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

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This book perfectly captures every single trait of the character perfectly; from his brilliance and mastery of both science and magic, to his incredible arrogance, pride, and shear willpower. From his earliest disasters to his scientific triumphs to the tragedy of the fractured man he would become, this is the story you know, and the one that you don't.

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! Even the whole deal with the demon, but it feels as if this story suffers from lack of freedom in storytelling.Also worth noting is the attention Brubaker gives to some of obscure details, like explaining that the story's narrator was the Doombot that ruled Latveria for a time. Doom is hands down one of my favorite villains he has always had a certain charm to his character, in here we see he had a pretty tragic upbringing which helped shape him into the man he is today.

In fact a lot is not explained here, like all the resources Doom had in his gypsy caravan, to the “Baron”, to Tibet, to pretty much everything. Featuring the Latverian ruler's first battle with the accursed Reed Richards and his Fantastic Four - and their most epic clashes since! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He adds some specifics of the bargain Doom made to free his Mother's soul that serves to explain the change in the way Latverians have come to regard their sovereign. In the end, this collection of ‘Books of Doom’ makes for an okay tale and origin story, but it’s not nearly as good as one might hope for.From his earliest disasters to his scientific triumphs to the tragedy of the fractured man he would become, this is the story you know, and the one that you don’t. Because Ed Brubaker brings it up in an interview that appears at the end of the Captain America: The Red Menace trade paperback. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed. Now, let's force the f***tards at Fox studios to read it, so that they may re-start the FF movie franchise properly. It’s a meticulous serious of events, large and small, that created the monster who eventually would became God Emperor of Battleworld.

Short but sweet, this six-part series documents Doom's rise from wandering Gypsy to ruler of Latveria and arch-enemy of Reed Richards, aka Mr. Case-in-point, ‘Books of Doom’, which is a very average series that creates far too many parallels between Doom and Vader: that he’s haunted by his failed attempt at saving his mother, has a doomed relationship with his childhood sweetheart, and gets trained into the mystic arts by some monks that also blend magic with technology. The Doombot card got played far too many times over the years but in this case, Brubaker was actually surprised me for once. When the Doombot revealed his visage to the reporter, I briefly thought Brubaker and the artist Pablo Raimondo were trying to convey that Doom had become a cyborg and was purging himself of his human side, literally, by replacing the flesh with machinery. And he has shown in Doom and Cap that he has a love and respect for the history of Marvel's characters.My recommendation – if you have ANY interest in superheroes or supervillians, whether Marvel or otherwise, read this graphic novel. I’ll come clean with you though – I love Ed Brubaker, but I almost passed on this book because of the cover art.

Told in a documentary style, we get many first-hand accounts of the story from Doom’s perspective, but there are also counterpoints as seen by some of the various characters who were present during the events.FANTASTIC FOUR: BOOKS OF DOOM is an in-depth retelling of the origin of Fantastic Four's main arch-nemesis, Victor von doctor Doom. Victor being a sort of sociopath with most people works fine enough but his antagonism with Reed Richards comes pretty much out of nowhere and for something that is supposed to be so integral to his character this is not set up well at all. It doesn’t add enough or break enough new ground to be considered a “must read,” but it’s certainly enjoyable. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.