Doctor Doom: The Book Of Doom Omnibus

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Inviting Sub-Mariner to act as his agent, the master villain uses the sub-sea anti-hero to neutralise mechanical heroes and rivals prior to using a pheromone-based bio-weapon to make all organic beings utterly compliant to his will. In an uncharacteristic moment of humanity for Doom, the armored despot declared his love for Valeria. As a sign of his utter disdain, Doom locks his broken rival in a colossal library of grimoires and mystic manuscripts, knowing the defeated, dogmatic scientist can never make use of what is there.

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In the Silver Age, it wasn’t common for a villain to get his or her own strip, but Doom does not trod the path of normal evildoers (ahem, sorry) and was awarded his own feature in the pages of Astonishing Tales.

In other words, this isn’t going to end up in Latveria’s library as Lord Doom’s Complete Official History, but as a primer for the average Doom-curious person it’s more than enough to get an idea of why Doom is Marvel’s best villain. Despite that (cough) brilliant plan, there just was something different about Doom that right away set him apart from the other villains of the very early Marvel Universe. Even in a supporting role, Doom's character is on full display, both in the possibilities of his achievements and how his hubris can get the better of him.

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By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.Regardless, Ryan Stegman and Paul Mounts' energetic stylings can certainly be appreciated without the wider context of the full run. proving Doom was not the only master of mechanoids as Rudolfo and the enigmatic Faceless One used the lost Doomsman to wreak havoc throughout Latveria, before the final assault in ‘Doom Must Die! Even with the series building off some of the biggest stories of the era like Avengers: Disassembled and House of M, Heinberg and Cheung never get too bogged down in needing to stop and explain all the context. There were some great moments of many villains doing many vile things during the first Secret Wars, but Doom stealing the Beyonder’s power and almost taking control of all of reality was one of the best moments in the unforgettable series.

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I was curious if whether folks that have read this material think a stand alone doom omnibus is worth picking up. The third arc featured the first battle between Doom and the Red Skull as the Nazi menace tried to conquer Latveria, but it was the fourth and final story that still resonates. The Leader of Latveria was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to be a “super sensational new villain”. Marvel omnibuses used to mostly collect a single title, sequentially, until we got author-centric volumes that could collect stories from several different series. So many great stories have featured Doctor Doom since he was first created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby at the dawn of the Marvel Universe.But Doom messes with the plan, and as he attempts to take over the ship, Thor fights him and both of them are sent to another dimension.