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    Doom

    My pick of the week is the start of the Doctor Doom event, One World Under Doom from Marvel Comics. The first issue came out yesterday and if you haven’t been tasting what Ryan North and Ivan Fiorelli have been cooking over on the Fantastic Four series, you are missing out because it’s been very good.

    Doom came back front and center after that humongous Blood Hunt event spearheaded by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz. The big change that came out of that was the other doctor, Doctor Strange, losing his Sorcerer Supreme status to, you guessed it, Doctor Doom.

    So Doctor Doom has been the Sorcerer Supreme and he has been biding his time until now. Marvel also made a very cool trailer, which I included below.

    I think this one will have legs because, if anything, it will be a lot more affordable than what Blood Hunt was. If you already have been pulling Fantastic Four, it’s really no sweat to add nine issues of One World Under Doom. I do hope they keep it contained because, in my opinion, the events have been getting out of hand as of late, for both of the big companies.

    Either way, with the Fantastic Four movie opening in July and now the One World Under Doom event, it will definitely be a year for our favorite family, the Fantastic Four.

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    05 – Tariffs

    The big news last week originated from the political side of things when the Trump Administration announced tariffs of 25% against Canada and Mexico. This affects the comic book industry because a lot of the printers that print comic books are based in Canada. Many have speculated, and rightly, that this would lead to an increase in the price of comic books and probably harm the industry.

    So needless to see, Curt took this as a sign to make some moves and wheel and deal and Franka captured it beautifully.

    Sadly (only for Curt), the Trump Administration postponed the decision for thirty days, allowing room for cooler heads to prevail and I do hope that the tariffs will not happen at all.

    I suppose if you are a student of economics and have interest in relations that are international, you would know that tariffs are never a good idea. I think I saw that in a movie once.

    This is not the first time that a huge conflict between Canada and the United States transpired. It also happened in 2015, albeit in comic book form. Brian K. Vaughn and Steve Skroce released a mini-series via Image Comics titled We Stand on Guard, depicting the United States invading Canada. And due to the current political atmosphere, sales of the book have been skyrocketing.

    Let’s just hope this stays in comic book form.

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