One could argue that the most significant event to take place during the course of Secret Empire didn't involve Captain America's heel turn, but rather the complete and total destruction of Las Vegas. It's a little strange in retrospect that there's been so little fallout from or even acknowledgment of that major event in Marvel's Legacy books. The Damnation crossover looks to be Marvel's belated attempt to rectify that problem. But for fans of Donny Cates' Doctor Strange run, all that truly matters is that we're getting more of a good thing.
Damnation builds directly on the aftermath of Secret Empire and Cates' first Doctor Strange arc, as a newly empowered Strange attempts to singlehandedly will the Vegas of old back into existence. But if we've learned anything from Cates' run so far and Jason Aaron's before it, it's that magic always carries a cost, especially spells of this magnitude. That's actually tied to one of the flaws with this issue. Cates and co-writer Nick Spencer are so quick to set the wheels in motion and establish the supernatural fallout of Vegas' resurrection that they don't devote much attention to Strange's motivations in the first place. The character comes across as unnecessarily foolish and short-sighted as a result.
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Damnation builds directly on the aftermath of Secret Empire and Cates' first Doctor Strange arc, as a newly empowered Strange attempts to singlehandedly will the Vegas of old back into existence. But if we've learned anything from Cates' run so far and Jason Aaron's before it, it's that magic always carries a cost, especially spells of this magnitude. That's actually tied to one of the flaws with this issue. Cates and co-writer Nick Spencer are so quick to set the wheels in motion and establish the supernatural fallout of Vegas' resurrection that they don't devote much attention to Strange's motivations in the first place. The character comes across as unnecessarily foolish and short-sighted as a result.
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