Alright it's now part two of the Road. This time around I'm talking about Doctor Doom's origin story. Although I should explain something first. There's actually two stories to this. Doom's origin and The Final Victory of Doctor Doom. But I'll only be focusing on Doctor Doom's origin story. So sorry if I'm not providing a review for the second story.
Origin of Doctor Doom is a 1964 story published in the second annual of the 1961 edition of Fantastic Four. It was published by Marvel Comics with the writer being Stan Lee and the artists being Jack Kirby.
The story is, we go back years before. Before Victor Von Doom became the Fantastic Four's greatest enemy, Doctor Doom. We'll bare witness to how a once respected man went down a road that turned him to something unrecognizable and evil.
- Negatives
I've got nothing.
- Mix
First let's go over the story, and I'm gonna start with how it portrays Doctor Doom. In my review for Fantastic Four #5 I mentioned how he was very campy and over-the-top. Here, he was much more of the Doctor Doom that I now. Very serious, very focused, and also a very tragic character. But we also see the stuff fans are familiar with when it comes to Doom. his country Latveria, the forging of his armor, and how he came and learned how to control both magic and science. So it was go to read these things that issue number didn't mention. However and maybe this is just a nitpick, but we see Doom (way before the armor) and he just so happens to meet Reed at that same college. It felt little contrived. But like I said maybe it's just a nitpick on my part.
- Positives
One praise I want to give is the pacing. Sometimes Stan Lee's writing gives the story great pacing, sometimes it's just decent. This is one of those times when the pacing is good. I was able to read everything from textboxes, thought bubbles, and word balloons without it feeling like some moments dragged.
The last thing I'll praise is Jack Kirby's art. Yeah I know what a shock. The guy who has the last name "The King" did a fantastic (pun unintended) job. But the guy's use of dynamic panels, shadows are just great. I especially loved the moody tone he drew at the very beginning of the annual. I thought that was the best art out of the entire thing.
So while I had a slight issue with annual I also still found this to be a story to read if you want to know more about the character of Doctor Doom.
My final rating is, Good.
That's all for now. Sorry if I was late uploading this but I fell asleep and before I knew it's like 9:58 or something like that. But anyways, come back on Monday, Feb 23rd, for yet another Underrated Films review. And this time I'll be doing a documentary. What is it about? Well you'll just have to wait and find out. But until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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