Victor Von Doom: Doctor Doom Appreciation 2019

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I really need to sit down and read the Doom 2099 series entirely.

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More news about sales for the Doctor Doom series:

Not only is there going to be a second printing of issue #1 but Bleeding Cool reports that orders for issue #2 are strong (one paragraph up from image of issue #2 cover). Wish I knew where they are getting this from. They usually don't publicize stuff like this unless maybe to vendors.

From time to time, I also check to see what Doom art is out there on the market. Surprisingly, someone is selling the original art from FF annual #2 showing Doom's origin, art by Kirby and inked by Chic Stone. Heritage Auctions is a premier auction house and they usually get the cream of the crop from serious collectors as sellers and buyers. Most of Kirby's FF stuff that I've seen goes for 5 figures, covers in the low 6 figures. I'd have to hit big on the Powerball to get anything like that! This past spring a Frank Frazetta cover painting called "Egpytian Princess" used for Creepy Magazine went for 5.4 million.

That IS going to go for the big bucks. Kirby's art is untouchable for me.

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I'm looking at the first posts of this thread and realized nothing magnificent was added to Doom's first post! Any volunteers to write a worthy introduction to the Lord of Latveria's appreciation thread?

If not, does anyone have a list of his titles? I know we were discussing Lion of Latveria not too long ago.

[Iron Maiden]

I'm looking at the first posts of this thread and realized nothing magnificent was added to Doom's first post! Any volunteers to write a worthy introduction to the Lord of Latveria's appreciation thread?

If not, does anyone have a list of his titles? I know we were discussing Lion of Latveria not too long ago.

I think that last thread reboot caught everyone by surprise. We could try and copy past of the the older threads' first post but wouldn't the author of the first post have to edit their post to add it?

I've been linking to the older threads in my signature so we don't lose track. I should keep an offline copy of the recommended reading from that one.

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I think that last thread reboot caught everyone by surprise. We could try and copy past of the the older threads' first post but wouldn't the author of the first post have to edit their post to add it?

I've been linking to the older threads in my signature so we don't lose track. I should keep an offline copy of the recommended reading from that one.

It most definitely was a reboot surprise. And more than once.

I copied the pages that collected pertinent Dr Doom info from the previous 2 threads, but in the reboot haste, the last 2 threads also were started with ... let's say less than lavish posts. Here they are:

Matt locked up the old thread, so here's a replacement. Talk about Doctor Victor Von Doom, ruler of Latveria and the Infamous Iron Man, here!

With the old forum gone, I think it's only fair that the good Doctor receive a new thread (the previous one was close to hitting 300 pages).

So, what are your thoughts on Victors future in the Marvel Universe?

What will his original sin be?
Is he destined to join the New Avengers, or work against them?
Will Valeria Richards bring out his better side, or will he bring out her worst?

I'm thinking the first post for a character like Doom should magnificent, and full of bombast ... and boasting. ;p Some more general info, at the very least. If no one else volunteers, I'll try to put together something this weekend. Again, suggestions or additions for the first few posts are welcome and appreciated. I know things need to be updated.

I'm looking at this, in part because, wasn't it rumored that they were going to reboot the Appreciation threads every year? If so, it is a lot easier to copy and paste what's there, than try to pull this stuff out of thin air.

[Iron Maiden]

It most definitely was a reboot surprise. And more than once.

I copied the pages that collected pertinent Dr Doom info from the previous 2 threads, but in the reboot haste, the last 2 threads also were started with ... let's say less than lavish posts. Here they are:









I'm thinking the first post for a character like Doom should magnificent, and full of bombast ... and boasting. ;p Some more general info, at the very least. If no one else volunteers, I'll try to put together something this weekend. Again, suggestions or additions for the first few posts are welcome and appreciated. I know things need to be updated.

I'm looking at this, in part because, wasn't it rumored that they were going to reboot the Appreciation threads every year? If so, it is a lot easier to copy and paste what's there, than try to pull this stuff out of thin air.

Yes they do seem to be consistent about that so maybe in January, they'll do it again. I think I may have been out of town when they did it this past January. I wish there was a way to have them just copy a post from here and make it the first post? Maybe Ravin' Ray could give a suggestion since he posts here too,.

