It's a typical evening at the secret clinic of the Night Nurse. Iron Fist pulled a hamstring fighting ninjas and somebody got hit in the face with a mace- not the spray but an actual medieval one! Yeah, it looks like it's will be smooth sailing for the Florence Nightingale of the superhero community. That is until Doctor Strange is brought in by his faithful servant, Wong and the Sorcerer Supreme has been brutally shot.
Clearing her schedule, the Night Nurse races to save the Doctor's life as his astral projection brings her up to date as to how he ended up on her gurney. Recently, it's been revealed that Wong is battling an incurable brain tumor. Determined to follow the Hippocratic oath he swore upon becoming a surgeon, Doctor Strange transverses the dimensions to find a remedy for his servant. Only what the wizard brought back to earth wasn't just the cure for Wong's form of cancer but all cancers! And somebody is willing to kill the mystic master of the ancient arts to obtain it!
This Halloween ComicFest edition of the first chapter of Doctor Strange: The Oath was fantastic. The always amazing Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) has penned a story that I want to read the remainder of; about a character that I'm not really a big fan of. That's a powerful statement about Vaughan's level of writing talent.
Plus, I love the whimsical art style of Marcos Martin (Amazing Spider-Man.) It's one-part Doctor Strange legend, Steve Ditko and one-part classic noir a'la Darwyn Cooke.
Great story, amazing art, and awesome supporting characters like Night Nurse: it all adds up to the perfect formula to get Doctor Strange: The Oath on my wish list.
Worth Consuming
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.
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