Originally Posted by
Strangefan
The Black Priests seem solidly in support of Strange, they bow their heads in respect when he appeared. Plus, he knows all the words. So, if he leads his band of 'surgeons' after one set of foes, and Thorr's team leads the other, I see it being more of lots of Black Priests die in the fight than Strange losing in some manner. Thorr says that Strange has been gone for a while, and he is definitely not in the same dimension, so perhaps the Sorceress Supreme is about filling a role while he is gone with the assumption he isn't returning.
After so many, many issues that felt like filler, or repetition, this issue had a ton of information. The real purpose behind the mentioned but never seen Ivory Kings. Bringing together elements revealed like two years ago, Doom with his fragment from the mapmakers. How to find the Ivory Kings and how to find Rabum Alal. For the first time it seems the focus is about everything living (as many as possible) rather than everything dies. Also, finally there is movement towards fighting the true enemy. It's been a long wait for payoff, hopefully the momentum stays at this pace and we don't go back to whole issues with almost nothing happening.