Infamous Iron Man, Vol. 2: The Absolution of Doom

Infamous Iron Man (Collected Editions)

by Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Alex Maleev

Think you've seen Victor von Doom versus Reed Richards battle before? Well, you've never seen anything like this! The Reed Richards from a dead reality calls himself "The Maker" -and his ultimate plans for this world are far more insane than anything Doctor Doom has ever attempted! Now Doom, as the Infamous Iron Man, is the only one who can stop the mad Maker. Victor is the hero? Reed is the villain? It is a world gone mad! COLLECTING: INFAMOUS IRON MAN 7-12

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2017

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Infamous Iron Man and Doctor Strange take on whomever has been pulling the strings behind Doom's mother and Reed Richards...

As I said in my review for the first volume, the art was great and I liked the way Bendis wrote Doctor Doom. However, it turns out I'm not a fan of Bendis' writing in general. The snarky dialogue coming out of everyone's mouth gets old very quickly. Everything is paced so sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly and so written for the eventual trade paperbacks that I would be hugely pissed trying to read anything of his in singles.

The twelve issues of Infamous Iron man could have been compressed down into six and still had plenty of breathing room. I don't know that Bendis is the one that popularized the modern, "decompressed" storytelling but he's one of the biggest abusers of it.

The big bad was revealed and what there was of the final fight was good but it felt rushed. Why have an epic battle when you can have page after page of people talking?

Two stars. I'm done with Bendis for a while.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a lot lol but had a fun story with Doom looking for his mother who has returned and trying to deal with being a hero and fighting villains and at the same time, battling Ben grimm whose an agent of SHIELD and the drama there, meeting with Riri and dealing with it, the coming of SHIELD and their arrest of him and what transpires there and then dealing with Mephisto and we see how he has been behind it all and it all culminates in Doom and Strange vs the devil and its an interesting problem and an okayish ending.

Its not the greatest Iron man or doom story but I kinda like how it focuses on him as a character and maybe try to redeem him and shows how Mephisto has been behind his life and manipulating him and all that, its weird and fun and makes for a good ending. My only problem is the dialogue like its way too much and people repeating the same lines but I guess its bendis-writing more so but anyways it was a fun read and leads into the next story arc really well and the art was decent I guess. Good one time read.

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this as I was reading it but as I flipped the final page I had an undeniable sense of anticlimax. Possibly because I had been lead to believe that this was the end of the 'Doom as Iron Man' story. It's not.

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

So it's over. Damn shame because this series could have kept building.

So Doom is starting to become a true hero. He takes down 40+ villains in the very first issue. At first Ben thought he killed them all but we find out he just knocked them out and they were arrested. Doom arresting people? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO? But then when Ben goes on a mission to find out what Doom is really up to we find out the truth behind the twist in the last volume, who is Doom's mother truly? It all comes down to a psychological warefare battle that could only end in one truth...this is the end of Infamous Iron-man (the series, he'll be back in Iron-man legacy.)

Good: I really enjoy Doom's interaction with everyone. He's snide, very very smart, and kind of a dick. I also like Ben dealing with not letting go of the past but so badly wanting Doom to be good. The Riri interaction with Doom was great too and it shows how much of a kid she is in comparison to someone with a history like Doom. Also how great was Strange coming in to help doom out at the end?

Bad: THe art sometimes can be a little wonky. Still good sometimes, but other times can't tell what's happening. Also the ending feels rushed as you can kind of tell Bendis had longer plans but they all came to a head because Iron-man Tony HAS to come back. Fuck people learn to try new things. Ugh.

Anyway this was a fun series while it lasted all of 12 issues. I enjoyed the banter, the fighting, the story for this run. It wasn't perfect but where it ended I still wanted more. I'd give this one a 3.5 and recommend it to anyone liking some snide ass Iron-man going around using magical powers on top of having a badass suit.

[Malum · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to give this volume a lower score than the last one, but you can't go lower than one and so here we are.

