Warning: SPOILERS for Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #1Marvel Comics' newest series featuring the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, once again proves that he is the master of psychedelic storytelling. From his earliest adventures that showcased the mind-bending artistic skills of co-creator Steve Ditko, Doctor Strange has been closely linked to hallucinatory and mystical visuals, a legacy that continues in the artwork of his newest story.
After delivering a very trippy and wild art experience with Silver Surfer Black, Tradd Moore is helming an even trippier story featuring Doctor Strange. However, unlike his Silver Surfer story, which was written by Donnie Cates and introduced his symbiote god villain Knull, Tradd Moore is handling both the art and the writing duties for this new book, titled Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise.
This seemingly standalone story starts in Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #1 by Tradd Moore. It begins with Doctor Strange awakening in a very surreal dream-like world. He doesn't remember who he is or where he is, but he slowly starts to regain his identity and bearings. First he recalls the accident that crushed his hands, and he believes himself to be dead because of it. He then slowly starts to remember his training with the Ancient One as well as fighting various villains such as Baron Mordo and Dormmamu. Once he fully remembers that he is the Master of the Mystic Arts, Doctor Strange fully recovers and begins to journey across this strange and bizarre landscape to figure out why he has been brought there.
Doctor Strange Is Trippy By His Very Nature
Although Tradd Moore's psychedelic art style worked for parts of the crazy Silver Surfer story, it is far better suited for Doctor Strange. Many of Doctor Strange's stories, especially the Stan Lee-Steve Ditko tales from the '60s and the Steve Engelhart -Frank Brunner run from the '70s, specialized in mind-bending and surrealist plot lines. Mysticism by its very nature is prone to bending the rules and perceptions of reality. This can create some very wild art, which features Doctor Strange with multiple arms as well as lands that defy physics.
This has even been highlighted in Doctor Strange's MCU appearances as he traverses the multiverse, even becoming paint in the process. This latest comic by Moore exemplifies that concept as it has scorpions with human heads as well as unicorns with strange tree horns. The comic even goes beyond featuring scenes and techniques that play with the comic formats. The comic's sound effects are drawn into the panels and the lettering is often free flowing. The book even opens up with a poem of sorts. All of this atypical storytelling fits perfectly with the realms in which Doctor Strange often finds himself, and more stories should honor that history.
Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #1 is now available from Marvel Comics.