I haven't been reading Dan Slott's Iron Man so I can't say whether or not there was any follow up there. I doubt there was any but can't be sure. It's just too hard to keep up with all these titles and some really don't interest me anymore. I find it easier to just wait and check some of them out when they appear on Marvel Unlimited.
It would be good to see Tony and Rhodey at least acknowledge that Doom saved them from the demon-possessed Hood. I bet that Tony never brings it up again but I hope I am wrong.
BTW I did read Strike Force #1 and the team (Winter Soldier, Blade, Wiccan, Spider-Woman, Angela and a few more) did go to the Temple of the Vishanti. Wiccan informs the group that Doctor Strange and Doom fought there. I wish he had said he "almost step-father". Now this makes me curious about the issue were Doom does appear and if the writer will revisit that.
Speaking of abandoned subplots, the one that still is out there is one that Ed Brubaker had in Captain America some years back. The Red Skull's operatives discovered some information on a mysterious man who came to Germany from another land and quickly made himself the ruler of a small kingdom in Medieval Germany. He was described as another Da Vinci who created many advanced tools, flying machines and mechanical men.
No, I haven't been following events on the Iron Man side of things, either. (I haven't really even been keeping up with Slott's Fantastic Four beyond skimming through to see if Doom appears. I end up letting the issues pile up unread for months because he seems to mostly just want to retread tired old storylines that I didn't find very interesting the first time.) I used to try and follow a bunch of comics sites and forums so I at least had a vague overview of what was going on in books I wasn't reading, but there's such a constant flood of events and relaunches and spin-offs and things that I just don't have the time these days.
I feel like Tony should at least have a bunch of questions for Doom next time they meet. He basically returned just in time to be confused about why Doom was playing Iron Man and helping out, only for Doom to promptly get injured in the battle, disappear back to Latveria and give up the hero thing again. You'd think Tony would want to follow up on what the heck that was all about at some point, out of curiosity about why he adopted the Iron Doom look if nothing else.
And I remember seeing some panels from that Brubaker storyline. I guess at least where there's time travel stuff involved it's still always possible for someone to pick it back up any time!
I always hoped that Brubaker would return to Marvel some day but he's staying with his creator owned stuff. I read how he recently signed a 5 year exclusive deal with Image anyway.
But the Victor and Tony talk got me to remembering a case of Bendis throwing something out there and then dropping it completely. This was after the time that Victor, Amara and Tony were talking at a restaurant. Really, Victor just invited himself to join them back when he used to just teleport everywhere. A few issues later, Tony finally figured out a way to trap him in a force field bubble. The issue ended there with Tony saying they're were going to have a talk and Tony was going ask questions, etc. Then....nothing. It was never brought up again!
I was hoping a last minute update of some kind on the Doctor Doom series would come out of NYCC over the weekend but didn't see anything when I googled. There was the debut Hasbro's Marvel Legends Doctor Doom, which looks pretty cool. But that was about it.
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doomfans2019-10-06 04:09 am
Re: Secret Wars and it's after effects
It would be good to see Tony and Rhodey at least acknowledge that Doom saved them from the demon-possessed Hood. I bet that Tony never brings it up again but I hope I am wrong.
BTW I did read Strike Force #1 and the team (Winter Soldier, Blade, Wiccan, Spider-Woman, Angela and a few more) did go to the Temple of the Vishanti. Wiccan informs the group that Doctor Strange and Doom fought there. I wish he had said he "almost step-father". Now this makes me curious about the issue were Doom does appear and if the writer will revisit that.
Speaking of abandoned subplots, the one that still is out there is one that Ed Brubaker had in Captain America some years back. The Red Skull's operatives discovered some information on a mysterious man who came to Germany from another land and quickly made himself the ruler of a small kingdom in Medieval Germany. He was described as another Da Vinci who created many advanced tools, flying machines and mechanical men.
I kept this link bookmarked where Ed Brubaker gives an interview about it. Too bad no one followed up on this. I was hoping it would explain where the Von Doom name came from since that is not a name one would expect a Romani family would have.
https://comicsalliance.com/the-ed-brubaker-captain-america-exit-interview-marvel-fatale-image/
Re: Secret Wars and it's after effects
I feel like Tony should at least have a bunch of questions for Doom next time they meet. He basically returned just in time to be confused about why Doom was playing Iron Man and helping out, only for Doom to promptly get injured in the battle, disappear back to Latveria and give up the hero thing again. You'd think Tony would want to follow up on what the heck that was all about at some point, out of curiosity about why he adopted the Iron Doom look if nothing else.
And I remember seeing some panels from that Brubaker storyline. I guess at least where there's time travel stuff involved it's still always possible for someone to pick it back up any time!
Re: Secret Wars and it's after effects
But the Victor and Tony talk got me to remembering a case of Bendis throwing something out there and then dropping it completely. This was after the time that Victor, Amara and Tony were talking at a restaurant. Really, Victor just invited himself to join them back when he used to just teleport everywhere. A few issues later, Tony finally figured out a way to trap him in a force field bubble. The issue ended there with Tony saying they're were going to have a talk and Tony was going ask questions, etc. Then....nothing. It was never brought up again!
I was hoping a last minute update of some kind on the Doctor Doom series would come out of NYCC over the weekend but didn't see anything when I googled. There was the debut Hasbro's Marvel Legends Doctor Doom, which looks pretty cool. But that was about it.