Yeah, I really want what happens with Doom to be explained in this book, mainly because I trust Hickman to write it much more than I do Bendis or some other random future writer, but it just seems like the issue's going to be tight for time when there has to be some sort of scene between Reed and Sue, Doom's got a confrontation with Namor and Black Panther to deal with before he can face off with Reed, the whole universe reboot has got to be set up and explained... It probably depends how Doom's loss of power is going to be handled and whether we see him voluntarily concede/step down or it's going to be a big battle or what.
Doom did actually fix his face temporarily in the original Secret Wars as well as in Children's Crusade, but he never seems to be able to actually make it stick in any situation where he holds onto godlike power for a longer period of time (it amuses me that there are multiple canon examples of this to compare). It's interesting, because Doom's main 'power' is basically his incredible willpower, and the damage to his face seems to be a flaw in that self-belief - the fixes don't stick because he doesn't really believe he can heal it the way he believes in his ability to play god in all the other ways. So I'm fascinated by the apparent 'permanent' (well, until the next retcon) fix in Iron Man, because if he successfully did it himself it seems almost like an emotional breakthrough of some kind. Which also fits together interestingly with him claiming to have turned over a new leaf.
And yeah, I do love that whenever Doom sets himself up as godlike world/universal dictator (again, multiple canon instances!), he's not the 'enslave and crush all the peasants and roll around on a big pile of treasure' type at all, but takes pretty much the exact same kind of problem-solving approach that characters like Reed or Tony would do if you put them in charge of the world - solve all the concrete issues like hunger, war and disease, then sit around getting restless and bored because there are no more big problems to tackle. I feel like his partnership with Strange and having set himself up with a family probably helped him handle the boredom of ultimate power better here than in Emperor Doom, but I do actually wonder if post-Secret Wars Doom genuinely has finally realised that gaining godlike power where nothing can challenge him doesn't actually suit him and is now taking a different approach to his master plan for fixing the world.
I really hope we ditch the pointless punching and get some actual conversations in issue 9, ngl. Btw, would Doom know that Namor and T'Challa had been in cahoots with Stephen in the Illuminati? Because that might change how he'd react.
Ngl, I am kind of missing the armour in Invincible Iron Man. Idk, I just feel like the armour is more than just the mask -- plus Doom relying only on magic doesn't really feel like Doom. That said, it would be super interesting if Doom had gotten over his block about his face.
I really really love that Doom's motivation for taking over the world isn't love of power or anything like that, but simply that he genuinely believe it's the right thing to do/the only way to save the world. Not only doesn't absolute power suit him, but there's always someone to try and stop him/undo what he's done so maybe if he goes about it another way, it'll stick, this time.
Wasn't Namor in both the Cabal with Doom and the Illuminati with the good guys at the same time? (Which says a lot about Namor, heh.) So presumably Doom knows quite a lot about their group.
The cover for the next Iron Man issue shows the Doom armour, so I'm hoping that means Doom is going to summon it up somehow when the battle gets nasty, the way Tony does with his.
I do like how Doom's motivations genuinely do make a lot of sense with his backstory: it's not just "Mwahaha, I'll show you all!", but a response to growing up a self-educated genius under an oppressive regime, where you can see that he's obviously decided that somebody better needs to take control and he's the only one smart enough to do it, so a Doom-led dictatorship is clearly the best thing for Latveria/the world.
Doom did actually fix his face temporarily in the original Secret Wars as well as in Children's Crusade, but he never seems to be able to actually make it stick in any situation where he holds onto godlike power for a longer period of time (it amuses me that there are multiple canon examples of this to compare). It's interesting, because Doom's main 'power' is basically his incredible willpower, and the damage to his face seems to be a flaw in that self-belief - the fixes don't stick because he doesn't really believe he can heal it the way he believes in his ability to play god in all the other ways. So I'm fascinated by the apparent 'permanent' (well, until the next retcon) fix in Iron Man, because if he successfully did it himself it seems almost like an emotional breakthrough of some kind. Which also fits together interestingly with him claiming to have turned over a new leaf.
And yeah, I do love that whenever Doom sets himself up as godlike world/universal dictator (again, multiple canon instances!), he's not the 'enslave and crush all the peasants and roll around on a big pile of treasure' type at all, but takes pretty much the exact same kind of problem-solving approach that characters like Reed or Tony would do if you put them in charge of the world - solve all the concrete issues like hunger, war and disease, then sit around getting restless and bored because there are no more big problems to tackle. I feel like his partnership with Strange and having set himself up with a family probably helped him handle the boredom of ultimate power better here than in Emperor Doom, but I do actually wonder if post-Secret Wars Doom genuinely has finally realised that gaining godlike power where nothing can challenge him doesn't actually suit him and is now taking a different approach to his master plan for fixing the world.
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Ngl, I am kind of missing the armour in Invincible Iron Man. Idk, I just feel like the armour is more than just the mask -- plus Doom relying only on magic doesn't really feel like Doom. That said, it would be super interesting if Doom had gotten over his block about his face.
I really really love that Doom's motivation for taking over the world isn't love of power or anything like that, but simply that he genuinely believe it's the right thing to do/the only way to save the world. Not only doesn't absolute power suit him, but there's always someone to try and stop him/undo what he's done so maybe if he goes about it another way, it'll stick, this time.
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The cover for the next Iron Man issue shows the Doom armour, so I'm hoping that means Doom is going to summon it up somehow when the battle gets nasty, the way Tony does with his.
I do like how Doom's motivations genuinely do make a lot of sense with his backstory: it's not just "Mwahaha, I'll show you all!", but a response to growing up a self-educated genius under an oppressive regime, where you can see that he's obviously decided that somebody better needs to take control and he's the only one smart enough to do it, so a Doom-led dictatorship is clearly the best thing for Latveria/the world.
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