![]() ![]() One of his earliest battles with The Fantastic Four saw him trick Namor into teaming up to take on the heroic team, during which he ended up in the world of Sub-Atomica, a planet in the Quantum Realm. Doom did make an alliance with Atlantis, aka Talokan, and turned Latveria into an Atlantean refugee camp when Atlantis was destroyed (another truth about Doom: he's not always such a bad guy). His history in the comics has seen him propose an alliance between Latveria and Wakanda (which Black Panther and his wife Storm turned down). Why does this matter? Because Doom is the one single commonality across the MCU as it stands now, and the open door for The Fantastic Four to come in. The MCU needs Doctor Doom, and needs him soon. The MCU has already used villains that require people to Google who the hell they even are. In other words, why can't we just have a normal villain, one that the public recognizes? There has yet to be a grounded threat in the MCU, one that is capable of great upheaval in the world, but one without alien powers or Infinity Stones, and one that unites and brings the MCU home to face a real-world threat. ![]() That means so far there's been aliens, gods, robots, and now a powerful human that flits in and out of time, existing across multiple timelines ( it's a long story). Prior to that, Ultron ( James Spader), the big bad robot, and prior to that, Norse god Loki ( Tom Hiddleston) and the alien threat of the Chitauri. well, the previous big bad, Thanos ( Josh Brolin), was a genocidal, alien warlord from Titan, one that could only be taken down by the combined might of the MCU's heroes and the sacrifice of Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr.). It’s a take that I like, but man, haven’t seen in a while.It's just that. Batman Universe #4 Brian Michael Bendis, Nick Derington/DC Comicsīendis’ Batman is so chatty and reasonable and tired. It takes most of the issue and it’s great. In recent Superman books, Jon Kent went through some time travel stuff and aged five years in three weeks, which mean that he had to go back and break the news to his best friend, Damian Wayne, that he’s older than him now. Superman #16 Brian Michael Bendis, David Lafuente/DC Comics It feels like all the Sandman Universe series are stretching out and spreading their wings in their third arcs becoming “thrill of excitement when I realize there’s another this week” books. House of Whispers #14 Nalo Hopkinson, Dan Watters/DC Comics Warren Ellis begins his Batman book as a psychological and gritty detective story, which is, of course, pure Ellis, but the real star in this first issue is Bryan Hitch and colorist Alex Sinclair. It’s also a nice reference to how much Doom likes to name stuff after himself. ![]() The issue’s title, “Pottersville” - an It’s a Wonderful Life reference - indicates that we’re wading into a story about Doctor Doom considering what the world might be like if he’d been less of a meanie. But instead of buckling down, Victor von Doom instead surrendered and abdicated. Reed Richards and Tony Stark created the Antlion station to convert excess CO₂ in Earth’s atmosphere to fuel, to save the world from global warming, and Latveria has just been framed for its destruction. It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” Let’s get started!ĭoctor Doom #1 Christopher Cantwell, Salvador Larroca/Marvel Comics Welcome to Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor, me, enjoyed this past week. What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? I’ll tell you. In the pages of this week’s Doctor Doom #1, everybody’s favorite megalomaniac stepped down from the throne in Doomstadt.ĭoctor Doom is master of Latveria no more. There are quite a few superheroes and villains who govern nations in the Marvel Comics Universe - but now there’s one fewer. ![]()
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