Comic books have been good to Benedict Cumberbatch. Being cast as a contemporary Holmes in TV hit Sherlock may have made him a household name but it was his even haughtier turn as a supreme sorcerer in Doctor Strange and five more Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that made him a Hollywood superstar.

His ability to mime fizzing firework circles with a straight face has probably allowed him to afford some notable additions to his collection of fine art.

So it seems fitting that almost a decade after donning the swirling cloak of Stephen Strange, Cumberbatch is playing an actual comic book artist. But while The Thing with Feathers sounds like it could be a Fantastic Four adventure where orange rock monster Ben Grimm gets genetically spliced with a flamingo, it is something much dark

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