So, lets see what we have here: Doom basically kisses The Things ass, whining about how sorry he is for every bad thing he ever said or did to him. Then we get page after page of a Reed Richards wannabee monologuing. Then The Thing and The Human Torch sit around talking for a while. Then, instead of a big fight at the end, the main villain (in an ending which totally rips off another--MUCH better--doom comic) just monologues for pages. And I mean PAGES. The art doesn't even really change. It's just page and pages and pages of this asshat talking nonsense.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone killed themselves and left this fucking book as a suicide note.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

11/8/2022 rereading through this. Man this was a really good story. This was a nice spin on the character of Doom. Great concept and execution.


So I read my final issues 7-12, nice ending. Dr Doom gets some help form some one at the end to fight the person who has been pulling the strings the whole time. And you find out why said person was doing what they were doing. Pretty cool concept. But overall, I really dug this story here. I could read more.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh, god damn it.

I really wanted to like this. I really did. The first six issues set up something really intriguing, and the first four or so in this volume make it even more interesting, and then the last one just ruins it all. God damn it.

Victor Von Doom has taken it upon himself to be the new Iron Man, and sets about wiping the streets clean of bad guys, while being pursued by Ben Grimm, SHIELD, and now Riri Williams and Cynthia Von Doom herself. The story brings Doom into conflict with all of these characters before setting up what looks like a confrontation with The Maker, an evil version of Reed Richards from the Ultimate Universe, only to crap it all away. It's a perfect set-up, and instead it's revealed to be nothing but a callback to Triumph And Torment (which I really didn't enjoy). Squandered potential at its finest.

There are some good things going on however; Doom's characterization is very good, and I really buy his new status quo which is something I never expected to say, while Ben Grimm remains a great supporting character. Meanwhile Alex Maleev is drawing the hell out of this book; it's beautifully done, from the quiet moments of introspection to the huge battle scenes in the last few issues.

I really wanted more from this conclusion. The set-up was all there, and then...god damn it.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to review this one without spoiling it.

After the final revelation of last volume Doom has to confront his enemy with the help of none other than Stephen Strange. Before that he encounters somebody unexpected. At least under the mantle he dons.

Pretty good if not overwhelming. It's wordy (Bendis), slow paced (Bendis) and a bit stiff around the edge (Maleev) the whole arc of 12 issues probably could have been done in 2 issues less at the very least if not 4.

Bendis makes good use of an old story of fame, manages tension and surprises as well as expected but ever so slowly, alas.
Good dialogues, though less witty than usual. The villain's meta dialogue of last issue is absolutely great.

A semi-depressive Ben Grimm is a very good supportive cast and the sadness presiding over his brief encounter with Johnny Storm is quite well-done.

The point of Doom trying to do somme good after his epiphany holds for now. Of course I'm pretty sure he'll revert to his former self somewhere in the future but in the meantime it makes for interesting choices to make, paths to follow and people to convince.

The series closing with its last issue to be reunified with Riri William's I can't tell how Doom will mark his place in future stories but I'd like to see him with this new persona for some more time.

PS: beautiful covers from Alex Maleev.

[Alex E · Rating 3 out of 5]

When one of the most notoriously evil people... well, ever suddenly decides to be a good guy- it's pretty reasonable to assume not everyone will think they're telling the truth. And that goes double because its Doctor freakin Doom.

In this volume we have not only Riri confronting him, but shield, and Doctor Strange. And what's interesting is that they all walk away from their conversation with Doom a little less sure than before that he has something nefarious up his sleeve. In fact, he is proven to be telling the truth when a Reed Richards imposter shows up and begins to make Doom's life hell. This was actually kind of funny because Bendis made the big bad be the person the internet keeps going on and on about. When an unknown villain lurks in the shadows, there's been a lot of talk of Mephisto, and here we see Bendis actually pull that off and not only that, but have Mephisto talk to us for like 5 pages straight. Very 4th wall breaking and interesting.

