Doctor Strange #16

Doctor Strange stands at the center of this unsettling cover, his hands clasped around the Eye of Agamotto while the ghostly, skull-like visage of Dormammu looms directly over his face — a chilling double-exposure that makes the threat feel deeply personal. The bold header "The Return of Dormammu" leaves no doubt that the Sorcerer Supreme faces one of his most formidable adversaries in this arc's fifth chapter, "Blood in the Aether." Kevin Nowlan's cover pencils and inks give the image a striking, measured elegance — the magenta background and iconic circular sigil framing Strange with quiet dread rather than chaos.