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7 59606 08809 6 HENRICHON CATES STEPHEN STRANGE WAS A PREEMINENT SURGEON UNTIL A CAR ACCIDENT DAMAGED THE NERVES IN HIS HANDS. HIS EGO DROVE HIM TO SCOUR THE GLOBE FOR A MIRACLE CURE. INSTEAD, HE FOUND A MYSTERIOUS WIZARD CALLED THE ANCIENT ONE WHO TAUGHT HIM MAGIC AND THAT THERE ARE THINGS IN THIS WORLD BIGGER THAN HIMSELF. THESE LESSONS ENABLED STEPHEN TO BECOME THE SORCERER SUPREME, EARTH’S FIRST DEFENSE AGAINST ALL MANNER OF MAGICAL THREATS. HIS PATIENTS CALL HIM…

LAST MEPHISTO IMPRISONED STEPHEN STRANGE’S SOUL IN AN IMMATERIAL SUB REALM OF TIME... HELL. MEANWHILE, BATS, STEPHEN’S GHOST DOG FRIEND, POSSESSED HIS BODY IN LAS VEGAS, AND TRIED TO RETRIEVE STRANGE’S SOUL. BUT THE APPEARANCE OF CLEA, STEPHEN’S FORMER WIFE, LED THEM ASTRAY, AND INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH SHUMA GORATH. FORTUNATELY, THE SOULS OF THE AVENGERS BLACK PANTHER, FALCON, CAPTAIN MARVEL, HAWKEYE, THOR, AND JANE FOSTER THE RULES IN NECROTIC SUB REALMS ARE BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING HAD BEEN SENT TO THE SAME PLACE. THEY FORCED SHUMA GORATH TO RETREAT TEMPORARILY, BUT MAY NOT HAVE SUCCEEDED WITHOUT THE HELP OF…DORMAMMU!

THE EVENTS OF THIS ISSUE TAKE PLACE CONCURRENTLY WITH THOSE IN DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION #4.

“BLEEDING NEON” PART FOUR

WRITER DONNY CATES

ARTIST NIKO HENRICHON

LETTERER VC’s CORY PETIT

COVER ARTIST COLOR ASSISTANT MIKE DEL MUNDO LAURENT GROSSAT

DESIGNER ANTHONY GAMBINO ASSISTANT EDITOR KATHLEEN WISNESKI EDITOR NICK LOWE

EDITOR IN CHIEF C.B. CEBULSKI CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER JOE QUESADA PRESIDENT DAN BUCKLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALAN FINE

DOCTOR STRANGE CREATED BY STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO

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