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Iron Man: Legacy of Doom #1-4
Iron Man: Legacy of Doom
Dr. Doom returns to menace Iron Man in the chilling and long-awaited conclusion of the Camelot Trilogy! Mephisto has apparently found a way to bring about the End of Days, and Tony Stark and Victor Von Doom must form an uneasy alliance to try and stop him. But all may not be as it seems. And it takes a journey to Hell itself before the shocking truth is revealed!
112 pages, Paperback
First published October 8, 2008
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October 8, 2016
Good! So back in 2008 I kinda went Iron Man crazy with the Movie coming out that year, collecting everything I could, which included this series! This is written by the same guy who did Demon In a Bottle; and here he writes a series which goes back to the retro Iron Man from the seventies! The Story has Iron Man and Doom face off against each other as Doom goes off to find Excalibur, King Arthurs sword; so he can...(Spoiler Block)! This story is also a sequel to a previous Doom vs Iron Man Story, but they do a great job of letting you know what happened before so your not lost! I especially liked the artwork; it looked like retro 70s comic, but with crisp clean colours so It felt new as well! Story wise, its pretty good also, I enjoyed this story quite a bit! Overall a pretty solid read!
January 3, 2026
I found this to be a pretty goofy and odd little story involving Iron Man and Doctor Doom. There’s time travel, King Arthur, and a slang-talking Merlin (?). On the positive side, I liked the artwork, Doom’s arrogance, and the parts that involved Mephisto and his realm.
December 28, 2025
Issue #1:
At a private lab in Stark international, Tony is disposing of suits he no longer needs as his extremes suit can handle anything. He destroys the others so he does not deal with techno theft. He begins transferring data to his hard drive. He sees a time stamp from when he wasn’t iron man. It reveals he saw Doom in space. How could he forget? Last time he barely survived, after Doom made a pact with Morgana Le Fay. He defeated Doom and they had to team up to return after Le Fay betrayed him. They went their separate ways as Doom swore revenge. He begins to remember. He went to fix a Stark international satellite. Doom arrived. He attacks but it’s a hologram. He says he needs his presence at his castle in Latveria and the lives of millions are at stake. He reluctantly follows. With Latveria mid war, iron man has to dodge bullets soaring after him. Doom sends him through a portal to the castle. Tony berates him for not mentioning the war. He says it’s just people trying to overthrow him. He has finished a neutron pulse engine, which can kill. Tony tells him he can’t let him use that. He gives Tony 10 minutes to stop it. He is able to retrieve a fighter jet and convince the soldiers to stand down, saving them. Doom tells him it’s time to go. He says Mephisto has found a way to end the universe. They have remote transmitters to get back, Tony scans them and sees them identical. They arrive in what looks like Dante’s inferno. It’s different than Doom calculated. They are attacked by slimy creatures. Iron Man finds a door, they are greeted by Mephisto. Doom says it’s different than last time. He redecorated in honor of his new guest. Iron Man knew he was screwed and used the transmitter but they only work with Dooms suit. They made a bargain that Mephisto helped doom and Doom would bring him iron man to remain in hell forever.
Issue #2:
In hell, Tony didn’t learn until later what really happened in Doom’s lair in Latveria. Doom has Morgana Le Fay captured. She tells him she will kill him and he says she won’t because the cage was designed by himself. It can counter any mystics she attempts. He says she brought this on herself for betraying him. They agreed on Gor if he aided her in her attack on her brother Arthur he would get arcane knowledge. Iron man interfered and she fled dimensions with Excalibur. He studied for months but finally found her in Mephisto’s realm. She was granted stay in exchange for the sword. Until he made him a better offer. Iron Man. He tells her she will grant him one spell or he will send her back to Mephisto as a possession and not a visitor. Meanwhile, Iron Man is fighting off Mephisto’s minions. He is keeping them at bay which mephisto finds impressive. However he finds it tedious and releases the big daddy. His minions shy away. Iron man turns around to see his father in massive devil form. He calls his son a wimp. He tells him he’s a failure and will never reach his potential worrying about consequences. He tells him he’s not his son. These words distract him as he’s attacked. He says he’s going to beat him every day for eternity. Mephisto enjoys this. He grabs popcorn but then throws it because there’s no butter. Howard continues to hurl insults. He says his mother found him a disappointment as well. This set Tony over the edge. He destroys him. In Doom’s lair, Le Fay casts the spell infusing Doom’s suit with Excalibur. He tells Le Fay she broke her promise once. He frees her but sends her back to Gor without Excalibur to escape. Mephisto didn’t see this coming, his minions attack again. He can’t use his technology to stop them but he could use Howard’s. He creates a force field to buy him time. He replicated the code for Doom’s suit to escape. He finds himself face to face with Doom wielding Excalibur. He attacks breaking his suit. Doom reveals it was possible because it’s Excalibur, also making him invincible.
