Doctor Strange: Into the Dark Dimension
"While many previous creative teams (Lee & Ditko, Englehart & Brunner, etc.) had written fine Strange stories, Stern topped them all, by mixing the cosmic with the personal.  Strange became a richly characterized human being, as he lost his apprentice and lover, Clea, when he became romantically entwined with another woman, and he gained friends and allies on his adventures as well as in his household (his manservant, Wong, and his accountant, Sara, developed a romantic attachment) ..." --Michael Rawdon, fascinationplace.org"Great  story here by Roger Stern, which depicts clearly Dr. Strange's characterization. Stern established early on in this collection that Strange is a mage of great ability .... I am hard pressed to recall other stories that capture the essence of the character and where he is no mere plot device. This is Strange at  his most vital era, perhaps even more than when Steve Ditko introduced the character." -- Nicolo Yu, goodreads.com"[Roger Stern] manages to make the magic used through the course of the story a weapon in the characters' arsenals without it turning into a all-purpose answer  to everything.... The story also includes some twists and turns that I didn't see coming."The art, mostly by Paul Smith, is clean  and beautiful. His storytelling is clear and detailed, and he draws his  characters to look like easily identifiable individuals.... The other artists, Bret Blevins and Mark Badger, are every bit as perfect for the story."-- Randy Lander, goodreads.com"For something like 30 issues, Stern wroteDoctor Strange.  Really solid work, with nary a clunker in the streak.  It's one of the most sustained runs of high-quality work that I can remember."  --Jess Nevins"Stern's work with Paul Smith onDoctor Strangeis probably the single best work ever done on that title..." --Ken Raining