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Marvel adds more excitement to Jonathan Hickman and Sanford Greene’s upcoming one-shot!

15th April 2024

By Paul Dunne

Jonathan Hickman and Sanford Greene’s upcoming Doom comic is one of the most hotly anticipated One-Shots of the year.

And Marvel has stoked excitement by releasing a look at the book’s Variant covers, including some beautiful work from Tim & Greg Hildebrandt, Adi Granov, and an acid-tinged look at Doom by Maria Wolf!

Doom #1 is certainly on our pull list at The Comic Crush and will feature on the next edition of ‘The Paul List’, my hotlist of books coming your way over the next 3 months, which is available exclusively to our upper-tier patrons! These books are hand-picked, and I offer previews of interior art and covers along with my picks and no-nonsense reasons why they’ve made the list.

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Here’s the solicit from Marvel for Doom #1, and some more info from Hickman and Greene about the book, which will see Doom face off against Galactus in the future!

DOOM #1 (ONE-SHOT)

The Pitch: In the near future... Doom alone must save the Marvel Universe! Witness Doctor Doom on a journey unlike any He has ever taken! With Valeria Richards at his side, Doom goes on a quest to harness and wield more power than anyone before Him, in an attempt to stop Galactus from bringing about the end of everything!

Nothing stands in the way of Doctor Doom. No hero. No villain. Not even the limits of space and time!

But all things must come to an end, and this May, legendary creators Jonathan Hickman and Sanford Greene send Victor Von Doom on his final journey in DOOM #1!

This breathtaking one-shot from two of the industry’s most mind-bending talents will showcase a universe-shattering battle between Doom and Galactus! A timeless testament to Doom’s unmatched hubris, determination, and self-preservation, DOOM #1 will encapsulate everything that makes Doom one of pop culture’s greatest villains in one standalone saga perfect for all fans. Witness Doom team up with one of the only people he respects—Valeria Richards—to save all that is and to try to attain a cosmic status that he’s only ever dreamed of!

In the near future… Doom alone must save the Marvel universe! Witness Doctor Doom on a journey unlike any he has undertaken before! With Valeria Richards at his side, Doom goes on a quest to harness more power than any human has ever wielded before - in order to try to stop Galactus from bringing about the death of the universe!

"Growing up reading Marvel Comics, I became fascinated by Doctor Doom and how he potentially is the center of the entire Marvel Universe!" Greene shared. "He is one of my bucket list characters and this story is somewhat a love letter to Doom and Marvel."

"Sanford and I have been waiting to work together for quite a while, so when he told me that he’d come up with an amazing Doom story and he wanted me to help out, I jumped at the chance,” Hickman added. "It’s a giant-sized story about a giant-sized character and I can’t tell you how excited I am to get to write Doom again."

"Jonathan is a longtime friend and he always amazes me with his vast knowledge of all types of things, especially the Marvel universe," Greene continued. "I couldn't think of anyone better to collaborate with."

The only question for us at The Comic Crush is… will this tie in with Hickman’s new Ultimate Universe, which is gathering steam and readers or will it tie into G.O.D.S., which has proved to be a slightly more divisive title with readers? Or perhaps neither? Only time will tell.

For now, we’ve got all the covers released so far! Take a look at them below: