Fantastic Four/Doom 2099 Omnibus

Doom 2099 (1992) #1-44

by John Francis Moore

The complete saga of Doctor Doom in the year 2099 — and his accursed enemies, the Fantastic Four!

Marvel’s greatest villain resurfaces to rule a new era! Victor von Doom has mysteriously survived from the Heroic Age to rise anew in this technologically advanced future — and in upgraded armor, his first task is to reclaim the throne of Latveria! Then he can turn his gaze to America, once the home of his greatest foes. He sees unrest. He sees disharmony. He knows the struggling nation needs an iron fist to bring it back under control. And he knows just the man for the job. All hail President Doom! But how — and why — are Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing alive in 2099?! The answers will take them from the Negative Zone to the Savage Land — and reunite them with their greatest rival!

COLLECTING: Doom 2099 (1993) 1-44, Fantastic Four 2099 (1996) 1-8, Fantastic Four (1961) 413; material from 2099 Unlimited (1993) 5-8, 2099 Special: World of Doom (1995) 1

Genres: Comics, Marvel

1448 pages, Hardcover

Published June 17, 2025

About the author

John Francis Moore is comic book writer known for stints as writer on such Marvel comics series as X-Force, X-Factor, Doom 2099 and X-Men 2099. He also wrote Elseworld's Finest and co-wrote Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop, with Howard Chaykin, for DC's Elseworlds series, and was the writer for Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! series. He wrote some episodes of The Flash and Freakazoid television series.

Reviews

[Beelzefuzz · Rating 2 out of 5]

So glad this is over.
The first couple handfuls of issues are very repetitive. Doom's suit is frequently broken and he has to go into cyberspace to fix it. Who even is the Doom guy, what a mystery, but we kind of don't care at the same time enough to hint at anything.
Then Warren Ellis comes in and makes this far more interesting and there is more intrigue to the mystery and some crazy takeover America stuff and commentary on all the 2099 universe where everything is privatized. That all gets slapped about and dropped like a hot load pretty quickly though and we get a drooling weirdo of a Captain America in the thrall of a typical Warren Ellis stand in character manipulating everything behind the scenes to cause a big flop.
After that whiplash there is some decent attempt to have the Doom (or rather his people) from the first boring half comment on the Warren Ellis stuff and how it left them in the lurch. Doom hems a little, never haws and instead goes on some bad time travel adventures and then...
Oh and then. What's that MTV cartoon? The one that makes your eyes bleed? Not Aeon Flux but like that if it had visual razor blades in it. Yeah, that one you are thinking of. Whoever that artist was comes in to cartoonify some stories that drag Doom straight past the doldrums and into the proverbial grave. Finally this is all run into the ground with a vengeance. Oh also the story is to be continued in some books that have yet to be collected, but luckily they are probably in the $1 bin so we aren't out of this world yet.

[Jacob · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really debated having this be 2 stars. The first 20 issues are bland but fine but the last 5 issues of Doom 2099 and the latter half of Fantastic Four 2099 are, to put it bluntly, fucking garbage. Like just true shit. I remember Spider-Man 2099 running into this same problem at the end of its run, but luckily that was only two issues, here I had to get through almost 10 issues of terrible art and completely abysmal writing where the story was all over the place and didn't connect at all. It felt like they just came up with shit without knowing what happened in the last issues. It sucks that it ended this way because it really soured me on the series, but Marvel had no idea what to do with the 2099 line which is why it died shortly after this series ended (it came back only recently). The saving grace of this omnibus is Warren Ellis's 15ish issue run and One Nation Under Doom. Having Doom be an autocratic American president while also implementing genuinely good laws was an interesting story beat and the blatant political nature of it is something you don't really see in Marvel a ton. I really wanted to have more positives for this omnibus because Doom is such an interesting and complicated character (and the Doom 2099 armor goes super hard until, shockingly, even that gets ruined after the Ellis run) but it really does all go to shit after the One Nation Under Doom storyline. I would rant about it more because it's such a mess but I think I made my point.

[Comicas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this omnibus. On one hand, it’s a fascinating and ambitious exploration of Doctor Doom as a character — his journey from beginning to end is rich, layered, and full of political and social commentary that feels surprisingly relevant even today. As a Doom fan, I was fully invested in seeing how his mind, ambition, and philosophy were explored across this run. It’s bold, cerebral, and at times, brilliant.

But when it comes to the Fantastic Four side of things, it didn’t quite click for me. The chemistry and flow that usually define Marvel’s First Family felt somewhat off here, almost like they were playing second fiddle to Doom’s arc. While Doom stole the spotlight (and deservedly so), the balance with the FF wasn’t as strong as I’d hoped.

That said, the overall concept is excellent. The futuristic 2099 setting, the themes of power, corruption, and identity, and the way it uses Doom as a lens to explore bigger societal issues — all of it worked very well. At times, though, the execution felt a bit drawn out, and I found myself getting fatigued with the pacing.

Still, as a whole, this is a powerful and thought-provoking read. It’s not perfect, but it’s ambitious and full of big ideas — and Doom has rarely felt so complex, so human, and yet so terrifying. Definitely worth the read if you’re a fan of Doom or enjoy Marvel stories that dig into politics, society, and power.

[Davide Pappalardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5

This omnibus collects different runs by different authors, so the quality varies inevitably. Needless to say, Warren Ellis' run is the highest point of the collection, offering us a psychedelic ride into political games and cyberpunk atmospheres, but, most of all, what is probably the best version of Doctor Doom ever. The previous issues are competent, while the ones following his tenure are a little bit confusing and too meandering. Unfortunately, we don't get any clear answer about the mysteries behind Doom and his presence in the future, and we don't even get a real ending. Still, I think this omnibus is worth it.