Fans of Marvel's Doctor Doom

At long last, this series returns! I've been waiting for this one for months.

( Spoilers )

I'm hoping Doom's going to be back for the final issue, but even if he's not, I think this makes for a pretty fitting end to his part in the series, and I just hope other writers are going to follow up on it in future.

Marvel.com has a Q&A with Allan Heinberg about Children's Crusade, including some mildly spoilerly comments about Doom and new preview art showing him in action. Looks pretty awesome.

Issue #8 is now scheduled for December 28th (and fingers crossed, might actually arrive this time, since it seems likely the previous delays could have been to do with setup for next year's X-Men versus Avengers event that Marvel just announced).

Marvel.com has just added Avengers: Children's Crusade #2 to their collection of free-to-read digital comics. (Just click the "Read it Online" button - you need to have Flash player installed.) They have issue #1 up as well, but you need a paid subscription to read more than the first five pages.

I plan to do a post collecting links to all the Doom stuff they've got up on Marvel digital at some stage. There's some surprisingly obscure stuff included, and with the number of comics they've got archived there, it's definitely a great deal if you're catching up on a character like Doom who's spent fifty years popping up in all kinds of random corners of the universe.

Today's Heinberg interview at Marvel.com is all about his Doomness. Lots of good stuff, but the best news:

Marvel.com: Is Doom’s part in this story done or will we see him again? Have we seen the full extent of his machinations yet?

Allan Heinberg: No, Doom is a huge part of the next issue and the one after that, and beyond...

Awesome! I really expected issue #7 to be the wrap-up to his part in the storyline, but apparently not.

CBR has Marvel's October solicits up.

( Doom-related releases for the month of October )

So, no Doom in this issue. I wasn't really expecting him to have much role with all that's going on, but given that the cover for issue #7 makes it pretty clear he's coming back, I was kind of hoping we'd get another dramatic last page reveal. Guess we'll have to wait till August to find out what that awesome cover image is all about.

In the meantime, plenty of interesting stuff is going on with Wanda.

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CBR has Marvel's solicits for August up. Doom-related releases of interest:

( August Solicits )