Issue #3:
As Iron Man returns from hell, Doom’s change is quite noticeable. His armor is now jet black as he wields Excalibur. He couldn’t give up but neither would doom. Iron man gets him to step on the platform mechanism and uses the suit to shock him. Temporary injury only but his suit was out of power he had to retreat. Doom says he could go after him but he has other matters to attend to. Long Island scientists were struggling. The results sent back from the satellite were actually accurate. This means something huge was pushing stars out of its way. Iron man settles in a forest and is greeted by Merlin, king Arthur’s sorcerer. His body is in England and he’s a hologram. He says Mephisto lied and there’s corruption there at all times, he didn’t find a way to trigger the end of days. He says Doom is looking to unleash all of Arthur’s powers. The sword makes you invincible but the scabbard makes you invulnerable. He tells him it is in the Ballanayr Plain in Scotland but that he has to look with both his brain and eyes. He tells Iron man he’s the chosen champion. His power level hits full and he moves. Doom commands the sword to take him to the scabbard. At an Australian research center, scientists confirm the being bending celestial bodies has no relation to physics. It’s gaining speed and should make it to earth in an hour, in Scotland. Iron man arrived and finds nothing but Doom arrives soon after. The ground tilted and split as the stones enclosed and formed an arena. Doom falls for a trick of the scabbard releasing stone warriors, him and iron man must work together. They are able to defeat the stones and turn the water tentacles into mist but it dissolves parts of their armor. Iron man realizes one of the stones is different and has a real reflection rather than an image. He bolts for it and beats doom. The power takes over iron man transforming him. Doom says it’s a mistake and he’s killed them all as a massive eye appears from the sky.
Issue #4:
The massive eye creature stared down at them from the sky. Tony was finally remembering what happened in those lost days. He attacked the creature with his repulsers, using his least favorite thing, magic. The eyes were staring into people and killing them instantly. They have no clue what it truly is. Doom says to cast a spell shot in front of it and turn the ground brittle. It works. Doom drives Excalibur into the ground and the monster falls in. They were alone. Iron man tells doom to talk now. He borrowed a tome from another dimension and he faced horrors. He made a deal with Mephisto to save the souls of latveria by bringing him Tony. He would be able to retrieve Excalibur and the scabbard to stop this. However then the creature re-emerges. It’s following the road north when latveria is south. Doom admits that it’s after everyone he’s ever ruled, which at one point was all of earth. Iron Man instantly goes after it. He creates a massive explosion but it doesn’t stop it, it regenerates. They have no way to stop it. Merlin arrives. Still under spell in England it remains a hologram. Excalibur in the scabbard is the only way to stop Mr Icky. Tony realizes he will have to sacrifice himself. He wasn’t ready but he had to be. Doom drives the sword into his chest but it doesn’t work. Merlin says magic only works on belief and Doom says he will have to trust him. Although he doesn’t like Victor he’s a brilliant scientist and Tony saw a bigger world. This time it works. Icky explodes but iron man survives. Both return to normal. Merlin retrieves the scabbard and Excalibur to return to the lady of the lake. He has to create a spell to make them forget. He says he can’t take chances. Not even Merlin thought of wiping the memory card. He fires up the jet to England. On the British countryside he spends a fortune buying land. He builds a mall around the lake because Merlin not trusting him rubbed him the wrong way. He departs.
