Doctor Doom’s future just got a lot darker. This April, Marvel returns to the brutal world of 2099 with Doom 2099: Rage of Doom #1, a new one-shot that picks up the threads left dangling after last year’s Doomed 2099. Writer Frank Tieri is back to continue the saga he launched, this time joined by rising star artist Von Randal (All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider).
The infamous future version of Victor Von Doom—whose popularity surged thanks to Marvel Rivals, is coming off a humbling reckoning with his past self. Stripped of everything he once ruled, Doom’s last hope to reclaim his destiny lies in a dangerous alliance with the ultimate machine menace: Ultron.
Set in the desolate aftermath of Doomed 2099, the story finds Doom grappling with the catastrophic consequences of his own spell, which wiped out all life on Earth. Desperate to undo the damage, he discovers Ultron’s buried head and risks everything to repair his time machine—only to realize that reviving a ruthless AI may spark a rebellion even he can’t control.
“Behold the battle of two of comics’ all-time greatest villains!” Tieri teased. “After the shock ending to the last one-shot, that Doom 2099 was responsible for wiping out his timeline and all life on Earth—fans of that book were clamoring to find out how things got that way. Well, they need wonder no more because we reveal it here in DOOM 2099: RAGE OF DOOM #1… And we’ve brought none other than Mr. AI terror himself, Ultron, along for the human life-ending ride! (Technically he doesn’t count as life on Earth, ya know…)”
Tieri added, “When we rejoin Doom in our story, he’s a broken man who desperately wants to amend what he’s done—the only problem is he needs his time machine fixed in order to do it. Enter Ultron… but will the one-time emperor of the world get what he wants out of Hank Pym’s creation? Or will Ultron add him to the list of the nonliving?”
Editor Mark Paniccia couldn’t resist piling on the torment: “If there’s one person who can beat Doom, it’s Frank Tieri. He really knows how to torture poor Victor! I almost feel bad for him. And in the first one-shot, we debuted the spectacular talents of illustrators Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar. This time we spotlight another great new artist, Von Randal.”
Doom 2099: Rage of Doom #1 hits in April, featuring a striking main cover by Junggeun Yoon, with variant covers from Derrick Chew and Peach Mo—setting the stage for one of Marvel’s most ruthless villain showdowns yet.