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Days Of Future Past
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It could almost be Minor Appearances Month again today, as we (briefly) look at an absolute classic of a comic, where Doom appears in just one panel.
The story itself, in the unlikely event you don't know, is the first part of a two-part story that not only inspired a (not very good) movie, but also set the tone for the next couple of decades of twisty-turny X-Men comics that skipped backwards and forwards across several different futures. It's also one of the very highest high points of Chris Claremont and John Byrne's run on the series, where the pair of them (not to mention Terry Austin on inks) are firing on all cylinders. I remember reading this in Marvel UK reprints back in the distant days of the 1970s and being convinced that nothing else could ever be as exciting as this. In terms of comics, I think I might have been right - what I'm basically saying here is that if you've never read this comic give yourself a treat and do so!
As for Doctor Doom, his single-panel appearance comes when Kitty Pryde Of The Future is telling the story of what happened in her timeline, where all of the super-powered individuals were rounded up by the Sentinels.
As ever, I'm duty bound to point out that Doom is the only villain in this montage, pointing towards his importance in the Marvel Universe and also his ongoing position as Avatar Of Villainy, being the one character chosen to represent all other supervillains. Also mildly interesting is that Kitty Pryde talks about "the North American continent" being taken over, which suggests that Doom was in the USA when everything went down - presumably either at the Latverian Embassy or at the United Nations as usual.
That's the lot for Doom here - next time there's a much bigger appearance, in a much less venerated series: Dazzler!
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posted 15/1/2020 by Mark Hibbett
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