When given godlike power, Doom is still the inferior man to Reed Richards a fact he himself admits in the story’s climax. It is the endpoint or Endgame one might say, (I’m sorry) of that obsession. T’Challa, Stephen Strange and several other heroes play important, enjoyable roles but this story fundamentally, is an exploration of the nature of Doom and his relationship with Reed Richards. Despite his very name screaming “EVIL!”, Victor is a man who sees himself as anything but and the omnipresent irony of that is on full display in Secret Wars. Even as a God-Emperor, he cannot heal his face not truly for lack of power but for lack of will. A narcissist driven by shame and self-loathing, a visionary tainted by madness and zealous belief in his own greatness. His replacing of Reed Richards stealing his wife and children, yet giving them status and power within his new society: It all makes perfectly clear who he is. Stealing their power, Doom became a god and the idea itself is endlessly intriguing. Yet, even they met their match at the hands of Doctor Doom the one man whose plan would ensure that Marvel Comics stock share would not become worthless after this storyline. Secret Wars explores the collapse of the Marvel multiverse engineered by the almost unstoppable ‘Beyonders’, a race of aliens whose aims nearly brought the entire realm of creation down to its knees. As for the writing itself, there is so much to love here.
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