What If... Doctor Doom was Iron Man?

[samurainoir]

WHAT IF? IRON MAN: DEMON IN AN ARMOR
Story by Bob Layton & David MichelinIe
Written by DAVID MICHELINIE
Penciled by GRAHAM NOLAN
Cover by BOB LAYTON
Back-Up Story By RICK REMENDER & SHAWN MOLL
Would Tony Stark still be Iron Man...if he wasn't Tony Stark? Twenty years ago, in a college experiment gone bad, the young Stark's mind is transferred to the body of impoverished but brilliant fellow student, Victor von Doom! Blamed for the unsanctioned research, his memory wiped clean, Tony is deported and forced to face life as a disgraced Latverian commoner. Meanwhile, von Doom grows and flourishes in the wealth and privilege of being sole heir to Stark Industries. Thus, in separate cauldrons on different sides of the world, both Iron Man and Dr. Doom are forged anew. But who are the men inside the armors...really? Find out in "WHAT IF TONY STARK HAD BECOME DR. DOOM?", co-plotted and written by David Michelinie ("IRON MAN: THE END"), pencilled by Graham Nolan ("X-MEN FOREVER") and co-plotted and inked by Bob Layton ("HERCULES: TWILIGHT OF A GOD"). PLUS, What If: The Venom Symbiote Possessed Deadpool - Part 3!
40 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

[johnmiic]

At least it was written & drawn by the old Iron Man team. I still like the What if Doctor Doom had become Sorcerer Supreme from years ago.

[clemso]

If true, mego was a head of its time

[jds1911a1]

give a whole new tangent to the demon in a bottle story line of the 80's

[samurainoir]

The Big Two do throw the old-school Fan-Man a bone every now and then.

They also let Michelinie and Layton do Iron Man The End a while back, as well as another Iron Man vs Doom book to make it a trilogy (that fits into a nice collected volume I'm sure).


I'm wondering how well Claremont fans have been responding to the X-Men Forever books.

Over at DC, with Len Wein on Legacies, Giffen and Dematties on Booster Gold, there is still stuff for the fans of the seventies/eighties creators.

[Earth 2 Chris]

That's cool that Michiline and Layton are doing some Iron Man, but that "The End" logo is hideous!

Chris

[The Toyroom]

Over at DC...Giffen and Dematties on Booster Gold, there is still stuff for the fans of the seventies/eighties creators.

Giffen and DeMatteis on Booster Gold BLOWS! I dropped the book...I couldn't make heads or tails outta what was going on...TOO MANY words balloons...Ugh, talk about dialogue overkill. And I wasn't too impressed by what I gather was the plot....Their Justice League stuff was good at first but it got crappy real quick with the Manga Khan, L-Ron stuff and it looks like their turn at Booster solo is suffering the same fate....Bwah Ha Ha BLAH!

[samurainoir]

It helps to have a sense of humour about your superheroes when you're reading it!

Manga Khan, L-Ron, J'onn eating Oreos, G'Nort, Brain Damaged Guy Gardner, overweigh Blue Beetle, Barda and Scott trying to have an average life in the 'burbs. COMIC books.

Sometimes you need some chuckles to clear the palet from all the Blackest Night killing and unkilling, Identity Crisis fin-rape, neck snapping pant wearing Wonder Woman goodness.

[The Toyroom]

Not that I didn't have a sense of humor ("One Punch", Hawkman lamenting how this wasn't "his" Justice League, and other stuff) about their run on JLA but I just thing it got ridiculous and ruined some characters for a long time (Beetle and Booster specifically).

Maybe it's because it doesn't seem like their bringing anything new to the table with this latest run on Booster Gold (AND it's such a juxtaposition from what Dan Jurgens was doing on the book). I also had similar problems with Giffen's last attempt on Ambush Bug. Used to be a BIG fan of Ambush Bug....not so much anymore. It was a trainwreck IMO.

[jds1911a1]

Giffen and DeMatteis on Booster Gold BLOWS! I dropped the book...I couldn't make heads or tails outta what was going on...TOO MANY words balloons...Ugh, talk about dialogue overkill. And I wasn't too impressed by what I gather was the plot....Their Justice League stuff was good at first but it got crappy real quick with the Manga Khan, L-Ron stuff and it looks like their turn at Booster solo is suffering the same fate....Bwah Ha Ha BLAH!

I actually LOVED all that foolishness but I think this is an example of "you can't go home again" it worked then becuase it was fresh. now it feels like a re-run and why should you be happy to buy the story you already bought 18 years ago (was it really that long ago....I guess I need to start saying it's not the mileage it's the years)