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doomfans2020-02-07 02:20 am
nomadicwriter) wrote in doomfans2020-02-07 02:20 am
Doctor Doom #5
Doom, plagued by increasing visions, tracks down Dr Fruzsina Markovich, his supposed future wife; she's a Latverian weather scientist living in New York, who's not entirely thrilled at the idea of marrying him given that he's had her journalist father imprisoned since she was 13. Brashear and HERBIE arrive during their confrontation, swiftly followed by Sable and Victorious, whose absence from Latveria has allowed Dmitri Fortunov to take over.
Doom is not happy about either this or Fruzsina's defiance, and that's when Kang shows up too with a suit of Doom's armour, claiming he was instructed by his future self to deliver it to Doom to save the world. Brashear appeals to Doom, saying Reed needs his help to save the moon, but Doom, donning the armour up, declares that the moon should be allowed to die due to Richards' folly and the world will bow before him.
Hrm. Lots of reasons for Doom to be furious right now, but I still can't help but feel like his return to megalomania is suspiciously abrupt. Fruzsina is supposed to be part of the plot to destroy him, so could her cloud-seeding project have been co-opted to play some role in the mental attack on Doom? Is Kang up to something with that convenient suit of armour? Did Morgan do something while he was unconscious in her care?
Lots of things coming together, but still no major answers. I guess it may be part of the plot against him that Doom's constantly harried without much time to think, but I wish there was time for a bit more character interaction. The scenes with Fruzsina are good and give her a bit of personality that the vision version was lacking, but I'm still feeling shortchanged regarding Brashear's part in events. (Plus the lack of any reference to Amara and Doom's unborn child feels steadily more glaring with Doom now fully pursuing the idea of Fruzsina as his future wife, especially given how many other storylines Cantwell puts in references to.)
I hope we get a chance for a bit more of the confrontation next issue rather than Doom just ditching everyone to head off to Latveria/Symkaria right away. I'd like to see a bit more meaty conversation between Doom and his pursuers at this point instead of just the ongoing chase.
Doom is not happy about either this or Fruzsina's defiance, and that's when Kang shows up too with a suit of Doom's armour, claiming he was instructed by his future self to deliver it to Doom to save the world. Brashear appeals to Doom, saying Reed needs his help to save the moon, but Doom, donning the armour up, declares that the moon should be allowed to die due to Richards' folly and the world will bow before him.
Hrm. Lots of reasons for Doom to be furious right now, but I still can't help but feel like his return to megalomania is suspiciously abrupt. Fruzsina is supposed to be part of the plot to destroy him, so could her cloud-seeding project have been co-opted to play some role in the mental attack on Doom? Is Kang up to something with that convenient suit of armour? Did Morgan do something while he was unconscious in her care?
Lots of things coming together, but still no major answers. I guess it may be part of the plot against him that Doom's constantly harried without much time to think, but I wish there was time for a bit more character interaction. The scenes with Fruzsina are good and give her a bit of personality that the vision version was lacking, but I'm still feeling shortchanged regarding Brashear's part in events. (Plus the lack of any reference to Amara and Doom's unborn child feels steadily more glaring with Doom now fully pursuing the idea of Fruzsina as his future wife, especially given how many other storylines Cantwell puts in references to.)
I hope we get a chance for a bit more of the confrontation next issue rather than Doom just ditching everyone to head off to Latveria/Symkaria right away. I'd like to see a bit more meaty conversation between Doom and his pursuers at this point instead of just the ongoing chase.
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Here's a link to an interview with Christopher Cantwell, where he talks about his comic book projects
http://wmqcomics.com/interviews/christopher-cantwell-opens-up-on-she-could-fly-doom-everything/
He has a great line in that interview " To me, Doom is both Dr. Frankenstein and the Monster. He is able to love, but he feels he is unable to be loved." That last part has been my takeaway from Triumph and Torment. He has this great love for him mother but he deliberately did something to make her hate him. Could there have been another way to achieve her redemption. Maybe...but this was his plan and he carried it on knowing that.
Are you reading X-men vs Fantastic Four? Funny how the billing order on the title has switched since the first mini-series :-P It's pretty interesting so far even if the conflict is a bit contrived, hinging a bit on Reed being secretive and a bit underhanded in his relationship with Franklin. So in two comics this week, Doom gets the last page but that's the extent of Doom's appearance in XMen/FF. The second issue of X-Men/Fantastic Four is shipping twice this month so the next issue comes out on Feb. 19th Let's hope we finally get to see Doom and Valeria reunited in this, especially now that she nearly a teen-ager. Will she have a crush on him like Nadia Van Dyne? I still was disappointed that she wasn't around for Infamous Iron Man.
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We're definitely overdue some interaction between Doom and Valeria. It's so disappointing that his first post-Infamous reunion with the F4 had to be Slott's cheesy Silver Age throwback version, so we missed out on getting any proper reactions from anyone.