15 Best Comic Book Movie Moments Of 2016
4. "Dormammu, I've Come To Bargain" - Doctor Strange
With Kaecilius raising Hell in Hong Kong, Strange heads to the Dark Dimension to confront Dormammu, but is promptly obliterated by the cosmic giant's energy ray.
However, Strange smartly used the Eye of Agamotto to create a time loop at the beginning of this confrontation, allowing him to continually harass Dormammu until he agrees to his demands, no matter how many times he kills him.
After being melted, Strange is also impaled, crushed and killed potentially thousands of other ways before Dormammu finally agrees to leave Earth alone and recall Kaecilius and his zealots.
It's a brilliantly inventive response to the complaints among some superhero fans that there are too many "giant beam in the sky" finales or uninspired battles against hordes of faceless CGI enemies. Superb.