This past issue was great. It always nice to see Galactus being treated as something truly grandiose, and Strange being treated as he used to prior to the 2000's in being a true protector of all of existence. I'm reminded of both the Black Celestial Saga (strongly in this case, but with the Dreaming/Black Celestial being substituted for Dormammu and to a lesser extent Mephisto, both in terms of their ambitious plans and their hubris leading to their doom), as well as the Abraxas Saga to some extent (just with Galactus as the threat to the multiverse and beyond)- in terms of scope and relation to Galactus at least.
The story is a nice change of pace considering Strange's treatment in what feels like the past 15 years or so (as a hero, his powers, his relationships, his stature as one of the regular saviors of existence, etc), the weak Galactus/Doom story in the recent FF issues, and after Ewing changed Galactus from being the hero and savior of the First Firmament arc (which in my eyes ruined the arc as the setup for the end was clear with Galactus seemingly destined to consume The First Firmament to stop it). Ewing's change was all for naught as he wanted to keep lifebringer Galactus around, yet he only lasted what 1 year until he went back to classic Galactus (I mean how was this inevitability not obvious to Ewing?) This feels to me like a very Strange Tales/classic vol.'s 1-3 Dr. Strange type story as well as classic Fantastic Four type stuff mixed in there. I've sorely missed these types of stories.
I've always wanted to see Galactus and Dormammu face off as they both have consumption as key parts of their existence. Galactus consuming worlds, celestial bodies, and energy in general, Dormammu consuming entire dimensions to add to his empire/Dark Dimension. Dormammu, though a villain (unlike Galactus), always felt like the sort of magic/mystic real equivalent to Galactus in a way. Dormammu picked a bad time in this case though as he picked a fight not with Galactus consumer of worlds, but Galactus consumer of the entire multiverse and every other dimension that has had any sort of interaction or relationship with it. Not even the Beyonders were this much of a threat in terms of scope since a lot/most of those other dimensions were left untouched.
I haven't been this interested to see how an arc ends in a while, so I hope it's done in a satisfying way.