Cover Contest for 7/27/16-8/2/16

[Shalla Bal]

That was my second choice.

LOL, yes it was mine too; but I figured it was a natural for Iron Maiden. Great cover.

[JLS Comics]

[Iron Maiden]

LOL, yes it was mine too; but I figured it was a natural for Iron Maiden. Great cover.

Yeah, that one did come to mind. It was one of the few times if ever the late great Archie Goodwin wrote a Doom story.

I'll have to check my PC at home for some more goodies for this week's entry.

[CaptCleghorn]

"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria."

[Speed Force League Unlimited]

[Paradox]

Heh, it contains my favorite Doom line..."Many demons rule Victor Von Doom -- But not those of pettiness and fear!" You lying piece of crap, Vic, you are ALL about the pettiness and the fear.

[Paradox]

[Iron Maiden]

Heh, it contains my favorite Doom line..."Many demons rule Victor Von Doom -- But not those of pettiness and fear!" You lying piece of crap, Vic, you are ALL about the pettiness and the fear.

You have to take this into the context of the era. Marvel was beginning to go a different direction with Doom and they began with a try out solo story in MSH #20 which much like Doom's origin in FF annual #2 shows the character in a more sympathetic light adding the romance angle from his past with Valeria (nuts to you Mark Waid for fridging her) Then they launched the Astonishing Tales solo which ended with Gerry Conway's little gem called "Though Some Call it Magic" that introduces the annual duel to win the redemption of his mother's soul. To this day, Conway calls Doom in is forward to the Sub-Mariner's MW volume that contains a team up with Doom and Namor against MODOK. Heroes were reluctantly allying themselves with Doom many times after this, like Captain America in SVTU and so forth.

[nx01a]

[icctrombone]

[icctrombone]

You have to take this into the context of the era. Marvel was beginning to go a different direction with Doom and they began with a try out solo story in MSH #20 which much like Doom's origin in FF annual #2 shows the character in a more sympathetic light adding the romance angle from his past with Valeria (nuts to you Mark Waid for fridging her) Then they launched the Astonishing Tales solo which ended with Gerry Conway's little gem called "Though Some Call it Magic" that introduces the annual duel to win the redemption of his mother's soul. To this day, Conway calls Doom in is forward to the Sub-Mariner's MW volume that contains a team up with Doom and Namor against MODOK. Heroes were reluctantly allying themselves with Doom many times after this, like Captain America in SVTU and so forth.

I agree with Dox, he was always a petty, lying sack of crap.

[Inhuman X]

I agree with Dox, he was always a petty, lying sack of crap.

... That helped sell more comic books that perhaps any other villain in history. So leave that lying sack of crap just as he is and respect the Doom while talking up his merits.

[Tami]

[Iron Maiden]

... That helped sell more comic books that perhaps any other villain in history. So leave that lying sack of crap just as he is and respect the Doom while talking up his merits.

Thanks *I think*. Pettiness I can understand, but fear? Are we talking about the same Doom here? The same Doom that frequently takes on teams of heroes single-handed? Who took down the Beyonder? Who held off 3 or 4 Mad Celestials so Val and Nathaniel's plan had time to work (see Hickman's FF)?

Writers have a wildly different takes on Doom. Waid is definitely on one end of the spectrum and really isn't in line with Lee & Kirby. After all, Reed himself says that Doom doesn't lie ...

[Professor Moriarty]