By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I've never read that and the connection between her and Doom's childhood friend are so critical to his personality it seems a missed opportunity. A well-curated collection of some of the best Doctor Doom stories from across the years, this massive tome may suffer from one-too-many retellings of Doctor Doom's origins (best recounted in the Ed Brubaker-penned Books of Doom mini-series in this volume), but this otherwise a focused and comprehensive compilation.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. The epic scale of villainy and even true anti-heroism are built throughout many appearances through many titles.Stern has written hundreds of stories about such diverse characters as Green Lantern, Supergirl, Starman, the Atom, and the Justice League for DC Comics; and Spider-Man, Captain America, Doctor Strange, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and the Avengers for Marvel. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This is a great collection of some important Doctor Doom stories showcasing his intellect, ruthlessness and honor. The basic need of a child wanting to have a mother and be comforted by them drives him to learn more and struggle every year to save her.

The list of creative talents is legendary: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, but also Roy Thomas, Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont, Wallace Wood, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Walter Simonson, Mike Weiringo, and many others. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Featuring the Latverian ruler’s first battle with the accursed Reed Richards and his Fantastic Four – and their most epic clashes since! Does the new omnibus cover the most relevant issues of the character and is it good omnibus for someone who doesnt know anything about the character? Doom has appeared in Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men, Champions, led his own feature stories in Astonishing Tales and Super-Villain Team-Up, and the star of two utterly fantastic graphic novels, Emperor Doom and Triumph and Torment.

This is the THE 1st Omni I have ever bought that has had binding issues after not even a single read through. Featuring the Latverian ruler's first battle with the accursed Reed Richards and his Fantastic Four - and their most epic clashes since! For years it was just assumed that he ruled his country with an iron fist and the people were miserable, but once it was revealed (in a couple different stories) that he was actually successful and ruled a prosperous and happy country, yet another dimension is added to this complex villain.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Featuring the Latverian ruler’s first battle with the accursed Reed Richards and his Fantastic Four — and their most epic clashes since! Love,love love this book,but my advice is to immediately unwrap and inspect the books binding carefully.

Doom’s earliest appearances might seem ‘clunky’ to modern audiences, but the seeds of greatness are indeed sown. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation. It's an engrossing and logical retelling of his origin that to my knowledge hasn't really been reprinted on it's own. Roger Stern has written for radio, television, the stage, and the Internet, creating scripts for everything from sketch comedy to flash-animation.From his early appearances in the Fantastic Four and Amazing Spider-Man by Lee, Kirby and Ditko he's, in general, a super-intelligent one-sided villain, but I think his visual appearance makes him intriguing. Featuring the Latverian ruler’s first battle with the accursed Reed Richards and his Fantastic Four - and their most epic clashes since!