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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-21 18:44:00

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char: dr. doom/victor von doom, char: marquis of death/clyde wyncham, creator: bryan hitch, creator: mark millar, publisher: marvel comics, title: fantastic four

Fantastic Four #566

Doom is back in Latveria (also, the dead Watcher from the previews is an Uatu from another dimension).

Later his master the Marquis of Death, with his new apprentice, arrives.

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ex_stig213
2009-05-22 08:56 am UTC (link)

Although, give it some thought and you see that it's a critique of some of the more popular tropes of comic book villainery - namely, that villains get all that respect and awe despite never really winning any of their battles against the heroes. Sure, Doom is a benign ruler of a prosperous Kingdom and has used magic and manipulated Gods, etc. - but he's still unable, through various faults, to crush and annihilate his arch-enemies, no matter how many chances he's given.

This Marquis of Death character is very much a tongue-in-cheek parody of 'absolute villainery' - taking the time to destroy everything, including the kitchen sink - and it's most likely that he will be defeated and/or destroyed via a strikeback by some sort of absolute heroism, e.g. Ben Grimm.

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