Very interesting dynamic between doom and iron man, great art and solid story
8.5/10
At a private lab in Stark international, Tony is disposing of suits he no longer needs as his extremes suit can handle anything. He destroys the others so he does not deal with techno theft. He begins transferring data to his hard drive. He sees a time stamp from when he wasn’t iron man. It reveals he saw Doom in space. How could he forget? Last time he barely survived, after Doom made a pact with Morgana Le Fay. He defeated Doom and they had to team up to return after Le Fay betrayed him. They went their separate ways as Doom swore revenge. He begins to remember. He went to fix a Stark international satellite. Doom arrived. He attacks but it’s a hologram. He says he needs his presence at his castle in Latveria and the lives of millions are at stake. He reluctantly follows. With Latveria mid war, iron man has to dodge bullets soaring after him. Doom sends him through a portal to the castle. Tony berates him for not mentioning the war. He says it’s just people trying to overthrow him. He has finished a neutron pulse engine, which can kill. Tony tells him he can’t let him use that. He gives Tony 10 minutes to stop it. He is able to retrieve a fighter jet and convince the soldiers to stand down, saving them. Doom tells him it’s time to go. He says Mephisto has found a way to end the universe. They have remote transmitters to get back, Tony scans them and sees them identical. They arrive in what looks like Dante’s inferno. It’s different than Doom calculated. They are attacked by slimy creatures. Iron Man finds a door, they are greeted by Mephisto. Doom says it’s different than last time. He redecorated in honor of his new guest. Iron Man knew he was screwed and used the transmitter but they only work with Dooms suit. They made a bargain that Mephisto helped doom and Doom would bring him iron man to remain in hell forever.
Issue #2:
In hell, Tony didn’t learn until later what really happened in Doom’s lair in Latveria. Doom has Morgana Le Fay captured. She tells him she will kill him and he says she won’t because the cage was designed by himself. It can counter any mystics she attempts. He says she brought this on herself for betraying him. They agreed on Gor if he aided her in her attack on her brother Arthur he would get arcane knowledge. Iron man interfered and she fled dimensions with Excalibur. He studied for months but finally found her in Mephisto’s realm. She was granted stay in exchange for the sword. Until he made him a better offer. Iron Man. He tells her she will grant him one spell or he will send her back to Mephisto as a possession and not a visitor. Meanwhile, Iron Man is fighting off Mephisto’s minions. He is keeping them at bay which mephisto finds impressive. However he finds it tedious and releases the big daddy. His minions shy away. Iron man turns around to see his father in massive devil form. He calls his son a wimp. He tells him he’s a failure and will never reach his potential worrying about consequences. He tells him he’s not his son. These words distract him as he’s attacked. He says he’s going to beat him every day for eternity. Mephisto enjoys this. He grabs popcorn but then throws it because there’s no butter. Howard continues to hurl insults. He says his mother found him a disappointment as well. This set Tony over the edge. He destroys him. In Doom’s lair, Le Fay casts the spell infusing Doom’s suit with Excalibur. He tells Le Fay she broke her promise once. He frees her but sends her back to Gor without Excalibur to escape. Mephisto didn’t see this coming, his minions attack again. He can’t use his technology to stop them but he could use Howard’s. He creates a force field to buy him time. He replicated the code for Doom’s suit to escape. He finds himself face to face with Doom wielding Excalibur. He attacks breaking his suit. Doom reveals it was possible because it’s Excalibur, also making him invincible.
Issue #3:
As Iron Man returns from hell, Doom’s change is quite noticeable. His armor is now jet black as he wields Excalibur. He couldn’t give up but neither would doom. Iron man gets him to step on the platform mechanism and uses the suit to shock him. Temporary injury only but his suit was out of power he had to retreat. Doom says he could go after him but he has other matters to attend to. Long Island scientists were struggling. The results sent back from the satellite were actually accurate. This means something huge was pushing stars out of its way. Iron man settles in a forest and is greeted by Merlin, king Arthur’s sorcerer. His body is in England and he’s a hologram. He says Mephisto lied and there’s corruption there at all times, he didn’t find a way to trigger the end of days. He says Doom is looking to unleash all of Arthur’s powers. The sword makes you invincible but the scabbard makes you invulnerable. He tells him it is in the Ballanayr Plain in Scotland but that he has to look with both his brain and eyes. He tells Iron man he’s the chosen champion. His power level hits full and he moves. Doom commands the sword to take him to the scabbard. At an Australian research center, scientists confirm the being bending celestial bodies has no relation to physics. It’s gaining speed and should make it to earth in an hour, in Scotland. Iron man arrived and finds nothing but Doom arrives soon after. The ground tilted and split as the stones enclosed and formed an arena. Doom falls for a trick of the scabbard releasing stone warriors, him and iron man must work together. They are able to defeat the stones and turn the water tentacles into mist but it dissolves parts of their armor. Iron man realizes one of the stones is different and has a real reflection rather than an image. He bolts for it and beats doom. The power takes over iron man transforming him. Doom says it’s a mistake and he’s killed them all as a massive eye appears from the sky.
