The ongoing petty rivalry between Strange and Loki is enough to make this issue worth checking out, but the way Nico Henrichon depicts Las Vegas as a stygian abyss makes it a must-read comic. Read Full Review

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends. Who can you trust in Hell if you cant trust a witch and the God of Lies? Read Full Review

‘Damnation' part two was a big step forward from the first part. If you're looking for a Doctor Strange story that will pull no punches to show how dangerous his world can be? This is the book for you. Doctor Strange #387 plays with the good doctor's emotions, and plays with ours as well. You definitely would anticipate that next issue when that light at the end of the tunnel is looking dim. Read Full Review

A solid story, great visuals and some interesting twists from Mephisto make this story worth reading. Read Full Review

Doctor Strange #387 (along with Damnation #2) give me some hope for the rest of this story. It shows some acknowledgement that Strange wasnt inherently correct in his actions, and it adequately punishes the Sorcerer Supreme for his titanic ego. Plus, Henrichons artwork is great. This one earns a recommendation. Check it out. Read Full Review

Regardless of your feelings about Damnation as a whole, it's clear that Cates and company are still doing exciting work with Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme. Read Full Review

This story was very good, than very heartbreaking, then very surprising.
I don't understand why marvel will reboot Strange & without Cates & Henrichon. They do a awesome work.

Coeur - Nice & in a way link to casino so that's 1.5/2
Writing - I loved it ... Nicely done. 3/3
Arts - Henrichon arts grow on me. They give together a personality for their run. 2.5/3
Feeling - I'm not regretting doing this ongoing. 2/2

I haven't been reading "Damnation," but kudos to Donnie Cates and Niko Henrichon for keeping this more or less comprehensible, and more importantly, enjoyable, on its own. The appearance of Clea brought me back, and the whole premise of the issue and how it ends is really well done. There's a sense with Marvel titles lately, like, well, it'll all start over again in a couple of months, so does this really matter? This is one where I'm trusting the creative team to bring it, even though its all ending.

This issue gives you a glimpse of what happened to Doctor Strange before the reveal at the end of Damnation number two. It actually leaves off in the exact same place running parallel to what we saw in most of that issue. It is done in a pretty clever way that gives you some insight into what might be happening with the Avengers as well. I had given the second issue of Damnation a smaller score because of some frustrations, but going back after reading this I think I would have lifted it a little more. That said there were some questions that made me think the team was just writing as they go and calling it complete. This could be *spoiler* territory, but Loki mentions his warning to Strange only to be revealed to be a lie. Seems confusing since he was not lying. Would Mephisto know that? This is a very fun story and I like a lot of what is being done. There are just so many little moments that take you out of the story that it can get distracting. I still enjoyed the art. It has a very old school Strange feel. It can lack a little detail here and there. Backgrounds often are very simplistic and dull. It really shines in the building of atmosphere though and that makes up for that simplicity. It is an enjoyable issue that works well as a tie in to the limited series. more

This is indeed better than Damnation. Despite knowing what is going to happen to Strange by the end of the issue, Cates still arrives at this point in an interesting and somewhat unexpected manner.

Another winner in this series. Great art and story. Doesn't get much better.

Doctor Strange undergoes a twist in Mephisto's captivity. The script is full of potential and features really strong plotting. The visuals let me down, though, specifically in their repeated fumbling of human facial anatomy. The characterization and dialogue in this comic are really delicate; I can't appreciate their full impact when every page distracts me with wall-eyed women and creepy skeletal teeth. Compositions and finishes are great, but the characters within them are so relentlessly disturbing that I have to penalize the finished product as less satisfying than it could/should be.