Jason Aaron And Chris Bachalo Exit Doctor Strange

02/21/2017 01:25 pm EST

Marvel Comics created a new Doctor Strange series with the anticipation of a raised profile after the character made his feature film debut.

The publisher put two of their top talents on the book—Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo—with the intention to establish the character as one of the heavy hitters of the Marvel Universe.

Now Doctor Strange has his own line of books, a team-up series with Deadpool, and an increased significance in the publisher's output. A lot of that comes on the heels of Aaron and Bachalo's work on the series, along with the coloring from Antonio Fabela, who have guided the character since the series began.

But their run will wrap up with issue #20, a culmination of storylines Aaron and Bachalo have built from issue #1, before the new team enters with issue #21 beginning a tie-in story to Secret Empire.

Dennis Hopeless of All-New X-Men and Jean Grey will take over writing duties, joined by Niko Henrichon of Pride of Baghdad on interior artwork. Bachalo remains the cover artist for the new team for their first issue at least.

The solicit for #20 is slightly confusing, making it seem like this is just the culmination of Aaron and Bachalo's story arcs thus far, but Marvel has since confirmed this will be the end of their run.

UPDATE: In the wake of the news, Aaron tweeted the following...

Check out the solicitations and covers for issues #20 and #21 of Doctor Strange below, and let us know if you're excited to see what the new team can bring.

DOCTOR STRANGE #20
JASON AARON (W) • CHRIS BACHALO, KEVIN NOWLAN, AND MORE! (A)
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
VARIANT COVER BY DAN MORA

• The culmination of Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo's first three epic stories is here!

• Dormammu! Mordo! Mr. Misery! The Empirikul! Wong!

• Don't miss this remarkable issue!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

DOCTOR STRANGE #21
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • NIKO HENRICHON (A)
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
VARIANT COVER BY DAN MORA
SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!

• New York City is under attack by dark forces, and only Doctor Strange has a shot at saving it. But it's quite a longshot!

• And welcome new ongoing writer DENNIS HOPELESS (ALL-NEW X-MEN, SPIDER-WOMAN, JEAN GREY) and artist NIKO HENRICHON (Pride of Baghdad, NEW MUTANTS).

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

See Marvel's full list of May 2017 Solicitations here.

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