In advance of Marvel Comics’ full March 2018 solicitations -- debuting midday this Tuesday, Dec. 18 -— Marvel has provided CBR with the exclusive first look at the solicitation text and covers for issues #2 and #3 of the Doctor Strange: Damnation by Nick Spencer & Donny Cates and Syzmon Kudranski, along with Damnation tie-in issues Doctor Strange #387 by Cates and Niko Henrichon, Iron Fist #78 by Ed Brisson and Damian Couceiro, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #15 and #16 by Peter David and Will Sliney, and Damnation: Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider #1 by Christopher Sebela and Phil Noto.

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DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION #2 (OF 4)

  • NICK SPENCER & DONNY CATES (W) • SZYMON KUDRANSKI (A)
  • Cover by ROD REIS
  • Mephisto has taken up some major real estate in Las Vegas, but he’s not going to stop there. He’s got the rest of Earth on his “TO GET” list and only Doctor Strange can stop him.
  • The only downside? Strange went into Mephisto’s Doc to confront him and has not been seen since.
  • Add the fact that the devilish villain has already corrupted several Avengers, and Wong and his rag-tag group of mystical heroes look like they’re in serious trouble.

DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION #3 (OF 4)

  • DONNY CATES & NICK SPENCER (W) • SZYMON KUDRANSKI (A)
  • Cover by ROD REIS
  • Wong’s makeshift Midnight Sons (Iron Fist! Blade! Moon Knight! The Scarlet Spider?!) stand against a whole platoon of Ghost Riders!

DOCTOR STRANGE #387

  • DONNY CATES (W) • NIKO HENRICHON (A)
  • Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
  • DAMNATION TIE-IN!
  • Strange is captive in Mephisto’s HOTEL INFERNO!
  • His only chance to get out? Winning on the casino floor.
  • But remember, the house ALWAYS wins.

IRON FIST #78

  • ED BRISSON (W) • DAMIAN COUCEIRO (A)
  • Cover by JEFF DEKAL
  • DAMNATION TIE-IN!
  • The past returns as IRON FIST faces his sins in a city built on them!
  • But there’s something deeper at play, and a hellish hand may twist Danny’s fate more than he realizes…
  • We knew Las Vegas was hot, but this is ridiculous!

BEN REILLY: SCARLET SPIDER #15

  • PETER DAVID (W) • WILL SLINEY (A)
  • Cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
  • DAMNATION TIE-IN!
  • Hotel Inferno towers above the ruined Las Vegas skyline.
  • BEN REILLY allies with new friends and old enemies to battle the forces of MEPHISTO – but what insidious deals has the demon struck?
  • Can the people of Las Vegas – and Ben’s soul – be saved from DAMNATION?!

BEN REILLY:SCARLET SPIDER #16

  • PETER DAVID (W) • WILL SLINEY (A)
  • Cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
  • DAMNATION TIE-IN!
  • Ben Reilly is the Spider-Man who can’t die — the only spider to slip through Mephisto’s grasp time and again.
  • But even the Scarlet Spider cannot avoid DAMNATION, and Mephisto’s obsession with the Parker clan may cost Ben more than his life...

DAMNATION: JOHNNY BLAZE GHOST RIDER #1

  • CHRISTOPHER SEBELA (W) • PHIL NOTO (A)
  • Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
  • DAMNATION TIE-IN!
  • Johnny Blaze takes the fight to a different devil than he usually faces — Mephisto!
  • But Mephisto will show Johnny his own brand of suffering — and give Johnny PLENTY of reasons for vengeance.