Issue #4:
The massive eye creature stared down at them from the sky. Tony was finally remembering what happened in those lost days. He attacked the creature with his repulsers, using his least favorite thing, magic. The eyes were staring into people and killing them instantly. They have no clue what it truly is. Doom says to cast a spell shot in front of it and turn the ground brittle. It works. Doom drives Excalibur into the ground and the monster falls in. They were alone. Iron man tells doom to talk now. He borrowed a tome from another dimension and he faced horrors. He made a deal with Mephisto to save the souls of latveria by bringing him Tony. He would be able to retrieve Excalibur and the scabbard to stop this. However then the creature re-emerges. It’s following the road north when latveria is south. Doom admits that it’s after everyone he’s ever ruled, which at one point was all of earth. Iron Man instantly goes after it. He creates a massive explosion but it doesn’t stop it, it regenerates. They have no way to stop it. Merlin arrives. Still under spell in England it remains a hologram. Excalibur in the scabbard is the only way to stop Mr Icky. Tony realizes he will have to sacrifice himself. He wasn’t ready but he had to be. Doom drives the sword into his chest but it doesn’t work. Merlin says magic only works on belief and Doom says he will have to trust him. Although he doesn’t like Victor he’s a brilliant scientist and Tony saw a bigger world. This time it works. Icky explodes but iron man survives. Both return to normal. Merlin retrieves the scabbard and Excalibur to return to the lady of the lake. He has to create a spell to make them forget. He says he can’t take chances. Not even Merlin thought of wiping the memory card. He fires up the jet to England. On the British countryside he spends a fortune buying land. He builds a mall around the lake because Merlin not trusting him rubbed him the wrong way. He departs.
Very interesting dynamic between doom and iron man, great art and solid story
8.5/10
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2019
The storytelling was meh but the artwork in this series was GREAT - super vibrant and fun, less tailored to the male gaze than later volumes.
January 21, 2020
While all greats in Iron Man lore, David Michelinie, Bob Layton, and Ron Lim tell a completely unneeded story with almost no value other than reminding readers they once created something better. This was a pretty terrible callback to a classic. The villains made no sense, there was no intrigue or drama, and both Stark and Doom look like idiots. Lim's art was the only thing holding this up. Overall, if you love Iron Man...don't read this.
April 3, 2021
This is a sequel to two previous stories involving Doctor Doom and Camelot. The book opens with Doom calling Iron Man to Latveria on the pretext of needing his help, but only to sell him out to Mephisto as part of a plot to obtain something Morgan Le Fay.
The story is not bad, but it seethes it's unnecessaryness and disposableness. As a one-off, it doesn't effect future continuity and it doesn't tell some profound or can't miss story. It has some good scenes, some okay characterization, and art that's a bit better than the story deserves. Overall, it was fine, but nothing to write home about.
The story is not bad, but it seethes it's unnecessaryness and disposableness. As a one-off, it doesn't effect future continuity and it doesn't tell some profound or can't miss story. It has some good scenes, some okay characterization, and art that's a bit better than the story deserves. Overall, it was fine, but nothing to write home about.
October 30, 2025
Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist, Sorcerer, Sovereign, Monarch, Mystic, Conquerer, The Rightful King of Latveria.
November 19, 2024
Wow.
This was...unnecessary...
During the Extremis era Tony Stark decides to destroy older armor and stumbles across a recording of another time-travel/Camelot adventure with Doctor Doom which he had completely forgotten.