Here's what a copied from the older thread. Part of the post is an image but I will add them to the word doc I'm creating. Plus I need to add the more recent stuff from the past couple of years.

Doom Required Reading

COLLECTED EDITIONS:

Private War of Doctor Doom
Overthrow of Doctor Doom
Emperor Doom
Essentials Super-Villain Team-Up
Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment
Doom (by Chuck Dixon)
Books of Doom
Doomwar
Doom 2099
Marvel Masterworks Astonishing Tales - called Marvel Rarities

DOCTOR DOOM READING LIST BY DOOMSCRIBE

Fantastic Four - Annual 2 1964 Stan Lee/ Jack Kirby “Origin of Doctor Doom”; & “The Final Victory of Dr. Doom!” (2 new stories) Origin story. Then rescued from space (issue 23) by Rama Tut; Dr Doom uses berry juice to turn FF against each other; but defeated by Reed at the Encephalo-gun. **

Marvel Superheroes 20 May, 1969 Roy Thomas/ Larry Lieber “This Man . . . This Demon!” Diablo. Retells Doom’s origin and the story of Valeria, as Diablo seeks a partnership to rule using Doom’s time platform, currently under armed guard at his replica castle in the USA. **

Fantastic Four 86 May, 1969 Stan Lee/ Jack Kirby “The Victims!” The FF & villagers defeat Omnipurpose robots; Doom destroys the village but Sue’s shield saves them. **
Fantastic Four 87 June, 1969 Stan Lee/ Jack Kirby “The Power and the Pride!” The FF storm the castle; Doom uses hypersound against Hauptmann to prevent destruction of valuable art. **

Astonishing Tales 1 Aug., 1970 Roy Thomas/ Wally Wood “Unto You is Born . . the Doomsman!” Prince Rudolfo. Doom creates an artificial being using cosmic power and his own brain patterns; Ramona who looks like Valeria, sets a trap. **
Astonishing Tales 2 Oct., 1970 Roy Thomas/ Wally Wood “Revolution!“ The Faceless One. Former Crown Prince Rudolfo seeks to usurp the throne of Latveria, aided by the mysterious Faceless, while the android Doomsman runs amok, toppling all in it’s path. **
Astonishing Tales 3 Dec., 1970 Larry Lieber/ Wally Wood “Doom Must Die!” Doom and Faceless struggle for control of Doomsman; an earthquake destroys Castle Doom & the hopes of the Rudolfo’s rebels. **
Astonishing Tales 5 Apr., 1971 Larry Lieber/ George Tuska “A Land Enslaved!” Red Skull. Doom battles Skull, is caught by surprise and trapped in an adamantine mummy, but he defeats them & uses shrinking ray on his enemies. **
Astonishing Tales 8 Oct., 1971 Gerry Conway/ Gene Colan “Though Some Call it Magic!” Mephisto. Doom embarks on a dangerous battle with demons on a midsummer’s eve for the soul of his lost mother. The first telling of this tragic tale. *******

Fantastic Four 116 Nov., 1971 Archie Goodwin/ John Buscema. “The Alien, The Ally and Armageddon!” The Watcher, and the Stranger. Reed is brainwashed by the alien Over-Mind (an Eternal), and Sue asks Doom to aid the rest of the FF in a desperate battle. *******

Sub-Mariner 47 (vol 1) Mar-72 “Doomsmasque”
Sub-Mariner 48 (vol 1) Apr-72 “Twilight of the Hunted”
Sub-Mariner 49 (vol 1) May-72 “The Dream Stone” Sort of a campy story when read now, but overall an interesting take on these two titanic monarchs of the Marvel Universe told over three issues. An amnesiac Namor is re-acquainted with Doctor Doom, and taken on a hunt for the Cosmic Cube! With Modok. And contains a remarkably restrained, honorable, and self-reflective portrayal of Victor Von Doom. ****

