These two comics take place right after the comic book Doctor Strange Vol. 2: The Last Days of Magic. At the end of that comic Wong, his librarian and the man who ran things and his friend disappear. So he has been hunting him down with the help of Zelma his sanctum's new librarian. As magic is starting to come back to life around the world, so also do the problems that come with it and Doctor Strange has set out to mediate and fix these problems.

As Doctor Strange suspects, Wong has not been kidnapped by some regular kidnapper, but by the monster under the stairs, Mr. Mistery, part of which survived and wants revenge. Wong is helpless to stop himself in helping this entity by giving him his knowledge in how to hurt Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange goes to the Bar With No Doors, a sorcerers bar to see if anyone has any information but strikes out in that regard. Instead, he finds himself being taken away by a large man thing creature to a swamp inhabited by Nazi ninja vampires. He takes out the vampires for the creature and receives some algae goop for payment. Meanwhile, Mr. Misery has given back to his patients their tumors with a dash of the black stuff he carries around.

In number eighteen, Doctor Strange has been called in to help since the tumors are fighting back, but he needs help and he calls in Thor who is also Dr. Jane Foster which is just who Doctor Strange needs: a superhero doctor. He still cannot operate with his hands so Thor will have to do the cutting with Strange telling her what to do. When the black stuff comes out, Strange eats it so it will cause no more damage and because it is his pain that he should have absorbed in the first place. They, of course, run into problems because nothing is easy when dealing with Mr. Misery.

In number 19, Doctor Strange now has Wong, but he is still caught up in the clutches of Mr. Misery and he must find a way to fight Mr. Misery and get Wong back while defeating Mr. Misery once and for all with the help of Zelma.

These three comics are fantastic. The story lines are incredible and creative. The artwork is amazing. The scenes in 19 where they show Mr. Misery in all his glory and the bizarre rooms of the sanctum. It is also fascinating to watch the panels with Thor operating on Doctor Strange's patients. The colors and drawing in number 17 are softer and fuzzier as they are drawn and colored by different people than numbers 18 and 19. The colors used are a gorgeous use of pastels mostly and give you a sense of post-impressionism. In 18 and 19 the colorist makes good use of dark and light which goes with the story as Doctor Strange is fighting with the badness of his life with all the light that he has. At the hospital, the scene is light and airy except for Mr. Misery who brings the evil and pure blackness. I highly recommend these comics and cannot wait for number 20 which comes out in June of 2017. ( )