With the problem that those two previous stories were entertaining!
This one isn't. Both Tony and Doom come across as morons, the events are both convoluted and predictable (well, mostly) and while I have never been too much of a fan of Michelinie's he has produced some seminal works for Marvel in the past. But here he is just badly rehashing some of his glory days' work.
Add to that that I have never particularly liked Ron Lim's artwork (he is consistent and capable - but I also find it very bland) and have come to absolutely loathe time-travel stories in comic books and I find myself looking at a very overpriced book that falls very short of what it could have been.
This was...unnecessary...
During the Extremis era Tony Stark decides to destroy older armor and stumbles across a recording of another time-travel/Camelot adventure with Doctor Doom which he had completely forgotten.
With the problem that those two previous stories were entertaining!
This one isn't. Both Tony and Doom come across as morons, the events are both convoluted and predictable (well, mostly) and while I have never been too much of a fan of Michelinie's he has produced some seminal works for Marvel in the past. But here he is just badly rehashing some of his glory days' work.
Add to that that I have never particularly liked Ron Lim's artwork (he is consistent and capable - but I also find it very bland) and have come to absolutely loathe time-travel stories in comic books and I find myself looking at a very overpriced book that falls very short of what it could have been.
January 25, 2017
Probably a 3.5 more than 4, but I marked up rather than down. This is without doubt the weakest of the three Iron Man/ Dr Doom Camelot stories, but it is still pretty fun. Any book with Mephisto and Doom in it is always worth a look after all.
Although Camelot was the tenuous link to all this, in reality Morgan's Le Fey had very little to do with things, though Merlin and Excalibur played their part. Michelinie delivers a very retro feeling script that does all you expect, and the art by Ron Lim and Bob Layton is very easy on the eye.
This is the fast food of the comic book world. Quickly devoured and enjoyed at the time, but 5 minutes later you want something else.
I'd recommend though, worth a read.
Although Camelot was the tenuous link to all this, in reality Morgan's Le Fey had very little to do with things, though Merlin and Excalibur played their part. Michelinie delivers a very retro feeling script that does all you expect, and the art by Ron Lim and Bob Layton is very easy on the eye.
This is the fast food of the comic book world. Quickly devoured and enjoyed at the time, but 5 minutes later you want something else.
I'd recommend though, worth a read.
April 8, 2015
This book feels like it was written in the wild 80's and it even looks that way! Right off the bat you can tell you're in for a weird, wild ride! So much weirdness crammed in...I don't even know where to begin!
What the heck was 'Big Daddy' all about? Is that really supposed to be a Baalor Howard Stark? The hip slang talking Merlin threw me for a loop and Mephisto's Industrial MC Escher version of Hell was weird too! I didn't hate this book...but man it was a trip!
What the heck was 'Big Daddy' all about? Is that really supposed to be a Baalor Howard Stark? The hip slang talking Merlin threw me for a loop and Mephisto's Industrial MC Escher version of Hell was weird too! I didn't hate this book...but man it was a trip!
August 3, 2015
Oh, wow, this was even better than the first two parts of the Camelot Trilogy, and by "better" I mean "more bizarre," because, uh, yeah, that scene with Excalibur and the eyeball monster was really something.
Also I am definitely here for Tony seeing bizarre demon versions of his father in hell and having to scream at him that his mother loved both of them. Tony, Tony... you have some family issues.
Recommended if you like even more time-traveling Camelot weirdness.
Also I am definitely here for Tony seeing bizarre demon versions of his father in hell and having to scream at him that his mother loved both of them. Tony, Tony... you have some family issues.
Recommended if you like even more time-traveling Camelot weirdness.
November 13, 2015
I love how unabashedly goofy this book is. It knows it's strengths and plays to them well. Though the iteration of Hell and Mephisto was unconvincing and Merlin was given weird, hip dialogue, this was just a blast to read. Forcing Iron Man and Doctor Doom to grudgingly work together makes for some great storylines.
June 4, 2013
Pretty fun little series. Iron Man and Doom make for good partners and antagonists. Marvel still abuses the time travel/multiple dimensions trope, but in this collection it's not quite as offensive. The Big Bad was odd, to say the least.
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