I'm sad to see this book go because it was bringing up some interesting questions and seeing Doom interact with the heroes has been really entertaining. I kind of wish that would've kept going but the series was cancelled after this volume. Overall I would say this was a successfully experiment by Marvel's creative team. Recommended for fans of Iron Man and of course, Doom.

[B. P. Rinehart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say that this book is definitely going into my year-end favorites. The fact that one of the most notorious characters in comic book history has a realization and tries to change his life while simultaneously not trying to face the consequences of his life of evil is something else (and a story that is being told in an even better way by the distinguished competition). The art is beautiful and the fact that much of the Marvel Comics underworld and its heroes are not buying what "good" Doom is selling. I also like how this book is tying into Invincible Iron Man: Ironheart, Volume 2 (it helps that both series are written by the same guy, his best two series of the year--by far.

The art is fantastic and the callback to various past stories is also a treat. Good series.

[Traumal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Víc toho je v recenzi na pevní pejprbek, tady jsme se dočkali finále, které vzdalo krásný hold Triumph and torment v jehož duchu nás krásně mátlo celou dobu.

[Scott Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book continues to impress, and the story of Doom's transformation is wonderfully handled by Brian Michael Bendis. Granted, if it weren't a pattern played out over and over again in comics--particularly in Marvel's X-Men books, where they seem never to have met a popular villain they couldn't eventually turn around--it would be hard to believe such a switch of character by so hardened a case as Victor Von Doom. But given the scale of Secret Wars etc. I think Doom's probably gone through enough to change his mind. And if his reasoning is selfish--I got what I thought I wanted all along and it turns out it kind of sucked and that opened my eyes to how stupid, nihilistic and evil I'd been all these years--his nature will have changed too an extent, but were he suddenly to become meek and humble then the book would become ridiculously unbelievable. As Doom himself asks, if he has changed--and in the end everyone else decides they have to judge him on his actions going forward--then wouldn't he do more good out actively seeking to contribute to society than sitting in a cell (or executed) as a model of what we do to bad guys?

Bendis does strong, quality work more often then not, and he especially excels when allowed to focus on one protagonist and a few satellite characters as he does here. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent end to Bendis' way-too-short run of Infamous Iron Man. He continues to illuminate Victor's character and pairs him with some interesting Marvel heroes. His visions of the future are particularly intriguing and suggest a story line that was cut short.

However, I'm not sure I loved the ending to the whole thing, which in its final issue undercuts some of the best elements of this conflict, including Victor's mom and The Maker. Ah well. It still made for a dramatic finale.

[Joe Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brian Michael Bendis - writer
Alex Maleev - illustrator
Matt Hollingsworth - color artist

The second volume of Bendis and Maleev's Infamous Iron Man does not disappoint! Victor Von Doom continues his heavy-handed attempt to correct a lifetime of villainy by attacking and imprisoning a huge gathering of super-villains. S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't want Dr. Doom running around playing vigilante and sends Ben Grimm and Riri Williams after him. And there's still the mystery of Doom's long-lost mother, now mysteriously returned and keeping company with - Reed Richards?!



This was really good! Loved the characterization of Doom, Ben Grimm and Riri Williams. Nice twist in the end, not super-surprising but solid and very well done.



Maleev's art is strong, as always. Dark, moody, expressive panels give way to psychedelic trips into the astral plane and bombastic battles with otherworldly entities. Colorist Matt Hollingsworth deserves high praise.



5/5
Recommended.

