One World Under Doom

One World Under Doom
Cover to One World Under Doom #1
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	February 12, 2025
Main character(s)	Avengers Doctor Doom Fantastic Four Masters of Evil
Creative team
Written by	Ryan North
Penciller(s)	R. B. Silva
Colorist(s)	David Curiel

One World Under Doom is a 2025 comic book event, focused on the villain Doctor Doom who brings about a new world order after gaining the title of the Sorcerer Supreme. It is written by Ryan North, with art by R.B. Silva.

Marvel advertises the comic book event as one of its biggest changes to its status quo since 2008's Dark Reign.^[1] Editor Tom Brevoort said that "One World Under Doom is the umbrella, impacting not just The Rise of Emperor Doom, but the entire Marvel Universe. To the Avengers, Spider-Man and more... Doom is going to impact every corner of the universe for 2025."^[1]

The main story is followed by tie-in comics such as Doom Academy by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Pasqual Ferry. Other series tying in to the event include Doctor Doom's Supreme Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Strange of Asgard, Red Hulk, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and Storm.^[1][2]

At the end of the Blood Hunt storyline, Doctor Doom took the title of Sorcerer Supreme from Doctor Strange.^[3] Afterwards, he secluded himself in Latveria for half a year, surrounding it with a magic barrier and intending to bring peace to the world.^[4]

In the "8 Deaths of Spider-Man" story arc, Doom learns that his position as Sorcerer Supreme requires him to battle the Scions of Cyttorak. However, he refuses to do so and gives the task to Spider-Man, equipping him with arcane armor and the Reeds of Raggador, which will resurrect him eight times should he die.^[5]

At some point during the period of his seclusion, in his astral form, Doom visits the Avengers in the Impossible City and summons them to meet with him in the Registan Desert. There he castigates the Avengers as cowards for doing nothing to solve the world's woes despite possessing their awesome powers.

Additionally, Doom kills several magical beings who forged a weapon to use against him and claims it for himself. Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman arrive to confront Doom, but he teleports them away. Doom then begins his plans for his new world order.^[6]

Roughly six months following his ascension as Sorcerer Supreme, Doom announces that all the world is now the global country of United Latveria and that he is enacting a welfare state agenda in which he declares war illegal, mandates free universal healthcare, and offers free public education to all people of the world. In response, the Avengers meet to oppose Doom, believing that he is either influencing world leaders via mind control or has them replaced by robotic duplicates. Meanwhile, Helmut Zemo attacks Latveria, but is killed personally by Doom and replaced with an obedient Doombot replica who surrenders Hydra to him. In addition, Doom claims a Tyrannosaurus variant of himself from an unidentified parallel universe where dinosaurs never went extinct^[a] to serve as his steed.^[7]

Doom's actions have since pleased some of the people of Earth. The Fantastic Four are not convinced and plan to confront him. Valeria Richards lies to Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman by stating that she is visiting Wizard's clone Bentley 23 and sneaks off to see Doom. When Valeria visits Doom to ask what he will get out of this, Doom states that he plans to get glory out of it. The next day, Doom has world borders opened up so that all the nations can work together. The Fantastic Four proceed to confront Doom, where they find that he is defended by civilians who are prepared to go down for him. Before allowing the Fantastic Four to leave, Doom does what Mister Fantastic has failed to do by restoring the Thing to his human form. At the Impossible City, the Avengers realize that they are in a losing battle against Doom. While Scarlet Witch plans to lead every espionage agents and magic users as part of a plan to get close to the world leaders and uncover why they are supporting Doom, Black Widow and the others will serve as a distraction. Captain Marvel reveals that she is willing to accept help from the Masters of Evil: Arcade, Baron Mordo, Doctor Octopus, MODOK Superior, Madelyne Pryor, and Mysterio.^[8]

Arcade tells the Avengers that none of the villains want to "live in a world under Doom" as Thor tells Arcade to "hold his tongue". When Mysterio questions Captain Marvel's battle plans, Scarlet Witch states that the fight with Doom will be a diversion so that Mysterio, Baron Mordo, and Madelyne Pryor can get into the minds of the world leaders. At the Latverian border, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Doctor Octopus, Iron Man, MODOK, Storm, and Vision draw out Doom and his Tyrannosaurus counterpart. Elsewhere, Scarlet Witch, Pryor, and Mordo enter the minds of the world leaders. They inform the others that the world leaders are following Doom willingly and that he never controlled their minds. The Avengers are forced to leave Latveria to thwart a prison break at the Raft. Dormammu witnesses the events and claims that Doom is ignorant on his responsibilities.^[9]

The Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Champions, Alpha Flight, and Doom's steed are transported into a collapsing pocket dimension by Dormammu. Doom confronts Dormammu as they engage in a magic battle. Using a Doombot as a distraction, Doom attacks Dormammu who summons demons from a portal that Doom tries to close. To fight the demons, Doom copies the powers of Cyclops, Human Torch, and Wolverine. Doom sends the Doombots into the pocket dimension as they help him free the heroes.^[10]

The Avengers, the X-Men, Invisible Woman, Squirrel Girl, Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Brain Drain, and Doom's steed help Doctor Doom fight Dormammu. Scarlet Witch severs Dormammu's connection with the Dark Dimension and Invisible Woman punches him. Doom recovers the Eye of Agamotto and casts a spell to return Dormammu to the Dark Dimension. The next day, the Avengers, the X-Men, Invisible Woman, and Brain Drain help with rescue efforts at the United Nations. Everyone questions on if Doom has turned over a new leaf. Maria Hill shows up stating that Doom is hiding something big and that it will take all of them to get to it.^[11]

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Doom moves Doctor Strange's magical academy to Latveria, forcing its students to move there as well. Scoop, the editor of the school's newspaper, offers to help the students settle in while refusing to create propaganda for Doom. Zoe Laveau begins hearing voices in her room uttering a strange nursery rhyme and investigates, only to be trapped in a magical book containing Latverian fairy tales called the Arcana Latveriana.^[12]

In the Arcana Latveriana, Zoe runs from a wolf-like creature and is saved by a girl. At the Doom Academy Library, Doyle Dormammu and Zelma Stanton confront Scoop about his article regarding Doyle's relationship with his adoptive father Dormammu. Shaylee Moonpeddle asks her schoolmates if any of them have seen Zoe. Meanwhile, Zoe learns that the girl is Greta, whose brother Frederick has been searching for her.^[13]

When Zoe is freed, she plans to rescue Greta.^[14] The students free Zoe and Greta, but all the creatures inside the Arcana Latverian are released.^[15]

After being killed by the spirit Eégún, Storm is resurrected by Eternity and becomes the Eternal Storm. After consuming Eégún, Storm returns to Latveria to confront Doom, only to spare him. In a flashback to three billion years prior, Eternity and Oblivion debate over housing Death with Infinity. The Living Tribunal decides to have Death's relocation settled in a trial by combat. Oblivion succeeds and Death becomes part of the universe. After receiving an order from the One Above All, the Living Tribunal allows a trial by combat to determine if Death should move back in with Oblivion.^[16]

Doom unsuccessfully attempts to recruit Bucky Barnes, who unwittingly helped in his rise to power by killing the Red Skull. With the other members of the Thunderbolts busy or missing, Bucky recruits Black Widow and Songbird to disarm Doom's nuclear arsenal. However, Doom confronts them, destroys Bucky's hometown of Shelbyville, and frames him for it. He then announces the formation of the Fulgur Victoris, an anti-terrorism force inspired by the Thunderbolts.^[17]

In Wakanda, Destroyer, Bucky, and Songbird are confronted by Fulgur Victoris members Atlas, Citizen V, Fixer, MACH-Doom (who is claimed to be a Doombot with "Abner Jenkins' soul"), and Moonstone. Songbird is surprised at MACH-Doom's appearance, as he had previously been presumed dead.^[b] MACH-Doom prepares to attack the Vibranium mine, forcing Bucky to surrender to Doom.^[18] However, he is rescued by Black Widow, Destroyer, Songbird, Ghost Rider, and Captain America.^[19]

The Thunderbolts managed to defeat the Fulgur Victoris and the Doombots as Fixer defects to their side. Two weeks later, Bucky and Black Widow are at a diner outside Shelbyville as they watch the news about a rebellion and how each area hit had Doombots operating in them. Seven different groups not affiliated with Bucky claim responsibility for the destruction of Shelbyville.^[20]

Cable recruits Wolverine, Deadpool, and Chamber into a group dubbed Weapon X-Men. Two hours later, Weapon X-Men arrives in Latveria where they find some of Doom's Servo-Guards destroyed and find that Thunderbird is responsible. As Deadpool knocks out Wolverine, Cable and Chamber were able to talk Thunderbird down as he states that he was up against a death squad. Meanwhile, Deadpool uses his own transportation to carry Wolverine and contacts someone, unaware that he is being manipulated by Baron Strucker.^[21]

Havok, Frenzy, Pyro, Cecilia Reyes, Granny Smite, and Xyber meet with General Mills at the Factor House as she shows them footage of Doom declaring himself Emperor and that Genosha has been rebuilt as an algorithmic republic. Mills states that Genosha cannot fall into Doom's hands. X-Factor later recruits Angel and ForgetMeNot into the group. Upon arrival, they meet up with Black Wolf members Strych9, Ordo, and Trident who states that X-Factor will serve as the diversion to take out the transformer. X-Factor is attacked by Genosha's citizens, who had their neural implants activated. As Black Wolf steals the computer, they blow up X-Factor's jet with plans to sell the computer to Doom, only for ForgetMeNot to steal Black Wolf's jet. Doom then appears on Gigosha's monitor.^[22]

