Strange (2022)

Following Stephen Strange's murder in Death of Doctor Strange, his wife Clea stepped into the role of Sorcerer Supreme before rivals like Doctor Doom could claim it. Writer Jed MacKay continued the story he started in that event, now with artist Marcelo Ferreira, exploring what happens when someone from the Dark Dimension—niece of Dormammu, trained in a realm where death is a mercy—tries to protect Earth using methods Stephen never would have condoned.

Clea's mission is twofold: defend the Sanctum from the Blasphemy Cartel (magical gangsters who've been waiting for Strange to fall) and find a way to drag her husband back from the dead. She's not interested in grief counseling. She's Faltine, from a race of warlords and conquerors, and what's hers is hers. Wong is horrified when she starts killing threats instead of capturing them. Clea points out she's not Stephen, and the Dark Dimension didn't raise her to show mercy to people trying to murder her.

The ten-issue run balanced supernatural horror with dark humor, ending with Clea successfully resurrecting Stephen and setting up MacKay's ongoing Doctor Strange series that launched in March 2023.