Doctor Strange #3

[laughing_tree]

Here's the thing: Look, we always say "magic has a price" and we're always looking for a way to limit Doctor Strange's powers and so forth and so on. But I gotta tell ya, that doesn't always fly with me. What makes him limited is not interesting to me. It's what he does with his powers that makes him interesting to me. I understand putting some limitations on him, but I don't think comics are about characters who have to follow rules. They're about flying, right? They're about doing impossible things. I think the more rules and regulations we put on our characters... That's just my own personal opinion, but it doesn't wash for me. -- Mark Waid

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Star Wars #51 - "Hope Dies, Part II"

[laughing_tree]

The Rebels have just defeated the Empire’s 20-year plan. It’s a huge blow against them, and people now know the Empire *can* be resisted… plus they have wasted huge amounts of resources. The Rebels will be resurgent, people will probably be joining them and they almost certainly have plans based upon their experience of the Death Star… but we know that by the start of “Empire,” the Rebels are being pursued hard. Something happened between the two, and that’s the story I’m telling. The Empire *had* Struck Back by the time “The Empire Strikes Back” started. -- Kieron Gillen

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Loveless #5

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The battle for the fate of Zhal raged.

[thanekos]

Adam Osidis, addressed by one of the Mosak who'd come for the Mud King, thought back.

He remembered his brother Peter's death, long ago.

He remembered his mother passing him a nail made from Pete's blood, giving him advice.

" A reed must grow straight while it's still green, Adam.

" And once it has it must choose how to weather the hard winds..

( The present and the past contextualized each other. )