After seeing their adoptive children Jo-Venn and N'Kalla off, Invisible Woman and Ben Grimm meet up with She-Hulk where they get caught up with each other. The heroes come to the aid of a vampire family who are being persecuted, rescue them, and bring the vampire children into the custody of their aunt Heather. The next day, the Fantastic Four discover that their neighbors have become supporters of Doom.^[23]

Ben Grimm visits Puppet Master at the Raft as he gives him some clay in an attempt to fix him. Alicia Masters later confronts her stepfather about this as he shows remorse that he has not been a good stepfather to her. When a mass prison break at the Raft occurs that involves Constrictor II and Serpent Society members Pit Viper, Black Mamba, and Titanoboa, a remorseful Puppet Master remains in his cell.^[24]

Ben Grimm spends time with Alicia as Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, and Human Torch fight Devos the Devastator. The heroes begin losing their powers with Mister Fantastic assuming that the phenomenon is connected to Ben losing his powers. The Fantastic Four attempt to regain their powers by exposing themselves to cosmic radiation from other universes, but it does not work.^[25]

After experiencing a timeline where the Fantastic Four never existed and Franklin Richards became a Galactus-type figure, Valeria returns to a point before the incident and tells Mister Fantastic that she has thought of another way for everyone to get repowered.^[26]

Thunderbolt Ross, also known as the Red Hulk, is a prisoner of Doom. The other prisoners include Deathlok, Simon Ryker, Hugo Perez of the Hook Cartel, Li Wang Tang of Harvard University, and Machine Man, who are being forced to participate in Doom's think tank. Machine Man frees himself and Ross while taking out the Doombot guard and removing Ross' power inhibitor.^[27]

The prisoners escape, but Ross reverts to his human form and believes that he has lost his powers. They are pursued by the Doombots.^[28] The prisoners escape from the Doombots into the river, but Ryker is zapped before he can join them.^[29] Ross regains his powers after being caught in a nuclear explosion.^[30]

As Red Hulk fights the Doombots, Machine Man works with Deathlok to contact the U.S. Army on Thunderbolt Ross' behalf asking for help and mentioning that they are prisoners of Latveria. They are attacked by a Doombot which Deathlok directs its energy back to. He then tells Red Hulk that the U.S. Army will meet them at the border as they escape. When they reach the border, Red Hulk, Deathlok, and Machine Man are confronted by the U.S. Army where one of them mentions that they are in violation of the treaty with Doctor Doom. As Red Hulk retaliates, he is hit by a flying version of the Hulkbusters which disrupts his gamma energy. Ross, Deathlok, and Machine Man are arrested for treason.^[31]

Doctor Strange arrives in Asgard where he is greeted by Thor. He informs Thor that he would like to be Asgard's Sorcerer Supreme. Thor mentions how they had Skald warriors instead of a Sorcerer Supreme and that they were banished.^[c] Thor is not opposed to the idea as Loki is gone and Strange will have to consult with the sorceress Hulda. After he is set up in a room, Strange meets Aslak who takes him to Hulda. She recalls that Strange once borrowed a splinter of Yggdrasil to become a God of Magic.^[d] Strange returns the splinter to Hulda. Just then, Loki arrives against his banishment and mentions that he was once Sorcerer Supreme. Loki kills Hulda and disappears.^[32]

Strange returns to the Sanctum Sanctorum, where Loki is hiding. Strange then shackles Loki and interrogates him on Hulda's death as he claims that something controlled him to kill her. In Asgard, Strange gets a job tending to the different ailments of the Asgardians. Aslak later takes Strange to Asgard's premiere magic shop to get the ingredients for the Spell of Ahkrynon. After returning to his home, Strange is ambushed by an unknown warrior who leaves an ax behind.^[33]

As Strange tends to an injured man while mentioning the assailant's attack, he plans to master Asgard's magic. His first spell to master is the Spell of Ahkrynon as the first part requires the skull of a rare Dark Troll. Strange meets with the troll queen Tyrlaug, who allows him to take a skull. Tyrlaug is killed by the warrior who attacked Strange, forcing Strange to retreat as the trolls blame him for the murder. He is then confronted by Thor and Sif.^[34]

