Doctor Strange: The Best Defense #1
In a shattered future where Dormammu’s creatures overrun Earth, Doctor Strange makes a desperate gamble—using the Hulk’s mind as a weapon to destroy the Dark Lord, then fleeing through time on a shard of the Silver Surfer’s board. Only his astral form survives the journey, arriving in the past with a single mission: to stop the catastrophe before it begins. Written by Gerry Duggan and illustrated by Greg Smallwood, with a cover by Ron Garney, this is a high-stakes, mind-bending journey through time and magic.
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In a future Earth ravaged by Dormammu's spawn, Strange tricks Dormammu on feeding energy to the Hulk's head, transforming him into a bomb that destroys Dormammu. Riding the energy unleashed with a piece of the Silver Surfer's board, he escapes the Earth into the past to prevent this future though only his astral form survives the process.
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