10 Best Short Marvel Comic Series Of 2021

7. The Death Of Doctor Strange

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The Death of Doctor Strange is a mini-series but also incorporates parts of other main series comics too, though the mini-series can be read as a standalone.

Doctor Stephen Strange is dead. Sorry, spoilers. The Sorcerer Supreme is brutally murdered in mysterious circumstances. The problem is that Strange has been pivotal in protecting Earth from dangerous supernatural threats and, after his sudden death, we are all in danger.

Without his protection Earth is a target. Attacks from other dimensions keep the Avengers busy, and with their eyes elsewhere Marvel’s newest terrifying team of villains appear: The Three Mothers.

The Death of Doctor Strange is a dramatic and shocking series which sees a magical twist in which a younger version of Doctor Strange is pulled into the present to take his place.

Turns out, like Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter, Strange severed a part of his soul and kept it in a pocket dimension, ready to come back if he were ever murdered. Yeah. Never saw that coming.

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