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doomfans2016-05-06 12:07 am
nomadicwriter) wrote in doomfans2016-05-06 12:07 am
Invicible Iron Man #9
Doom finally returns for a brief cameo this issue.
Tony has supposedly been missing for a month (though we find out at the end of the issue that it's a ruse on his part) and Doom drops by to visit Tony's latest flame, Amara Perera, in her research lab. He apologises for scaring her by having let himself in by magic: "I can be theatrical. I forget that," and reminds her that being romantically connected to Tony is going to lead to encounters with people like him.
She wants to know why he's looking for Tony, and he changes the subject to her research, repeating that she needs to move on to using human test subjects for her Alzheimer's cure. She counters by asking why he can't use his magic to cure it if he's so big on wanting a second chance. (Doom gets momentarily sidetracked by insisting he was never trying to destroy humanity, only rule it, which doesn't cut much ice with Amara.) He says that magic has a price, and he won't take the chance of bringing something to this plane that could be worse than the curse she's trying to cure. Amara asks him to leave, but as he starts to go, admits that she wouldn't know where to start with human testing. Doom says "I know some people. Just say the word." The scene ends with an ominous close-up on her dead animal test subjects.
So, colour me now intrigued by where this plot with Doom and Amara is going: I thought their previous talk was just some character-establishing science chit-chat, but now it does seem he has some genuine interest in her research, whether just as a way to involve himself further in Tony's life, as part of his redemption scheme, or for some other reason.
Bendis's new improved Doom voice is holding steady at "not particularly Doom-like, but not too egregiously wrong either". (I mostly just wish he'd stop having him use the word "okay".) The non-Doom-related plot has lost me a bit, though, partly because I'm just not as interested, partly because reading it in parallel with International Iron Man now has me confused about when events are happening in relation to each other and I'm getting the plotlines mixed up.
The Deodato art remains good - I love his Amara's facial expressions in particular - plus I much appreciate that he seems to have largely cut out the "tiny-waisted women in overly sexy poses" stuff I remember from his earlier work, but on the personal preference front I just don't like the look he's chosen for the unmasked Doom, and continue to be not-wild about the dark, heavy inks and Frank Martin's murky colouring.
In any case, I'm glad to see Doom returning to the story, since I was starting to think he'd be gone for this whole story arc. Hopefully we'll get more of him next issue!
Tony has supposedly been missing for a month (though we find out at the end of the issue that it's a ruse on his part) and Doom drops by to visit Tony's latest flame, Amara Perera, in her research lab. He apologises for scaring her by having let himself in by magic: "I can be theatrical. I forget that," and reminds her that being romantically connected to Tony is going to lead to encounters with people like him.
She wants to know why he's looking for Tony, and he changes the subject to her research, repeating that she needs to move on to using human test subjects for her Alzheimer's cure. She counters by asking why he can't use his magic to cure it if he's so big on wanting a second chance. (Doom gets momentarily sidetracked by insisting he was never trying to destroy humanity, only rule it, which doesn't cut much ice with Amara.) He says that magic has a price, and he won't take the chance of bringing something to this plane that could be worse than the curse she's trying to cure. Amara asks him to leave, but as he starts to go, admits that she wouldn't know where to start with human testing. Doom says "I know some people. Just say the word." The scene ends with an ominous close-up on her dead animal test subjects.
So, colour me now intrigued by where this plot with Doom and Amara is going: I thought their previous talk was just some character-establishing science chit-chat, but now it does seem he has some genuine interest in her research, whether just as a way to involve himself further in Tony's life, as part of his redemption scheme, or for some other reason.
Bendis's new improved Doom voice is holding steady at "not particularly Doom-like, but not too egregiously wrong either". (I mostly just wish he'd stop having him use the word "okay".) The non-Doom-related plot has lost me a bit, though, partly because I'm just not as interested, partly because reading it in parallel with International Iron Man now has me confused about when events are happening in relation to each other and I'm getting the plotlines mixed up.
The Deodato art remains good - I love his Amara's facial expressions in particular - plus I much appreciate that he seems to have largely cut out the "tiny-waisted women in overly sexy poses" stuff I remember from his earlier work, but on the personal preference front I just don't like the look he's chosen for the unmasked Doom, and continue to be not-wild about the dark, heavy inks and Frank Martin's murky colouring.
In any case, I'm glad to see Doom returning to the story, since I was starting to think he'd be gone for this whole story arc. Hopefully we'll get more of him next issue!
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(I am not the only one still shipping Wanda/Doom, right?)
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Same. The subplot with the girl building her own Iron Man suit is mildly intriguing, but the whole ninjas thing has already degenerated into a boring mess where I've lost track of who Tony's supposed to be going after and why. (And that "road to Civil War II" header makes me suspicious that it's all just going to be tied to a big crossover event I don't care about anyway.)
Yeah, I did specifically pick out that "curse" wording because it seemed kind of an interesting choice of words, and even made me wonder if Doom has a personal stake in this cure somehow. (Though it's hard to imagine who Doom could know/care about that might have Alzheimer's, unless somebody's remembered that his faithful servant Boris exists.) Nice catch on the Scarlet Witch parallel! I'm not following anything but the Iron Man comics at the moment, so I'm not really keeping track of what's going on with her or Doctor Strange.
And no, you are definitely not the only one still shipping it! Still holding out hope that the earlier plotline with demonic possession stuff and Madam Masque is going to come back so there'll be an excuse for Doom to get together with the other magic users.
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It could have something to do with the brain damage he had circa Hickman's F4 (iirc), maybe? Or Boris. I'm not folliwng Doctor Strange either, but I think I saw someone say Doom had been in recently, which certainly seems interesting!
I would love it! I just really really want more Doom + Wanda interaction, but at this rate I may need to write it myself.
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It would definitely be good to see Doom and Wanda cross paths again now he's on his current redemption kick - she still seemed pretty willing to reach out to him at the end of Children's Crusade, so I feel like she'd probably give him a chance to try to prove he's sincere about turning over a new leaf. (I'd quite like to write some fic about post-Secret Wars, redemption-seeking Doom at some stage, but I'm really waiting for a little more hint about where this storyline is going and whether Bendis is going to tie Doom's interest in Tony to the adoption arc somehow.)