![]() ![]() Cap very generally cites Hawkeye first, then the Wasp, and finally Iron Man, and when Simon is skeptical of Tony, Cap stands up for him… sort of.Īfter Cap and Simon trick their three teammates into watching Doom’s Funniest Home Videos-Cap really must not be himself right now-Clint wants to get his wife Mockingbird too, but Cap doubts her strength of will. (Those damned pop-up ads, am I right?)Īfter Cap has calmed down and installed an ad-blocker, he and Simon think of who else among their number have strong wills. …until he finally breaks Doom’s hold, and Cap finally breaks the computer monitor. Simon goes all Clockwork Orange on Cap, making him watch files of Doom being Doom and flattering him as having the most willpower of all the Avengers… Simon catches Cap’s shield and returns it, hoping to trick Cap into dodging it in the direction of Simon’s fist… which actually works? (I know, Cap isn’t himself… that has to be it. ![]() But first, Simon has to get him to listen. (“Be careful what you ask for,” huh Vic?)Īfter Simon figures out how Doom took over the world-maybe he played a detective in one of this movies-he decides to work on convincing his fellow Avengers to resist Doom’s influence, starting with those with particularly strong wills, meaning you-know-who. Meanwhile, we see that Emperor Doom is growing bored with his success, learning that ruling an obedient world still involves a lot of meetings and paperwork. Simon manages to escape and go undercover, disguising himself using the skills he learned as a film actor. …so much so that he wastes no time ratting out his old friend to the new “emperor.” Yes, Captain America is under Doom’s sway as well… When he comes out, Simon is not affected by Doom’s control, and finds the world a very different place than the one he left, including his fellow Avengers. Wonder Man, a man made of pure energy, who had been submerged in a sensory deprivation chamber when Doom enacted his plan. He passed.)īut Doom forgot about Simon Williams, a.k.a. (No one can say Doom is insincere about his beliefs: In June 2010’s Doomwar #3, to gain access to the stores of vibranium in Wakanda, Doom submitted to the judgment of the Panther God to assess the purity of his heart when he claimed to be able to save the world by ruling it. He makes good on his promises, and soon uses his mental tyranny to cure the world’s (other) evils. Once everything is in place and the people of the world are under his mental command, Doom visits the United Nations and gets unanimous support (from many familiar faces of 1987 politics) to become ruler of the Earth. He uses a smaller version to take control of Namor, and is careful to take out any other heroes whose unique brains are resistant to the Purple Man’s power, such as the Vision. In the first third of the graphic novel, Doctor Doom establishes and carries out his plan for world domination and salvation, based on capturing the Purple Man and using a “psycho-prism” to magnify his mind control abilities to cover the entire globe. ![]() As such, I certainly can’t do justice to the main part of the story here-I recommend the Marvel Age Doom blog once it gets to this story-but Captain America does play a small but significant role in it, striking notes of autonomy and freedom that we recently saw threatened by Magneto in X-Men vs. Despite the cover shown to the right, this graphic novel is really a Doctor Doom story that features the Avengers: My copy has “Emperor Doom” in large letters at the top and “Starring the Mighty Avengers” in much smaller print below it. ![]()
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