First look at the new Doctor Doom series

[nomadicwriter]

Marvel.com has an interview with Christopher Cantwell and some unlettered preview pages from Doctor Doom #1 here. Thanks to ladyvictorious for the link!

Encouraging to see Cantwell namecheck a bunch of classic Doom stories like Triumph and Torment in there, though there's less hint whether we're going to see much in the way of direct follow-up to the Secret Wars/Infamous Iron Man arc. But the stuff he's saying about his take on Doom certainly sounds promising.

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[used_songs]

This sounds like it's going to be good!

It’s almost like he’s drawing this story in gothic Latverian stained glass. I am happy to go in and revise my scripts to fit Salva’s art even better, and let his work lead the way.

I like the notion of a real interplay between the art and the story.

Chris Cantwell interview

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for starting a separate discussion on this. IMO Cantwell hit all the right notes for me with his plans for the series;
Emphasis on mystical skills, his interest in giving the reader a "street level" Doom, using stories like Triumph and Torment or Byrne's Doom and the retaking of his throne, his need to have control over a situation, etc. I'm glad that there was no mention of Unthinkable or Matt Fraction's Fantastic Four :-)

For anyone who hasn't read Cantwell's stuff (I hadn't either) his Doom story in War Scrolls #3 mentioned in the article is worth checking into to

[ladyvictorious]

Oops......that reply above was mine. Thought I was auto-logged in!

[ladyvictorious]

Saw this while I was on the CBR site. The advance solicitation info on December comics was leaked by Bleeding Cool. Someone posted it on CBR but then I guess the site had to take it down because the link gets a "page not found" message. But he was able to copy down the stuff since he still had the screen active on his PC. Here's what he caught for Doom 2099 #1. I'm looking forward to this since I liked Zdarsky's Doom in Marvel Two in One. IMO he should have done Fantastic Four instead of Slott. The $4.99 price must mean it will be more pages. This is a link to the article showing covers for the 2099 one shots: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-goes-back-to-the-future-this-december-with-2099-one-shot-comics

DOOM 2099 #1
CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • Marco Castiello (A) • Cover by Tomm Coker
Variant Cover by RON LIM
Variant Cover by LARRY STROMAN
Variant Cover by MAX FIUMARA
The future is Doom!
In 2099, everything has changed. Technology has changed. Governments have changed. People have changed. But only one thing has remained the same…DOOM.
40 PGS./ONE SHOT/Rated T …$4.99

For the Doctor Doom #3.....this looks pretty epic! I've not read much of the Blue Marvel stuff and only know that he is Reed and Doom level genius. Victor will hate him for just reasons.

DOCTOR DOOM #3
CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A) • Cover by ACO
2020 VARIANT COVER BY PATCH ZIRCHER
DOCTOR DOOM is dead. For now. In this issue he literally finds himself in Hell, battling against his old foe Mephisto for the control of his own soul. It’s an epic underworld fight, the victor of which may have to be decided by an unexpected third party. Meanwhile, the Blue Marvel continues his hunt for the Doctor, and begins to wonder if Victor’s more victim than villain…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Now this is confusing because Doom will appear in Spider-Man also. I like seeing Silver Sable there. Years ago, she used to have an annual dinner date with Doom when she represented Symkaria. We only saw the one time it wasn't him but apparently it had been going on for a while. Interesting to see Nick Spencer doing the Doom story here too. He never got to see his Victor Von Doom mini with Becky Cloonan get published, which was really very weird.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35 & #36
NICK SPENCER (W) • OSCAR BAZALDUA (A) • COVERS BY TONY DANIEL
ISSUE #35 – 2020 VARIANT COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON
ISSUE #35 – 8-PART CONNECTING VARIANT COVER F BY ARTHUR ADAMS
ISSUE #36 – 2020 VARIANT COVER BY DAN PANOSIAN
ISSUE #36 – VENOM ISLAND VAIRANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
ISSUE #35 –
• Spider-Man. Doctor Doom. ‘Nuff said?
• NO WAY! The Chameleon has insane plans that have put all of NYC (and the very future of the universe!) in danger, and only Spider-Man can save the day.
• All he has to do is convince Doctor Doom to help him. Uh-oh.
ISSUE #36 –
• New York City is covered in Doombots and things are looking bleak for Spider-Man.
• What does all of this have to do with Silver Sable?
• And can she help Spider-Man save the city and the future?
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)