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  • 08 – One Store Under Doom

    08 – One Store Under Doom

    It finally happened. Curt bought something new and to disastrous results. If you could sum up Curt, he is that friend who always thinks he’s right, and everything you are enjoying at the time is stupid and main-stream. But when he decides to enjoy it, then he goes all in, forgetting all the names he called you and not seeing the hypocrite that he is.

    On the one hand it is satisfying to see Curt all dressed up in his Doctor Doom cosplay. On the other, it is doubly satisfying to then dust off my Thing outfit and get to business. Because it definitely was clobberin’ time. Finally.

    But in all seriousness, One World Under Doom is proving to be a worthy event. I did give it my pick of the week previously, so it is fitting that Franka also decided to make a comic about it. Ryan North has a love for this family as is evident from his current run on the Fantastic Four. And he and R.B. Silva are cooking up something special, and from the look of some of the covers, it will be a glorious mesh-up with the world of Doctor Strange. I am quite excited for this. Maybe not as much as Curt but I can consume my habits in a healthy manner.

  • 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.