. And then two years after that, I saw it in a Munich bookstore in the very slim English books section. Obviously it was a popular book.
As other reviewers have pointed out, the material is somewhat dated. It's still quite a fun read. If you don't take it seriously as a true "sex tips" manual, you won't be disappointed.
Ridiculous.......2003-09-14
Well, I am torn between giving this book 1 or 5 stars. If taken seriously, 1 is too generous a number. However, my friends and I enjoy her ridiculous takes on such timeless issues as race relations, father fixations, masturbatory techniques, zen and the art of diaphragm insertion, and a guide to horniness (symptoms include nauseau, blurred vision, and SARS like sickness), to name a few.
Has Ms. Heimel ever met a man? One cannot be sure, but my money is on 'no'. This book makes me nauseous, and not in the good sense.
Tips for Women of All Ages.......2002-06-06
This book should be required reading for every woman on the planet who even THINKS she may have sex with a man! I've used the tips myself and the segment on 'How to be Blindingly Beautiful' was dead on!
I just have one tip to add: don't lend your copy to ANYONE! I just bought my third copy and this time it's not leaving my house!
Book Description
Cynthia Heimel was oppressed, just like you, by loneliness and indecision and love and lust and high heels. She decided to have a wonderful time anyway, but it hurt. From the crucible of her agony she wrote the runaway hit, Sex Tips for Girls, and everyone (except Christian fundamentalists) thought it was funny and wise. Actually, it was a perfect book, especially when it told you to get into bed upside down.
Cynthia smiled wanly at her success, because frankly the oppression continued. It was even worse. So then from the crucible of that agony she wrote Advanced Sex Tips for Girls, another perfect book, something to giggle at whether you were brokenhearted or warily in love again.
In Advanced Sex Tips for Girls we take a tour of the decades that informed our sexual politics. Using Cynthia's own life in particular, we learn why we are the way we are and how we can understand the Book of Love.
Should you date a man who's on Prozac? Why is "single" a buzzword that makes us feel like killing ourselves? What's so funny about a man in a dress? Why was the panty girdle the straw that broke the back of the patriarchy? What if your son gets married on MTV? Is the Backlash over? Why does the theory of evolution dictate that every human must get laid as much as humanly possible? And just wait until you read "The Hobag Manifesto," which will join The Female Eunuch and The Second Sex in the pantheon of feminist literature and will make you die laughing.
You'll love this book. It will become your new best friend.
Customer Reviews:
The female Woody Allen.......2003-07-08
OK, not quite -- where Woody is hung up about sex, Heimel has it figured out enough to give the rest of us neurotics a few pointers. While she's mellowed a little bit since the first Sex Tips, she's still clearly crazy and wonderfully funny about it.
"This is narcissism run rampant!".......2003-04-04
Once upon a time this author was brilliant and I would have done almost anything to read her in print. No longer fresh, she rests upon her laurels and seems rather bitter for it.
Since When Do They List The Author's Agent on Amazon.com?.......2002-12-08
This must be a sign of the final straw in the fight between commercialism and normalcy. The Publisher's Weekly review couldn't be more wrong. While there is material here that will remind the reader of other of Heimel's columns and books, the attentive and thoughtful reader will realize that this book too represents what all the other have: a courageousness not found among very many to rail against what the rest of us accept without question on a day-to-day basis. Heimel reminds us again and without apology that women are human, that people are by and large the same if they can get outside of what they are in the habit of believing to be true. This book is an installement in a life story, not a hip coffee table book published to sate the attention span of the average teenager. While it still is both (a testament to Heimel's genius, and what makes her so valuable as a cultural expert) mature readers should not rate this book on whether or not it offers us something modern, but on its ability to provoke thought, and change.
Hillarious.......2002-04-02
This book is hillarious. I would recommend it to any woman married or single. It makes you laugh out loud. I am sure most women can relate to what Cynthia Heimel tells you about life and romance. Buy this today, you will be laughing out loud!
Very funny and enjoyable.......2002-02-26
I love Cynthia Heimel and think this book is yet another wonderful addition to her collection...a more mature Sex Tips for Girls...and still a good dose of the famous Heimel wit.
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"Rule #10: Don't eat like a bird on a date."
"Rule #14: You don't have to bungee jump to impress a guy."
"Rule #24: Don't ask a boy if he loves you."
Looking for some real guidance in the strange new world of dating, boys, and relationships? If advice from your Great Aunt Petunia ("Boys are only after one thing, honey. Watch out!") or your big sister ("Oh puh-lease, you're so immature!") isn't quite cutting it, this book is for you. Thirty-one rules offer girls solid advice (not laws!) on difficult dating questions. For example, is it okay to cancel plans with a friend if that hottie in American History class asks you out? What if you see your best friend's boyfriend making out with another girl? How can you tell--or show--the guy you have a crush on that you want to kiss him? Each rule provides commonsense suggestions for handling different situations, and includes comments from teens who have dealt with the same issues. The emphasis is on building strong, healthy, honest relationships. A fun, lighthearted tone encourages teens to explore this territory without getting bogged down in unnecessary games or heavy commitment. (Ages 13 and older) --Emilie Coulter
Book Description
How do I know if I like him or love him? Am I ready to have sex? THE RULES FOR TEENS provides sound advice on romance in over 25 simple tips, including: Unless it's an emergency, never cancel plans with your girlfriends for a guy; if you sense your boyfriend is bored with you, don't adopt a whole new personality, etc.
Customer Reviews:
Not Very Good..........2006-10-15
This book would be for any girl that hasn't been on a date... I've been on many dates, so this wasn't helpful to me at all.
Excellent Book.......2002-04-07
Being my age, 16, and never having been on a date, I began to worry I wouldn't know what to do on one when the time comes. So, I got this book. I never realized it would be this informative. There are special chapters on everything, from "Don't Eat Like A Bird On A Date" to "Don't Flirt If You're Not Really Interested". This book has it all, and is a must have for any teenage girl.
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Taking the SAT can be stressful and it doesn’t help that the deck is stacked against you. Even though girls tend to earn better grades in high school and college, guys score an average of
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points higher on the SAT. How can you beat the gender gap? Raise your score by learning the ins and outs of the test, rather than spending hours studying math and English. By learning what to expect on the test and how to think like the test writers, you will score higher. In Girls’ Guide to the SAT, we show you how to beat the gender gap by giving you:
-A plan to help you focus on the areas you need to work on most
-Math and verbal reviews
-Practice exercises to work on your timing, confidence, concentration, and nerves
-Four study plans designed to help everyone, no matter what kind of student you are or how much time you have to prepare
-A special chapter to get you through that last nerve-wracking week before the SAT
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Sex Tips for Girls
Flic Everett
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Presenting a no-nonsense, sassy approach to sex in the twenty-first century, Sex Tips for Girls goes right back to bedroom basics-tackling everything from oral sex, to different positions, to sex toys and fantasies. Containing over one hundred hints and tips, this book is guaranteed to keep you up all night. Find out how to achieve the ultimate orgasm, how to talk dirty, how to kiss him and leave him wanting more-this book will unleash your inner love goddess.... Especially created for the girl who wouldn't dream of buying a manual-but wants to know more about sex, (and, let's face it, who doesn't?)-this guide is handbag-sized so you can have great sex wherever you are! Flic Everett is the scriptwriter and chief consultant on Channel 4's Sex Tips for Girls. She is a sex expert and agony aunt for Company Magazine and is also chief columnist for the Manchester Evening News. Amongst other publications, she has written for the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, Women's Health, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Elle and New Woman. She is the author of The Girl's Guide to Getting It On and Fantasy Sex.
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