Fantastic Four: Books Of Doom Premiere HC: Books of Doom: Marvel Premiere Edition (Fantastic Four (Graphic Novels))

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He travels to America where he meets Reed Richards and has his unfortunate lab accident, providing him with physical scars to match the emotional ones. It endows him with the fascinating contradiction of an imposing nobility despite an absolute power to instil fear. We get to see Victor as a young man, innocent and in love, travelling with his roaming family in an Eastern European-esque country before things go sour. What really made this a 3-star read for me was the untapped potential when it came to Doom's motivations, I just wished that Brubaker went a bit deeper.

This graphic novel relates the history of Doctor Doom from his childhood through his taking of the throne of Latveria. Fantastic Four: Books of Doom” is the best kind of reboot – one that clarifies the past (in some cases, revising the past BUT with explanation as to why previously “known” history was wrong), one that fleshes out events only hinted at in earlier tales.A dark and revealing examination of how an innocent boy grows up to be a tyrant - a new twist on an old legend - Books of Doom is a sweeping epic of tragedy, madness and destiny. This same extra of this book gives it an odd, sort of quality, feel to it as though it's story is told by Doom himself through an investigative media in which it is something far too personal for the guarded megalomaniac to share with the rest of the world and his people. This could have worked fine as a retconned origin story for Doctor Doom, even with the rampant gypsy and eastern European stereotypes (like this weird mismatch of names for the gypsies and the idiotic KGB). Victor began studying the magic arts, believing that his destiny was to find his mother and rescue her from the hellish torment she now endured at the hands of the demon.

Roger is just an ordinary boy, in an ordinary world – or so he thinks, until a grumpy dwarf warrior, Mossbelly MacFearsome, appears out of thin air and saves him from the school bully. Phenomenal art team of Pablo Raimondi and Mark Farmer you will be witness to Doom's life from his earliest moments to the day he took the throne of Latveria. A dark and revealing examination of how an innocent boy grows up to be a tyrant – a new twist on an old legend – Books of Doom is a sweeping epic of tragedy, madness and destiny! Doom to me is one of the greatest villains of all time, even though I’ve admittedly never been a big fan of Fantastic Four until recently with Millar’s run and Hickman’s work. Unfortunately, and I don't know if this is Brubaker or editorial, this was a missed opportunity to add depth to the character.Books of Doom is a very magnificent tale that shows the history of Victor Von Doom and how he came to be Doctor Doom. This is forgivable as the dark glare is present from his early days, and Raimondo goes with a swarthy, slavic mien rather than the lantern-jawed teutonic of earlier incarnations, while still having that look of iron determinancy.