[Adam Spanos · Rating 2 out of 5]

The evolution of Doctor Doom into the heroic Victor was definitely interesting to read, but it made for a sub-par, heavily padded comic. What would've been a nice 4-issue series 30 years ago was instead stretched out to an unnecessary 12 issues with over-indulgent decompression. The comic is dominated by moody poses and dialogue close-ups using the same image over and over again. It's hard to criticize Maleev's art here, Bendis' script was asking for a lot out of the art. Maleev did very well with the emotional close-ups and moody set-pieces, but his scratchy style might have made the action confusing - if there was any. All the fighting is either cut short before it starts with a teleportation or cutaway to another scene, and major final battle is completely obscured by a character dominating each panel of the climax by breaking the fourth wall and addressing the reader, summarizing the whole plot and explaining how it has ended while keeping the reader from ACTUALLY SEEING how it all ends. Not just lazy writing, but insultingly lazy writing on Bendis' part.

[Memphis Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a captivating combination of story and art. Alex Maleev is drawing Victor Von Doom perfectly. He looks European, sad and wise, truly contrite but still proud. That seems like a lot to put on a comic, but it's really there.

These are relatable people in extraordinary circumstances, and no one does the "human personalities behind the superheroes/villains" thing better than Brian Michael Bendis. (see also his Daredevil, New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, Powers, etc.)

The dialogue reflects how people really talk. The expressions on the faces reflect how people really look. I found myself reading slower than I usually do, hearing their voices and staring at each emotional face, especially Victor and Ben Grimm, The Thing.

PLUS! If you're like me, you really, really miss The World's Greatest Comic Magazine - The Fantastic Four. (Sorry, Deadpool!) This is as close to an FF comic as we'll get, at least until Marvel Studios gets the movie rights back. Ben, Johnny, and even Victor miss Sue and Reed just as much as the rest of us.

Highest recommendation. Six stars out of five!

[Tesutamento · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tek ciltlik bir hikaye uzatılarak iki ciltlik olunca tadı da kaçıyor maalesef. Büyük kötünün kim olduğu kısmı ve ardından gelen dövüş fazla aceleye gelmiş gibiydi. Muhtemelen Bendis'e "hadi artık toparla" demişler de bitmiş gibiydi. Yani hem gereğinden fazla uzatılmış hem de finalini yaparken aceleye gelmiş garip seriydi.

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Riri and Doom? Absolutely.
But cheesy dialogue and the grand reveal was NOT good.

[Erik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply amazing

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big fun: Bendis and Maleev bring Von Doom to life as a more sensible human being, and wrap up the series with a metaphysical confrontation.
Highly recommended.

[Ma'Belle · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the first, pretty good volume of this miniseries, the motivation for Doom turning his focus towards bettering the world is kind of glossed over, and it's mentioned even less here. So, without having read Secret Wars (but knowing of it), here's my take on what you should know: Dr. Doom somehow attained the god-level power he's always been seeking, and it played out as him ruling over a whole bunch of different worlds in the multiverse for a while. All those Secret Wars comic titles had Doom lurking in the background, pulling the strings. I *think* (but I'm not positive) that when that whole mess ended, that's what collapsed the multiverse so certain figures from the Ultimate 'verse were brought to this one (is it still called Earth 616?), and some Illuminati characters decided to kill every other Doom-verse and the Ultimate 'verse in order to save this one? And only a handful of people remember that happening, including Doom.

So how might that impact Doom in the aftermath of having had so much power?

Well, it humbles him, prompts him to lose the mask and show a now-very-handsome, unscarred face. He still has all the same knowledge and both mystical powers (including teleportation that comes in very handy but somehow seems to always surprise the leaders of SHIELD, which makes no sense) and probably the most advanced set of tech in the world. But now that he's tasted ultimate power and used it for evil, he's inspired to try being the most powerful superhero instead.

His motivation for taking the mantle of Iron Man is less clear, especially since that role has already been filled by Riri Williams, *with* the blessing of Tony Stark and his closest people and A.I. that inherited his company when he went into a coma.

The story is still pretty damn good, until like the last issue. There were some really good pieces being set up, and then the Big Baddie Reveal is suuuuper disappointing, makes very little sense, and kind of ruins the darker, more mysterious elements that had been lurking. Womp, womp.

But I'm still gonna give it 4 stars because of what interesting things it does with the characters 90% of the time.

