![]() ![]() ![]() Which is why I lean towards believing this is a scheme of opportunity, and he honestly did first discover Wanda when she turned up on his doorstep asking for help. Because hey, Doom's made several attempts to acquire a ready-made heir to the kingdom before, and you know he'd love to have one that comes with built-in magical powers he can train up. I was also deeply amused by the fact that Doom makes a bit of an optimistic play to adopt Wiccan when he shows up. (Conversely, I love that Wanda isn't at all snowed by this so soon after a display of violence towards Wiccan, but goes off to investigate for herself whether perfect hubby isn't quite what he seems.) Manipulation, sure, but really the fact that he's using persuasion rather than commanding is intriguing when it comes to Doom. It might all be an act on Doom's part, but it must be a pretty convincing one.Īnd it's fascinating to get a glimpse of how he acts with her: none of the usual raging at his word being questioned, and he even suggests that she's trusting him too much and should think twice about the wedding. She's clearly not a helpless damsel doing whatever Doom demands she's strong-willed and determined enough that she wouldn't be going along with it unless she genuinely wanted to marry him. I really love how Wanda's part in this is portrayed. :)Īnd then we get the fantastic end-of-issue reveal that Wanda's not Doom's prisoner, at least so far as she thinks, but his fiancée. Plus, we learn that Magneto considers Doom 'the most powerful man alive', and the second most powerful person next to Wanda. He's one of the few people who would actually know it, since he and Doom once traded some memories via a telepathic plot device back in the day. It's also a neat little bit of continuity having Magneto be the one to give Doom's backstory. ![]() (The black and white art for the splash page is online here. And he draws a mighty fine-looking Doom mask, which is always impressive considering how many otherwise good artists just can't seem to get a decent look for it. Awesomely, Cheung clearly did his research into BoD for the art as well I especially love that he included the image of teen Victor standing shirtless in the blazing pentagram, because that's one of the iconic images that really stuck in my head from Books of Doom. It's obvious from the splash page where Magneto sums up Doom's origin story that this take is very influenced by Books of Doom, which is an excellent sign so far as I'm concerned. I've thought for ages that somebody should do something with the amount of potential common ground between them, and it turns out Heinberg's version is about as good as I could possibly have asked for. I wasn't originally planning to pick this series up at all, but I ran out to grab the third issue when someone mentioned the Doom/Wanda angle. Item Location New York, United States Ships To United States, Australia, Canada, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Moldova, Republic of, Monaco, Montserrat, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadin, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St.This miniseries is one of the main reasons I ended up founding this comm, since it's getting a lot of well-deserved love all over the place, but everyone else is talking about the Young Avengers or the fallout from House of M, and I just want to talk about Doom all the time. ![]()
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