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CBR has the Marvel solicits for November. Looks like this is about the time the final arc of the Fantastic Four/FF Doom story kicks in.

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According to CBR, he's stepping down in September after Fantastic Four #12 and FF #11. Karl Kesel's taking over on F4 and Lee Allred on FF to finish up the current story arc according to Fraction's outline; no info yet whether they'll stay on afterwards or we'll see another change of writers after the arc comes to its end in issue #16 of both titles.

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CBR has the Marvel solicits for October. Doom's back in both Fantastic Four and FF:

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The first of two Doctor Doom appearances this week!

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CBR has the lettered preview for Fantastic Four #9.

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In other intriguing news, this Tom Brevoort interview about New Avengers reveals that Doom will be back next issue:

The introduction of Doom to the proceedings is not a one off, minor thing. We'll see him again immediately in "New Avengers #7, so he's definitely a player on the chessboard at this point.

Looks like the long, Doomless drought may finally be over! (...This is going to be bad news for my wallet.)

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CBR has Marvel's June solicits, and finally we have a confirmed Doom-focused issue in Fantastic Four #9!

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CBR has Marvel's solicits for January. Two confirmed Doom appearances:

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Sad to reach the final issue of Jonathan Hickman's fabulous Fantastic Four run. There's a definite sense of the storyline being wrapped up before its time, but it's gracefully done, and I'm pretty glad Hickman got to do it himself instead of leaving it for someone else to handle.

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All in all, a very satisfying finish that still leaves me a little wistful for what might have been in a world where Hickman got to stay on. Looking forward to the follow-up in FF #23.

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Cosmic Booknews has the preview for Jonathan Hickman's final F4 issue - and it sees him revisiting the Doctor Doom storyline.

Now there's a gloriously welcome surprise! Even if it's just resetting things to status quo for Fraction's run, at least we get to see Hickman write Doom again. Here's hoping it's a crossover with the final FF so we get a two-issue arc rather than just one.

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Newsarama has more on Fraction's plans for the Doom storyline in FF. I am... trying to stay optimistic? It could be good, but I'm nervous that Fraction's going to just revert back to old school Doom and sweep aside much of what Hickman's been doing with him.

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USA Today has more on the new Fantastic Four and FF books. FF has a new line-up, Scott Lang, Medusa, the original She-Hulk and a new female character, and there's a snippet about potential future developments Doom-wise:

Ant-Man has an agenda of his own, too, in addition to protecting the world. He blames Doctor Doom for the death of his daughter and, with the power of the Fantastic Four and the Future Foundation, wonders what would happen if they declared war on Latveria and devoted all their time and resources to eliminating Doom once and for all.

...I really don't know enough about Fraction's personal take on Doom to decide whether I should be nervous about this storyline or not. Guess we can only wait and see. At least the fact he's following up on Avengers: Children's Crusade raises my hopes that we might get to see some continuation of the Doom/Wanda storyline.

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CBR is reporting that Marvel has released some teasers revealing the new creative teams for Fantastic Four and FF. Looks like it's going to be Matt Fraction and Mark Bagley on Fantastic Four, and Fraction and Mike Allred on FF.

Well, I'm still not thrilled at the idea of Fraction as the writer, but I'm happier with these artists than the Larroca rumours, and pleasantly surprised to hear they're apparently going to continue with FF after Hickman's gone. I don't think I've actually seen Matt Fraction take a stab at writing Doctor Doom for more than a brief cameo, so it's hard to form much of an opinion on that front.

Wait and see time, I guess...

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CBR has Marvel's solicts for October. Two possible Doom appearances for the month:

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But the big news is that nine of Marvel's titles are ending in October in preparation for the Marvel NOW! relaunch in November. Both Fantastic Four and FF are on that list, and while the F4 will undoubtedly be getting a new #1 in some form, I'm slightly nervous that we're going to see the Future Foundation characters dropped.

I just hope the Richards kids don't go back to being ignored after Jonathan Hickman's gone. We need more of Valeria and her Uncle Doom.

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Bleeding Cool is reporting that the Iron Man team of Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca are due to take over Fantastic Four after Hickman leaves.

Given that this comes from Bleeding Cool, I have to admit I'm hoping it's just a rumour. I find Fraction average at best and I can't stand Larroca's current heavily photo-referenced style. (He doesn't just use celebrity faces, he uses wildly inappropriate celebrity faces. The last time Reed Richards showed up in their Iron Man run Larroca drew him as Brad Pitt! Whuh?) Man, if this is true... what a come-down after one of the top three runs in the title's history. :(

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As an unexpected bonus, this week's Fantastic Four point one issue also features an appearance by Doom. Well, sort of...

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A great, creepy done-in-one story that has the kind of alternative take on the Doom-Reed relationship I always adore. Highly recommended!

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CBR has a great interview with Jonathan Hickman about his Fantastic Four/FF run coming to an end. Seems like he's not necessarily planning to follow up on the situation he set up for Doom, or at least not in this book (I still hold out hope he'll be on Avengers and continue it there) but he's got some interesting stuff to say about his take on Doom and the "uncle" relationship he has with Valeria.

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Sad news: it's been confirmed that Jonathan Hickman's awesome run on Fantastic Four and FF will end in October with Fantastic Four #611 and FF #23. No news yet on who might be taking over; I just hope it's not somebody who's going to immediately overturn all the great stuff that he's done with Doom.

In slightly better news, there is a hint that we might not have seen the last of Hickman's take on Doom just yet:

[Hickman] re-energized elements of the mythos from Galactus to Atlantis to the Inhumans and more, as well as finding new roles for classic characters like Doctor Doom and the Celestials. All this and more will factor into his final stories as he brings his larger arc to a grand conclusion.

"Generally speaking, all the FF 'world' elements I've been playing with will get revisited," he teases.

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CBR has the March solicits for the 'Marvel Heroes' comics line:

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Well, the 50th anniversary issue is here! The bad news is, Doom only has a brief cameo. The good news is that it's still really awesome, and totally worth the $7.99 price tag. 96 pages of new material, divided up into two extra length stories and three short ones, all written by Hickman and part of the current ongoing storyline.

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All in all? That was incredible. Best comic I've read all year, by a long way - and this is only the first instalment of the 9-part final act. Luckily, FF #12 comes out next week, and that's when we finally get to the "All Hope Lies in Doom" storyline. I may have to start camping out in front of my comic shop.

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CBR has an interview with Jonathan Hickman on Fantastic Four #600 (Note: very major spoilers)

But there's also a promising non-spoilery quote about the future of the FF spin-off:

Once "Forever" and "All Hope Lies in Doom" wrap up Hickman will use the "FF" title to explore the characters and concepts of the larger Fantastic Four universe. "Often it will be about the kids. Sometimes it will be about everybody in the family; the legion of Fantastic Four characters. Some months it will be about Doctor Doom. Some months it might be about the Inhumans," Hickman explained. "And then, some months, it will be about other things that readers don't know about yet. So it's definitely a very interesting vehicle for a lot of the cool concepts surrounding the FF."