As Doctor Doom gears up to battle the entire Marvel Universe, he’s going to do it in style. A look at the character’s latest redesign teases his connection to The Fantastic Four with an ironic twist.
Artist InHyuk Lee shared a special look at his variant for Doom All-On-One #1, a one-shot story releasing on Oct. 14. The story, written by Al Ewing with art by Alessandro Cappucio, sees Doom traveling to Hell to challenge Mephisto for his mother’s soul. On the cover the comic book by Lee, Doom can be seen posing triumphantly in a blue outfit emblazoned with The Fantastic Four’s symbol — a nice nod to the story’s plot and Doom’s connection to Marvel’s First Family.
Doctor Doom Battles the Entire Marvel Universe in New One-Shot Story
Doctor Doom All-On-One #1 will be a jumbo-sized 50-page one-shot when it arrives this October, with Marvel telling the story with special landscape-oriented splash pages that feel cinematic — a bit like Avengers: Doomsday, which will follow in December. The issue will feature a main cover by Cappuccio, with Lee’s variant joined by another drawn by Greg Capullo.
Marvel’s full solicit for the issue teases Doom’s ties to The Fantastic Four and where his new journey will take him. “This October, writer Al Ewing and artist Alessandro Cappuccio detail one of Doom’s most valiant efforts to save his mother as he takes on the entire Marvel Universe in DOOM ALL-ON-ONE #1, an explosive and action-packed one-shot told entirely in landscape-oriented splash pages.”
The story draws inspiration from last year’s Marvel All-On-One #1, by Ryan North and Ed McGuinness, which saw The Fantastic Four’s The Thing clobbering Marvel heroes and villains alike, as well as Fantastic Four (1961) #252 by Josh Byrne, which saw the team head into the Negative Zone with landscape-style storytelling.
“Unlike the FF, Doom has no allies on his journey into hell,” Marvel Comics teases. “Doom is entirely on his own… AND DOOM HAS THEM OUTNUMBERED! For decades, Doctor Doom challenged the demon Mephisto as only DOOM would dare — because he could! And also for the freedom of his mother’s soul! This is the tale of his greatest such challenge — as Doom battles the entire Marvel Universe across the searing flames of perdition itself! Does the Marvel Universe have a hope in literal heck? Find out, Doom Believers — across fifty, count ’em, FIFTY wide-screen pages of the eschatological brawl to end ’em all!”
Al Ewing Promises Doom’s Return to ‘The Great Classical Era of Marvel’
When Doom All-On-One rolls around in October, Ewing believes Doctor Doom fans will enjoy the story he’s crafted. In a statement shared on Bleeding Cool, he said: “The brief for this was fifty pages of Doom versus Everybody in explosive widescreen action, and I’d like to think I’ve delivered that and a little bit more.”
He continued to add, “I don’t think any Doom fans will be disappointed by the Doctor’s performance as we go back to one of the great classical eras of Marvel and knock seven bells out of it – not just against the heroes, but against one of Doom’s greatest villains, too… The real star of the show in a project like this is the art, though, and Alessandro’s risen to the challenge with page after page of all-out action you’ll have to see to believe.”
Doctor Doom All-On-One #1 goes on sale Oct. 14 from Marvel Comics.
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