[Maja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part 2 of "2017 comic series I was reading until Marvel cancelled them all".

..although honestly, I can't even fault Marvel on this one. I think objectively, it's a terrible series. Bendis took a mildly intriguing concept ("what if Doctor Doom decided to be a superhero?") and instead of just building a nice, straightforward plot around this, he wrote...whatever the hell is going on here. However, strangely enough, I've mostly really enjoyed reading this mess. First reason: the art is STUNNING in every single issue. Second reason: I love Doctor Doom, and am easily satisfied by snarky dialogue scenes. Also, in the end he fights the Devil together with Doctor Strange, and I adore those two together. What's not to like?
But yeah, I would not recommend this to anyone ever, unless you're also a Doctor Doom fan and just want to see some great art and funny dialogues, together with a shitty plot.

[RND · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really enjoying these two Bendis Iron Man books more than I expected to. Maleev's art is pretty but occasionally still stiff. I like their Grimm, too. Tortured and a bit lost. Best supporting character in this arc.

[Vail Chester · Rating 1 out of 5]

I quote the pink sea star with the green shorts:
"WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!"

[Juan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this very interesting. As I mentioned in my review for Volume 1, I am certainly intrigued by Doctor Doom making efforts to become a force of good despite the entire world basically telling him, point blank, that he will never be forgiven for everything he has over done.

So some points in hopes I do not spoil
-Riri Williams is such a delight and her interactions with Doctor Doom are funny.
-The Thing is just totally the best
-Doctor Strange comes to help and also has some really good interactions with Doctor Doom
-One character I will not mention by name certainly give Doctor Doom hell... with a pun. Once his plan is revealed we see Doctor Doom's messed up life is really going to screw with his mind forevermore.
-Said character also has a breaking the fourth wall moment that is pretty comical
-Dr. Perera, with whom I have really felt sorry for since her initial introduction in Invincible Iron Man just gets getting the short end of the stick her too.
-my last note is just a mention that I really like how Brian Michael Bendis really tries to give Doctor Doom a sense of humanity in an otherwise impossible cause. I think one of the most touching of moment involve Doom talking honestly about his jealous of Reed Richards and going as far as saving a picture of Richards, Grimm, and himself from their days in school.

So both Riri Williams and Doctor Doom's story comes to an end with Legacy's The Search for Tony Stark arc which I think continues to show Doom at his best while ultimately paying a high price.

[Michael Hicks · Rating 2 out of 5]

Infamous Iron Man might be one of the most meh comics I've read in a while. Doctor Doom tries to rehab his image by carrying the mantle of Iron Man and, shocker, is distrusted by the good guys who are trying to take him, while the bad guys are also trying to take him out for turning traitor.

Coming in at 12 issues, this series feel overly-long, and Brian Michael Bendis wears out his usual storytelling tics in quick order. Multiple characters repeat the exact same dialogue verbatim multiple times, and as with the first volume, we, yet again, get a build up toward a big action scene, only for Bendis to cut away from it, fast-forward, and then lay out the action sequence as a flashback. The grand finale to this series as a whole is... lackluster feels too kind, but I'll go with it. 12 issues leading up to a big reveal and a battle for Doom's soul and fate and we get... a fourth-wall breaking monologue from the bad guy for half the page count. It's a yawn-fest.

As with the first volume, I'm again struggling as to why this series was necessary and why it took 12 issues to tell this particular story. I can only hope there's some worthwhile payoff to all this in Bendis's final run on the core series, Invincible Iron-Man, but, honestly? I'm not holding my breath.

