came back on for the Infinity Crusade, then the next three issues were
written by the current artist, Geoff Isherwood. Its worth correcting just
to establish the chaos that Quinn must of found himself in, as wellas the
decline.>>>

True. Sales on DOCTOR STRANGE were in a serious spiral when David Quinn
(and I) took over the writing (and editing) chores. Sales perked up when
we took over and stayed elevated from the previous levels throughout
Quinn's run, peaking with the milestone issue #75.

Issues #77 through #79, though also written by David (and scripted by
yours truly), don't really count as far as I'm concerned -- and not only
because I didn't edit them. Marie was just having David "tread water"
while Warren Ellis was warming up in the bullpen. There wasn't exactly a
lot of editorial love or attention paid to those three issues (as
evidenced by the "Doc-doggie's" accidentally-inked-and-colored cigar and
fire hydrant in issue #79!).

Finding her editorial position untenable and unbearable (and believe me, I
know how she felt), Marie left staff while Warren was only partway through
his first story arc. As I understand it, Warren quit the book as soon as
he found out, not wanting to deal with anyone else on DOC.

Todd DeZago then did an inventory issue while J. M. DeMatteis got ready to
start his run. But by this time, the series had been through too many
changes, too many new starts, too many different writers, too quickly, and
this -- combined with the imploding comics market -- sadly put the final
nails in Doc's coffin.

Ah, well, at least he'll be reunited with Rintrah again...