This extended-length issue sets up Doom as a patsy for a crime we’re led to believe he didn’t commit, while treating us to glimpses of a very human Victor. If you were hoping for Doombots and world domination, this isn’t the series for you. Victor may have turned over a new leaf or two in recent years, but he’s still very much Doctor Doom. If you’re Doom you have a library to die for, hallways teaming with original art, and a gallery complete with stained glass windows where you hang kidnapped smart-mouthed TV anchormen from the ceiling.

The abrupt change in his style with the Doom family daydream scenes is punctuated by Guru eFX’s cheerful colors and lends an eerie texture to the book.īut it’s his attention to the background details that sets a lavish tone for the issue. His characterization of Doom on the throne in the first scene is iconic, as the brooding leader is neatly surrounded by fabric that looks like it’s in motion. With his successful tenure on Star Wars: Darth Vader, artist Salvador Larroca is ideally qualified to tackle another sympathetic bad guy in a helmet and cape. RELATED: Doctor Doom & Kang Are Bound Together By. As Doom laments that his presight ability “weakens with each passing year” in a journal, Kang abruptly arrives and the two share a glass of wine along with the most interesting conversation in the book. Instead, Cantwell is going to make him figure it out - which is more compelling and means Doom will be digging deep into his considerable bag of talents and tricks to survive and save his country.Ĭantwell builds the issue’s tension by increasingly isolating Doom, even in his own home. Doom can’t fight his way out of this mess. Doom’s public derision of the project sets him up to take the fall when the station is destroyed by Latverian terrorists and the world retaliates. It has the makings of a juicy mystery, and one that Doom will have to face without the familiar comforts of his country, castle, and the minions who do his bidding.Ĭantwell’s timely script starts with a triumph over CO2 emissions involving a space station and the creation of a black hole on the moon that will serve as the ultimate garbage dump. However, writer Christopher Cantwell ( She Could Fly) and artist Salvador Larroca ( Star Wars: Darth Vader) turn that notion upside down in Doctor Doom #1 as Latveria’s favorite tyrant is framed for mass destruction he didn’t engineer. We’re accustomed to Doctor Doom being the architect of the damage he inflicts on the world.

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