Marvel Team-Up 42 Feb., 1976 Bill Mantlo/ Sal Buscema “Visions of Hate!” Spidey has time traveled to the time of the Salem Witch Trials. The Vision is drawn into the conflict with the Dark Rider. Doom joins them to defend the past. **
Marvel Team-Up 43 Mar., 1976 Bill Mantlo/ Sal Buscema “A Past Gone Mad!” The Dark Rider attempts to extract magical energies from Doom to increase his own power **
Marvel Team-Up 44 Apr., 1976 Bill Mantlo/ Sal Buscema “Death in the Year Before Yesterday!” Moondragon. Doom is almost lost, but finally uses his magical might with the aid of the others to defeat the Dark Rider. **

Super-Villain Team-Up 10 Feb.,1977 Bill Mantlo/ Bob Hall “The Sign of the Skull!” Captain American storms the Latverian embassy while Shroud and Rudolfo invade castle Doom, now controlled by Red Skull, who shoots down Doom & Cap’s plane. *****
Super-Villain Team-Up 11 Apr., 1977 Bill Mantlo/ Bob Hall “My Ally, My Enemy!” Red Skull plans to use the Hypno-Ray, Doom & Cap are shrunk, but make way to the castle where Namor and Shroud assist them against the Skull *****
Super-Villain Team-Up 12 June, 1977 Bill Mantlo/ Bob Hall “Death-Duel!” Doom and Red Skull battle on the Moon *******

Fantastic Four 198 Sept., 1978 Marv Wolfman Keith Pollard “Invasion!” ***
Fantastic Four 199 Oct., 1978 Marv Wolfman/ Keith Pollard “The Son of Doctor Doom!” ***
Fantastic Four 200 Nov., 1978 Marv Wolfman/ Keith Pollard “When Titans Clash!” ***

Superman and Spider-man Marvel Treasury Edition #28 1981 ***

Iron Man 149 Aug., 1981 David Michelinie/ John Romita Jr “Doomquest” Iron Man and Dr Doom are sent to England of the past, to King Arthur’s court! ******
Iron Man 150 Sept., 1981 David Michelinie/ John Romita Jr “Knightmare” Doom seeks to ally himself with Morgan LeFey, as Iron Man sides with King Arthur. But they must work together in order to return to their proper time. ******

Fantastic Four 236 Nov., 1981 John Byrne/ John Byrne “Terror in a Tiny Town!” ******
Fantastic Four 246 Sept., 1982 John Byrne/ John Byrne “Too Many Dooms!” *******
Fantastic Four 247 Oct., 1982 John Byrne/ John Byrne “This Land is Mine!” *******
Fantastic Four 258 Sept. 1983 John Byrne/ John Byrne “Interlude” *******
Fantastic Four 259 Oct. 1983 John Byrne/ John Byrne “Choices” ****

Secret Wars 1 – 12 (Limited Series) May 1984. Heroes and Villains are transported to Battleworld by the all powerful Beyonder, in order to battle to see who is the most powerful. Doom ostensibly leads the villains, all while plotting to take the power of Galactus, and then the Beyonder himself. ***

Emperor Doom (Graphic Novel) Jun-87 Dr Doom has harnessed the power of the Purple Man, and has declared himself Emperor of the Earth, instilling peace and prosperity throughout the world. But one Avenger must decide whether to take the power away from him, and risk returning the world to one of strife and conflict. Stars the Avengers. *******
Triumph and Torment (Graphic Novel) 1989 Roger Stern/Mike Mignola/Mark Badger. Doctor Doom and Doctor Strange battle Mephisto in order to free the soul of Doom’s mother from his infernal realm. Includes a synopsis origin story for each of the good doctors. ********

Amazing Spider-Man 349 July, 1991 “Man Of Steal!”
Amazing Spider-Man 350 Aug, 1991 “Doom Service!” Remarkable appearance for Doom’s ultimate restraint, and also for quite thoroughly kicking Peter’s butt. ****

Doom 2099 1 – 40 January 1993 Sometimes brilliant, ended too soon. Issues after #40 are best left unread. ******

Heroes Reborn: DOOM one shot, January 2000 “Doom!” ******
Heroes Reborn: Ashema one shot, January 2000 “Ashema” ****
Heroes Reborn: Doomsday one shot, January 2000 “A World Untamed” ******

DOOM 1 – 3 (Limited Series); October 2000 *** (starts out strong) Remarkable also for the nekkid Doom vs the male African lion in to the death combat!

