Doctor Doom #4
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doomfansDoom invades an AIM facility and fights Taskmaster, learning that the codename of Taskmaster's assignment was Fruzsina, AKA the name of Doom's supposed future wife in his visions. Doom copies AIM's files on the project and then confronth MODOK, who claims to have algorithmically deduced the future Doom's been seeing. Doom assumes his plan is to sow doubt and make him reject this possible future, but MODOK claims he's calculated everything to push Doom into fighting to make it a reality.
Meanwhile, it becomes clear that the Symarkians are behind at least some of Doom's current problems: they've acquired a formerly homeless man they claim is Dimitri Fortunov, heir to the Latverian throne, and framed Doom for the 3000 deaths to get him arrested and put their puppet on the throne so there'll be peace and a soft border that allows their economy to recover. Since the arrest part failed, they're now hoping to track those searching for Doom so they can assassinate both him and Victorious.
Well, some answers at last, though this was kind of an expositional issue with not a whole lot going on for Doom except uncovering them, so I find I don't have a lot to say about it yet. It's good to get some first pieces of the puzzle rather than questions dragging out much longer unanswered, but I assume there are more twists to come. It feels like the Symarkians surely must have had some help in their efforts to frame Doom, and I'm guessing that MODOK's a pawn intended to give him a false trail to follow and put him on whatever path the master manipulator behind all this intends.
Bit disappointed that we're still only seeing a few little snippets of Brashear's investigation and nothing really yet of his supposed questioning of Doom's guilt. But given that he's now got the trail of the AIM attack to follow, hopefully we'll see more on that front next issue. I'm guessing that's meant to be Tony speaking to him from the moon base at the end and saying they might need Doom's advice to fix it? (Looks like him, though the spacesuit logo threw me a bit, given Cantwell's habit of bringing in obscure minor characters I can't necessarily recognise. But I'm assuming it's just a stylised 4 in relation to Reed's part in the project.)
Anyway, this was kind of a plot-advancing issue with more necessary exposition than interesting character moments, so I'm looking forward to the next one where hopefully we'll see more of Doom interacting with Brashear and/or Morgan again.
Meanwhile, it becomes clear that the Symarkians are behind at least some of Doom's current problems: they've acquired a formerly homeless man they claim is Dimitri Fortunov, heir to the Latverian throne, and framed Doom for the 3000 deaths to get him arrested and put their puppet on the throne so there'll be peace and a soft border that allows their economy to recover. Since the arrest part failed, they're now hoping to track those searching for Doom so they can assassinate both him and Victorious.
Well, some answers at last, though this was kind of an expositional issue with not a whole lot going on for Doom except uncovering them, so I find I don't have a lot to say about it yet. It's good to get some first pieces of the puzzle rather than questions dragging out much longer unanswered, but I assume there are more twists to come. It feels like the Symarkians surely must have had some help in their efforts to frame Doom, and I'm guessing that MODOK's a pawn intended to give him a false trail to follow and put him on whatever path the master manipulator behind all this intends.
Bit disappointed that we're still only seeing a few little snippets of Brashear's investigation and nothing really yet of his supposed questioning of Doom's guilt. But given that he's now got the trail of the AIM attack to follow, hopefully we'll see more on that front next issue. I'm guessing that's meant to be Tony speaking to him from the moon base at the end and saying they might need Doom's advice to fix it? (Looks like him, though the spacesuit logo threw me a bit, given Cantwell's habit of bringing in obscure minor characters I can't necessarily recognise. But I'm assuming it's just a stylised 4 in relation to Reed's part in the project.)
Anyway, this was kind of a plot-advancing issue with more necessary exposition than interesting character moments, so I'm looking forward to the next one where hopefully we'll see more of Doom interacting with Brashear and/or Morgan again.
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Date: 2020-01-09 09:25 pm (UTC)I checked on Dimitri Fortunov's wiki and I see he was in issues 63-64 of the X-Force series from the 1990s. That appears to be his only major appearance. I remember when I returned to comics after a long hiatus I started looking up the Doom appearances. I recall picking up this in a back issue bin and it does have to do with the old Liddleville tech, which somehow was moved from the old castle in upstate New York to the catacombs of Doom's castle in Latveria. IIRC he used to trap people trying to sneak in the castle that way. I will have to look up those issues on Marvel Unlimited if they are there. I'm not sure if I kept those comics and I have a ton of things boxed up. I'm curious about Fortunov now because I don't remember much about his role in the story.
Another thing, that ninja woman that attacked Victorious? She is called Guillotine and is a character from one of the recent video games, I think Contest of Champions. I wiki'ed her too. So yeah, he's really digging things up. I wish Bendis had been more adventurous with his choice in cast in Infamous Iron Man.
I sure would like an update on Amara but it could be one of those things where Marvel deliberately lets it go and hopes readers forget about it.