Polite Dissent

Strange #5
J.Michael Straczynski and Sammi Barnes, writers
Brandon Peterson, penciler

Med school is four years long, not eight. While there are some schools that offer a joint undergraduate degree and an M.D. in one sitting, they’re six years in length. Sure, an undergraduate degree and medical school added together equal eight years, but we don’t call that “medical school”, we call that “college AND med school.”

Of course, It could be that Strange just isn’t very bright and it took him twice as long to get through medical school.

As for the comic (and the series) itself:

The cardstock cover is nice. Not the art; the cover itself.
There, I said something nice about the book.

This series is a complete waste of time, money, imagination and paper. I cannot see how any aspect of the original Lee and Ditko Dr. Strange has been improved at all by these comics.
Story of redemption? Barely, it’s more the story of a predestined savior whose failures weren’t even his own fault.
Poetic spells and incantations? Nope, now we have large balloons of chicken scratch.
Clea: Mysterious stranger risking her own life by helping a man she barely knows against the evils of Dormammu? Nope. Now she’s a sly secret agent .
Inventive art showcasing imaginative magic spells? Nope, we’re treated to the lightsaber duel from Star Wars all over again.
The art? The art on Strange is like eating a meal entirely of sugar. Sure it tastes good at first, but there’s nothing remotely filling (or even healthy) about it in the long run.

So there you have it: Strange will rot your teeth.