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Doom to me is one of the greatest villains of all time, even though I’ve admittedly never been a big fan of Fantastic Four until recently with Millar’s run and Hickman’s work.
What I will go into is that you should expect to see quite a few reviews coming out from me in the future. He's a New York Times-best-selling donkus of comics like SEX CRIMINALS (winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best New Series, the 2014 Harvey Award for Best New Series, and named TIME Magazine's Best Comic of 2013), SATELLITE SAM, ODY-C, HAWKEYE (winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best Single Issue), wrote the longest consecutive run when re relaunced THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (2010 Eiser Award winner for Best New Series) with Salvador Larocca and, oh, lordy, so many more. A dark and revealing examination of how an innocent boy grows up to be a tyrant -- a new twist on an old legend -- Books of Doom is a sweeping epic of tragedy, madness and destiny! This read mostly like the template for a film script with some serviceable artwork from Pablo Raimondi. It has its moments (Doom putting on the iconic cloak, was one that stands out) but ultimately, this was a big, big disappointment.I feel like a story that would flesh out Doom in six issues should have done a better job than it did. I also wouldnt mind future mini series by him, featuring various other FF rogues (Mole Man, Mad Thinker, The Wizard, etc. Young Victor intervened however, telling them that if they cast them out, he would grow up like his mother, acquire the same dark magics, and use them to take vengeance on them all. This origins story felt surface-level especially when one considers the substantial source material when it comes to Doom's backstory.
Are you tired of seeing his plans get foiled time and time again by his nemeses, the unflappable Fantastic Four?She cast a spell that allowed her to gain great power from the demon, and used it to kill all the soldiers in a village, unknowingly also killing every child in the village at the same time. It was pretty entertaining, but only serves as a modern expansion on some ideas that had previously already been explored in Kirby's and Byrne's Fantastic Four runs. This could have worked fine as a retconned origin story for Doctor Doom, even with the rampant gypsy and eastern European stereotypes (like this weird mismatch of names for the gypsies and the idiotic KGB).
A revealing examination of how an innocent boy grows up to be a cruel tyrant, of oppression in a new twist on old legend,retold this book is a sweeping epic of tragedy, madness and destiny.
It is beautifully formatted so you lose nothing in the translation of a print book versus the digital version. I enjoyed the turn of events for their unexpected quality, but it makes no sense: it’s obvious that Doom’s assistant is friends with the journalist (they’re on a first-name basis), so why would he trap her the way that he did? I think it is more satisfying, and true to Doom's character, to have him killing the King personally in Brubakers enhanced version. I did enjoy that Brubaker chose to recount Doom’s life through interview segments, however, essentially making his book like a documentary piece – as though this had actually happened.
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