Doom: The Emperor Returns 1 – 3 (Limited Series); January 2002 ** (ends poorly)

Books of Doom 1 – 6 (Limited Series); November 2005. An expanded re-telling of the rise of Victor Von Doom, and the conquest of Latveria. Great new insights, fabulous art, very well done and highly recommended. *******

Stan Lee Meets Doctor Doom – one shot December 2006. *** Amusing and ties in to continuity in interesting ways.

Iron Man: Legacy of Doom 1 – 4 (Limited Series) April 2008; Iron Man and Doctor Doom tangle again over fragments of Excalibur, magic and science do battle. ****

Doctor Doom & the Masters of Evil 1 – 4 (Limited Series) January 2009 **** A fun mini series aimed at all ages. Great individual moments downgraded by inconsistent art.

Fall of Hulks: Alpha one shot, Feb-10 “Meeting of the Minds” The Intelligentsia gather knowledge from the world, Doom keeps it. Fall of Hulks was difficult to follow unless you got all of the Hulk titles, but this one-shot was a particularly nice showing for Doom. **

Spider-Man & the Secret Wars 1 – 4 (Limited Series) January 2010 Another all-ages title, recaps Secret Wars from Spider-Mans POV, with Dr Doom; again providing a new take on a classic story. ****

[Iron Maiden]

New variant cover by Patrick Zircher for issue #3.....like the steam punk look!

[Iron Maiden]

A Blast from the Past in the Spirit of Halloween Doom meets Dracula! I liked his appearance here as he throws some shade at Dracula while he discusses treaties with Dracula. This occurs when the Cabal with Osborn was still together. As the meet near the Lunar Lander, Dracula shows what jerk he is by trying to wipe out Neil Armstrong's footprints on the Moon.

[Reviresco]

Happy Halloween, Doom fans!

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A Blast from the Past in the Spirit of Halloween Doom meets Dracula! I liked his appearance here, which refers to his role in the Cabal as he discusses treaties with Dracula. He also apppears in the Captain Britain and the MI:13 Annual.

Excellent choice for the day!

That Captain Britain Annual was awesome too.

[Iron Maiden]

Captain Britain was a good series and I will have to add those appearances to our list and to my word doc. it's a shame that AFAIK I don't think Doom had any more encounters with Dracula, at least not the current pony tail version. I seem to remember a story where Doom some vampires to guard the catacombs of Castle Doom. But I think they were of a lower level than Dracula. Doom could have used a spell on them or something

Love those Jack O' Lanterns, or should we say Doom O' Lanterns!

[ImperiusWrecked]

Happy Halloween to all Doom Fans! Also the just released Doom #2 preview has me SHOOK. link

[Iron Maiden]

Thanks for posting the preview, IW! Here we have another artist's take on what Doom looks like under the mask too. I'm glad that Larocca will be on the book for at least for the time being.
I think just about everyone expected Stephen to be there at this point. He's just about the only person Doom would trust. And Stephen was the only one who was at least willing to hear Doom out in Infamous Iron Man. Good to see Silver Sable there too. I have to repeat I like that we are seeing a different take on just what the Hood/Demon did to Doom at the end of Invincible Iron Man #600 (?) . I just think it is more magic based then a physical injury.

[Coatl]

Happy Halloween to all Doom Fans! Also the just released Doom #2 preview has me SHOOK. link

Thanks a lot for sharing the link to the preview.

Wow, this looks interesting, back to Doom's face certainly looks pretty different to how was portrayed in FF, damn he even has now a full mane when in the first issues of FF after the burning he was portrayed as totally bald, also his face doesn't look so bad just like ...old leather.
So seems like he has some respect (understably) for Strange to care to explain to him, also yes, nice touch from Strang to bother on cover his face and take care that no one upsets Doom more than intended also liked the presence of Silver S. just to remember where she comes off, still I think that a war is almost inevitable.

By the way all this framed-attempt and terrorism just made me remember the arc of Winter soldier.

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Those Doom O' Lanterns are awesomely scary