[James Lawner · Rating 3 out of 5]

In some ways this was better than the first 6 issues, but the final issue kinda ruined things a bit. If you were one of the many people who were hoping for Mephisto to show up at the end of WandaVision, then maybe you’ll get a kick out of this! 😂 The best parts of this were when “Reed Richards” was talking to Ben Grimm about a past memory, when Riri Williams met up with Doom and Doom had that vision of the future where he met a Sorcerer Supreme, who happen to be a certain Genius Playboy Industrialist 😉 (All of which happened in Issue #8 btw), and the conversation between Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm in Issue #9. Everything else was rather average, and this limited series hasn’t made me feel anything for Victor Von Doom as a hero, and I can kinda see how this was trying to do the same thing like what Superior Spider-Man did for Otto Octavius, but it just didn’t work out the way that it could have. The artwork was still good, but I’m still not fond of the splash pages filled with dialogue. This series could’ve been better had it been written by someone else, like maybe Al Ewing, he wrote a good series about a villain gone hero in Loki: Agent of Asgard. I think the big mistake was making Victor Von Doom into a new Iron Man, when he should’ve been the new leader of the Fantastic Four or the Future Foundation.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars.
This final Volume of Infamous Iron Man does not see him give up the mantle, but does see many try to take it from him. A group of villains banding together to take him out? Nope... all in jail now. Ironheart goes to Castle Doom in Latveria hoping to grab up tech? Doesn't get that, but does bring Doom into SHIELD, though only by his request. Victor is trying to recreate a vision he had a bit ago and gets Riri to blast him hard enough to knock him out. He gets the vision, but finds no answers he seeks.
An alternate thread in the Volume involves the return of Reed Richards (or is it really him?). Reed meets up with Ben Grimm and demands the death of Doom, but that only causes The Thing to be more suspicious.
Doom escapes SHIELD custody, but only by intervention from his mother, who teaches him more of her magic, but then he goes back into custody to meet up with Doctor Strange.
The whole Volume wraps up when Strange and Doom uncover the identity of "Reed"... none other than Mephisto. Battle breaks out.

This whole Volume felt very disjointed, but also was entertaining. I really like the idea of Doom as Iron Man, but wish his desire to honor Tony didn't seem to overshadow Riri's adventures as Ironheart. Recommend, but for completionists.

[Adan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think Bendis’ ultimate legacy at Marvel will be his knack for putting characters together that hadn’t really had a chance to be together before, and then making some pretty great moments out of that. Like, that was literally the entirety of his Avengers run: a bunch of people that didn’t really hang out all that often, now hanging out all the time. In Infamous Iron Man, we got to see interactions between Sharon Carter and Ben Grimm, Stephen Strange, and of course Victor von Doom, three characters I don’t think she’s ever interacted with outside of a Bendis comic.

This collection has a pretty big twist that I didn’t see coming, but really should have. But the twist’s weird meta monologue at the end was too weird and knocked off a whole star from an otherwise excellent story.

Maleev’s art is brilliant, as always.

I am legit surprised that I’m so interested in not one, but two stories of megalomaniacal villains trying to break good while being the standard bearers for fallen heroes after decades of doing horrible shit. Also, they both wear armor and think they’re the smartest in their respective universes. And these stories are actually pretty good. Legit surprised.

[Rolando Marono · Rating 3 out of 5]

El final de la breve historia de la redención de Doom. Lamentablemente tras un volumen interesante que parecía acercarse a algo bueno, concluye de manera abrupta dejándote con la sensación de que no llegó a ninguna parte.
Y efectivamente, en este volumen tenemos muchas conversaciones, muchos viajes, mucha confusión de Doom y sin embargo se siente vacío. Creo que se debe a que no hubo un arco claro del personaje, Doom empieza queriendo ser bueno y termina igual, y no habría problema pero no se siente ninguna tribulación en ningún momento, no tiene que atravesar algo que lo haga dudar de sus convicciones.
Finalmente, la revelación del villano me gustó mucho. Que el malo sea ese personaje, añade una capa de profundidad a la historia. Habrá gente que no quiere que Doom se redima, que salve su alma porque eso sería arrebatarles una alma que habían añorado por mucho tiempo.
Si hubiera un tercer volumen lo leería porque aún creo que hay algunas historias que se podrían contar de manera interesante de este personaje.