Great review....I must have read this 3 times in a row. And I'm still absorbing it all!
I really hope this becomes a successful title for Marvel. There's a lot of tough competition for the comic fans dollars right now, especially with Hickman's new X-Men stuff really topping the charts. And a relaunch starting up right after. I'd be happy if it just stays in the top 50 for a while. It's hard to say since the companies don't give out hard numbers on sales.
But enough of that. I'm really happy with what Cantwell has done so far too. I've been checking out his Twitter and talks about how he had a little Secret Wars Doom figure as a child. In case you've not read it, here is an interview link from Newsarama. I like the characters he's bringing into this, but please let Namor be among them!
I agree with you about Cantwell finding a good tone for Doom's dialogue. Very little, if any third person speech quirks. I like to think that Doom has outgrown that and only tosses it out there to amuse himself from time to time. I even liked the corny little Brexit line. We don't expect Doom to be Deadpool (thank god!) but that shows a more human side to him that a lot writers never use when he's just the other guy on the fight card.
I love that Boris is still around and kicking. I think Doom in his own way is showing a lot of affection for him. He's not a hand holding type but the bet is probably something to keep Boris in good spirits while he's fighting cancer. It's unusual for such examples to real life to appear in comics. After all, many of us have friends and relatives fighting cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. One wonders if Doom remembers some of his father's medicines and perhaps is giving his something to ease the pain. We know nothing about what stage his cancer is in or if it is the treatable kind. I just hope if Boris does pass away (let's hope not!) it makes for a powerful story.
I liked Larocca's work here and these days how an artist achieves it is up for debate. I know some use tech boosts like modeling and so forth. But I am realistic about it. The artist has to put to page some complicated stuff at times. For example, that last page is a fantastic...Doom surrounded by attack copters with guns trained on Doom. Doom has always been a solitary figure and this page really brings that point home.
One thing that I found intriguing, besides the mystery of the other life glimpsed, is this little scene showing Doom preparing his bandages with some kind of potion(?). I believe that since this source of this last injury is demonic that there should be a cure found in the use of magic instead of medicine or surgery. Maybe Doom is trying cures on himself? He looks totally different from the unmasked Doom we saw in FF #1. It was more that just scarring, his head looked deformed. In this issue that is not the case. But then artists have always been inconsistent about the unmasked Doom.
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I really hope this becomes a successful title for Marvel. There's a lot of tough competition for the comic fans dollars right now, especially with Hickman's new X-Men stuff really topping the charts. And a relaunch starting up right after. I'd be happy if it just stays in the top 50 for a while. It's hard to say since the companies don't give out hard numbers on sales.
But enough of that. I'm really happy with what Cantwell has done so far too. I've been checking out his Twitter and talks about how he had a little Secret Wars Doom figure as a child. In case you've not read it, here is an interview link from Newsarama. I like the characters he's bringing into this, but please let Namor be among them!
https://www.newsarama.com/47356-doctor-doom-christopher-cantwell.html
I agree with you about Cantwell finding a good tone for Doom's dialogue. Very little, if any third person speech quirks. I like to think that Doom has outgrown that and only tosses it out there to amuse himself from time to time. I even liked the corny little Brexit line. We don't expect Doom to be Deadpool (thank god!) but that shows a more human side to him that a lot writers never use when he's just the other guy on the fight card.
I love that Boris is still around and kicking. I think Doom in his own way is showing a lot of affection for him. He's not a hand holding type but the bet is probably something to keep Boris in good spirits while he's fighting cancer. It's unusual for such examples to real life to appear in comics. After all, many of us have friends and relatives fighting cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. One wonders if Doom remembers some of his father's medicines and perhaps is giving his something to ease the pain. We know nothing about what stage his cancer is in or if it is the treatable kind. I just hope if Boris does pass away (let's hope not!) it makes for a powerful story.
I liked Larocca's work here and these days how an artist achieves it is up for debate. I know some use tech boosts like modeling and so forth. But I am realistic about it. The artist has to put to page some complicated stuff at times. For example, that last page is a fantastic...Doom surrounded by attack copters with guns trained on Doom. Doom has always been a solitary figure and this page really brings that point home.
One thing that I found intriguing, besides the mystery of the other life glimpsed, is this little scene showing Doom preparing his bandages with some kind of potion(?). I believe that since this source of this last injury is demonic that there should be a cure found in the use of magic instead of medicine or surgery. Maybe Doom is trying cures on himself? He looks totally different from the unmasked Doom we saw in FF #1. It was more that just scarring, his head looked deformed. In this issue that is not the case. But then artists have always been inconsistent about the unmasked Doom.