This comic comes before Doctor Strange Vol 2: The Last Days of Magic. In this one, he is realizing that the magical creatures he is fighting that are inside people are growing in number and are harder to get out. He brings this to the collection of magical beings at the Bar Without Doors that only allows magicians. But the discussion gets derailed by Monako who demands to know whether or not Strange has been paying the price for using magic. Monako killed rabbits in his day because it is always a life for a life. So what is Doctor Strange doing?
Meanwhile back at the Sanctum Santorum, a young woman waits to see Doctor Strange, but not at all sure if she really wants to see him. Her name is Zelma Stanton and she has something with mouths and teeth coming out of the top of her head. Her best friend heard it from someone that he helped someone with a dog growing out of his chest so she thought she might give him a try at fixing this. Strange has never seen anything like this. He gets out most of the mouth creatures who are now roaming freely about the mansion wrecking havoc. Strange and Zelma must find them and kill them before they cause damage to the house. Strange gives Zelma a sword for protection and tells her not to look at anything for very long and to please stay away from the refrigerator as he has collected some odd things in there that she doesn't want to meet. When they get to the library the creature opens up a book and the blowback knocks Zelda out of the room and the two get separated. Which is how she ends up opening the refrigerator and meeting Wong who saves her from it. Strange, meanwhile, has been meditating and reading in the library.
Earlier in the 13th dimension, the Sorcerer Supreme there is about to die and he sends out a message upon some special birds to let those in other dimensions know what is going on. All those who knew magic have been killed and magic is no longer working in his dimension. The Empirikul has come and taken over. His magic birds are killed in the sky by them.
Doctor Strange is beginning to notice that magic is not working sometimes when it should, however, he has bigger problems on his hand for a while. The colors are very interesting. Of course, the sanctum santorum is done up in dark colors because it is a dark place. But there is a scene where Doctor Strange's astral self wakes up in another dimension and the people are done in just black ink with no colors and the flora and fauna are done up in riotous colors with a beautiful rainbow in the background. The drawings are very Asian in orientation and the story is first rate. I highly recommend this book.
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