tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post2409849704314153741..comments2024-01-16T03:07:03.419-08:00Comments on Herb Trimpe's Hulk: Incredible Hulk #143. Dr DoomThe Cryptic Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-1436635249272837412010-08-16T06:03:20.753-07:002010-08-16T06:03:20.753-07:00I'm speaking off the top of my head here, with...I'm speaking off the top of my head here, without checking but I think that in whatever Fantastic Four annual it was where they did Dr Doom's origin, they showed the Latverian people as being genuinely grateful to have Dr Doom in charge, even though they were scared of him, because he'd brought them peace, prosperity and security. I sort of liked that portrayal, that he was evil and yet had been good for his people. I can't help feeling it's a shame that subsequent appearances tended to just concentrate on the tyrannical side of him.The Cryptic Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244329776376849506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1494783406050099511.post-22367633863242682382010-08-16T03:38:04.395-07:002010-08-16T03:38:04.395-07:00One of my friends had this when I was a kid. (Or i...One of my friends had this when I was a kid. (Or it might have been the second part in Hulk #144.)<br /><br />It wasn't the first time I saw a comic with Dr. Doom, but it was the first time I saw a comic with the people of Latveria and the way Doom has them all so scared that they all must pretend to adore the ground he walks on.<br /><br />Creeeeeeeepy!<br /><br />I think the several-part series of the F.F. in Latveria in F.F. # 83 to #86 (or so) was reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics just a few months after I read the Hulk vs. Doom. That was even more creeeeepy!<br /><br />The other thing I remember about the Hulk/Doom comic was Valeria, the love of Dr. Doom's life. Who pretty much disappeared after this and was never mentioned again.<br /><br />Still, it's Dr. Doom vs. the Hulk and is therefore awesome!Hoosier Xhttp://mushton.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com