Heh. Yes, it's kind of silly that they obviously got rid of the "Von Doom" surname because it's too over the top, and then they replaced it with one that has the immediate association with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
I prefer black-haired Victor to the red-haired Victor you occasionally see in 616 stuff (which I think is just a misinterpretation of the colouring in Secret Wars, where unmasked Victor's hair looks kind of reddish because hey, 80s comics didn't have many shades of brown to choose from). But yeah, it is a bit disconcerting - he looks a bit like a young Tony Stark with the little goatee there. Both Ultimate Victor and Ultimate Reed have blue eyes, as well, which irked me a little bit because they're among the few major characters from the early Marvel books that actually have brown! It's funny how a modern updating of the comics sometimes falls back on stuff that's more clichéd than the originals.
I hope the art improves or they switch artists fairly soon - this seems like a decent start writing-wise, but I'm a bit concerned that this kind of rough art is going to put people off the book before it gets a chance to go anywhere.
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Date: 2014-04-19 12:27 am (UTC)I prefer black-haired Victor to the red-haired Victor you occasionally see in 616 stuff (which I think is just a misinterpretation of the colouring in Secret Wars, where unmasked Victor's hair looks kind of reddish because hey, 80s comics didn't have many shades of brown to choose from). But yeah, it is a bit disconcerting - he looks a bit like a young Tony Stark with the little goatee there. Both Ultimate Victor and Ultimate Reed have blue eyes, as well, which irked me a little bit because they're among the few major characters from the early Marvel books that actually have brown! It's funny how a modern updating of the comics sometimes falls back on stuff that's more clichéd than the originals.
I hope the art improves or they switch artists fairly soon - this seems like a decent start writing-wise, but I'm a bit concerned that this kind of rough art is going to put people off the book before it gets a chance to go anywhere.