Reddit reviews Marvel Graphic Novel #27 Emperor Doom Starring the Mighty Avengers

Actually there was a graphic novel that covered if Dr. Doom ruling the world would make it a better place:

http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Graphic-Emperor-Starring-Avengers/dp/0871352567

Emperor Doom.

Dr. Doom killed The Purple Man to get his mind control abilities on a global level, he had to deal with Androids who could not be mind controlled like The Vision and had devices made for them to comply. Simon Williams aka Wonder Man was put into a deep sleep before it happened and when he woke up he found that Dr. Doom was Emperor Doom and ran the world and poverty, discrimination, war, homelessness, hunger, etc were gone. For some reason The Purple Man tech didn't work on Wonder Man because he was made of Ionic Energy.

But it is a very good read for the Dr. Doom fan.

• Books of Doom is his origin story.
  
• Emperor Doom is a cool story about Doom taking over the world.
  
• Dr. Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment is about Doom teaming up with Dr. Strange to try and rescue Doom's mother's soul from Hell. It's great.
  
• Doomwar is about Doom taking Latveria to war against the Black Panther's country, Wakanda. It's pretty cool.

• (The Original) Secret Wars
  
• Emperor Doom
  
• Fantastic Four: Unthinkable
  
• Books of Doom

> I remember my cousins telling me about Dr Doom. He always seemed really cool, what do you know about him?

hahah EVERYTHING. Here is my recommendations for Doom

Starting point:

• Books of Doom is a modern re-telling of the origins of Dr. Doom. You will get his tragic childhood, his path to greatness, and his eventual rise to ruler of Latveria.
  
  
• Fantastic Four #246-247 "This Land is Mine": Now that you have seen the origin and backstory for Dr. Doom see all that he has done for his country and what it would be like without his gentle guiding hand
  
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• Doomwar: Dr. Doom wages a war against Black Panther. Behold the planning, genius, and power of Dr. Doom as he out plans one of Marvels most genius heroes. This story also gives an in depth view of why Dr. Doom believes he is doing the right thing and why all heroes that oppose him are the true villains.
  
  
• Emperor Doom: Have you ever wondered what would happen if the bad guys won? This story will show you just how evil and terrible it is when Doom takes over the world....oh wait..you mean it's not bad at all? Wow it turns out Dr. Doom is a man of his word, (as always) and might just be doing more good for the world than expected.
  
  
• Secret Wars: Besides just being an awesome book you can also witness Dr. Doom's genius as he plays people like pawns and confronts a god in his home turf.
  
  Suggested Readings:
  
  
• Fantastic Four 67-70 and Fantastic Four 500: the "Unthinkable" arc: This story will show the full power of Dr. Doom's magical abilities and to what lengths he will go to punish the Fantastic Four. This is a great battle between Reed and Dr. Doom.
  
  
• Fantastic Four 562-569: "Marquis of Death": This story has to be the longest revenge ever sought in fictional history. Dr. Doom's master returns to see how his star pupil is doing and he isn't pleased. This story will strike fear in the enemies of Doom when you see both the extent of his power and the extreme resolve and willpower of Dr. Doom

This panel was from Emperor Doom which I'm seeing Bob Hall, Bill Oakley, and Ken Lopez having illustrator credits. Sadly, I don't know which one did this page or if it was a collaborative effort.

Emperor Doom is a classic Doom vs the Avengers story. It’s about Doom actually concurring world and what happens because of that. It even has a place in continuity so at some point in Marvel’s history Doom actually did rule the world. It is crazy Silver Age fun.

Let us not forget Emperor Doom and the original Secret Wars, for Doom triumphant is the true Doom.

There is a 28-year-old graphic novel ("Emperor Doom") where Doctor Doom kidnaps Kilgrave, places him in an "amplifier", and is (eventually) able to take over the whole world using his powers.

(It should be noted that the few Marvel heroes that either have the willpower to resist him (Namor) or don't require breathing (Vision, MachineMan) are eventually controlled by an altered version of Kilgrave's powers using a contact device.)

So, by the end of his (first) run as a villain, it was observed that his ability could be EXTREMELY powerful if used in the right way.

BTW, the graphic novel is only okay. Doctor Doom comes across as amazing (as usual) but the discussion of "free will" and "benevolent dictator" is a bit too heavy handed (and rushed, for the story length). Also, the hero of the story is WonderMan, and he's never been a great character.