Doctor Doom is set to face his final battle this May in Doom #1, a story set in the near future by writer/co-plotter Johnathan Hickman and artist/co-plotter Sanford Greene, where Doctor Doom is forced to take on Galactus with the fate of the Marvel Universe on the line. The one-shot isn’t out until next month, but Marvel is giving CBR an exclusive first look at five colored, but not yet lettered, preview pages from the comic book.
Hickman, of course, famously wrote Doctor Doom for years during his iconic run on the Fantastic Four (and its sequel series, FF, which eventually became a sister series to the Fantastic Four), and Doom was also a central figure in Hickman’s acclaimed Secret Wars crossover event, so fans are eagerly awaiting Hickman’s take on what Doom’s “final” story will be.
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Has Doom bitten off more than he can chew with Galactus?
In the first preview page, we see a ravaged Doctor Doom, floating in space. Whatever Doom is up to in this one-shot, he is clearly pushing the envelope, perhaps beyond even his limits.
Speaking of the project in a Marvel press release in February, Sanford Greene noted, “Growing up reading Marvel Comics, I became fascinated by Doctor Doom and how he potentially is the center of the entire Marvel Universe! He is one of my bucket list characters and this story is somewhat a love letter to Doom and Marvel.”
Speaking of love letters to the Marvel Universe, in this gorgeous two-page splash, Greene gets the opportunity to depict nearly the entire Marvel Universe’s worht of superheroes…
These are the heroes who will be unable to stop Galactus, leading to Doom having to save the day.
We see part of the confrontation in this following preview page…
That looks like one epic battle.
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Who is aiding Doom on his final journey?
As you can see from this preview page, showing a group of Celestials facing off against Galactus, this story is an epic one in scope. Hickman explained in a Marvel press release, “Sanford and I have been waiting to work together for quite a while, so when he told me that he’d come up with an amazing Doom story and he wanted me to help out, I jumped at the chance. It’s a giant-sized story about a giant-sized character and I can’t tell you how excited I am to get to write Doom again.”
Speaking of Hickman writing characters again, one of the central characters in this one-shot is the one person that Doom trusts beyond all others, Valeria Richards, daughter of Sue and Reed Richards, and a close ally to Doom in Hickman’s Fantastic Four/FF run.
In this preview page, we see Valeria next to a mysterious looking Doom…
With a story set in the “near future,” Hickman and Greene have the freedom to do some surprising things with this story, especially with Hickman being free to use so many different characters. As Greene pointed out in the press release, “Jonathan is a longtime friend and he always amazes me with his vast knowledge of all types of things, especially the Marvel universe. I couldn’t think of anyone better to collaborate with.”
Doom #1 is scheduled to be released on May 15th.
Source: Marvel