Sif mentions that Hulda's corpse was found buried near the World Tree causing Doctor Strange to take his leave as Sif works to find him. At a tavern, the ax wielded by the mysterious assailant is identified as the Ax of Exquisite Decapitations which absorbs the magic of its victim. Returning to the Sanctum Sanctorum with Aslak, they meet with Cleo and an imprisoned Loki. Doctor Strange learned that Loki stole the Ax of Exquisite Decapitations and gave it to Aslak who thought he hid it under his bed. Using a memory spell, Doctor Strange and Loki find that the memory was forged by someone else who posed as Loki. Doctor Strange sends Aslak to speak with Thor. Back in Asgard, Doctor Strange works on a spell as the Ax of Exquisite Decapitations is picked up by the assailant.^[35]

During the "X-Manhunt" event, Professor X visits NYX for help reclaiming the last seed of Krakoa from Doom. Ms. Marvel and Anole agree to accompany Xaiver in recovering the seed at the X-Men's abandoned Treehouse, where Doom's emissary Volta and Mojo are bartering for the seed. Mojo kills Volta as Xavier and the others are discovered. Xavier abandons Ms. Marvel and Anole to deal with Mojo alone as he recovers his Cerebro helmet. He then makes his way to Atlanta. Ms. Marvel and Anole escape from Mojo with the seed; however, Mojo reveals that they took a decoy while he possesses the real seed.^[36]

During the "Eight Deaths of Spider-Man" storyline, Spider-Man is killed and Cyclops, Magik, Psylocke, Quentin Quire, and Temper fight Juggernaut. As Callix strikes his father, Cya is confronted by Phil Coulson while Doctor Strange advises Doom to confront Cyttorak and persuade him to fix the casket and remove the Blight. Cya sacrifices her immortality to resurrect Spider-Man, who is temporarily transformed into a version of Juggernaut.^[37]

In the Russian Province of New Latveria, Tony Stark meets with Commander Hunyadi of the Latverian Patriotic Front. The Latverian Patriotic Front is attacked by Winter Guard members Crimson Dynamo, Red Widow, Vanguard, and Ursa Major, who plan to bring Tony to Doom. Meeting with Stark Unlimited's board of directors, Tony states that Stark Unlimited will become the sole weapon providers to Doom.^[38]

Tony Stark and Melinda May are later visited by Victorious who has become an emissary for Doctor Doom. Stark tells Victorious to tell Doctor Doom that Stark Unlimited will supply him with whatever he needs.^[39]

After settling a union dispute at a Stark Unlimited artillery factory in Upstate New York, Iron Man and Vishte are contacted by Red Widow, who has captured May and Hunyadi.^[40]

The Statue of King Sejon comes to life and goes on a rampage. Tiger Division members Taegukgi, General, Mr. Enigma, Luna Snow, Gun-R II show up and defeat the fire spirit possessing the statue. The Tiger Division receives aid from Aero, Wave, and Karma, who are starting a Pan-Asian peacekeeping alliance branded Doom's Division. While Luna Snow works on her next album, Director Ami Han sends the others to subdue Sunfire.^[41]

In Japan, Doom's Division fight cybernetic sea creatures created by Chibicorp. In Seoul, Lady Bright witnesses a negotiation between anti-Doom protestors and the police. It is then discovered that Karma and Wave have been working with Sunfire all along as he shows up.^[42]

In a flashback to a lost century, General is playing a game when they notice raiders attacking their village. In the present, the rest of Sunfire's resistance shows up. Karma controls Taegukgi into attacking General. Gun-R II is taken down by Sunfire and Wave. General saves the resistance soldiers from the electricity leaking from Gun-R II. After another flashback to General's life in the lost century, Sunfire states to Taegukgi that he should not be fighting for Doctor Doom. When Taegukgi asks for a ceasefire with Sunfire, White Fox shows up and subdues Sunfire. Then she has her soldiers arrest the heroes, stating that Doom has no use for them as they refuse to follow orders.^[43]

An alternate universe variant of the Avengers (consisting of an armored man calling himself Abomination, Malekith, a skull-headed Onslaught, and female versions of Killmonger, Doctor Octopus, and Ghost) from Chrono Signature Anno Doom +128 thwart Annihilus' attack on Earth. Two weeks earlier, Kristoff Vernard shows Doom an invention that will serve as his version of the Avengers Initiative. As a test of a modified Time Platform, Vernard brings a version of Amadeus Cho who attacks him before being killed. In the present, Vernard introduces the Superior Avengers, who came from a futuristic century to aid Doom.^[44]

After a flashback to Chrono Signature Anno Doom +128 where they killed their Doctor Doom while aided by their Bullseye and Wasp, the Superior Avengers confront Diablo in the Yucatán Peninsula after his escape from the Raft. Onslaught removes five minutes of his memory, enabling Diablo to be detained. Back at Castle Doom, Vernard sleeps with Killmonger as Ghost secretly watches them.^[45]

In an undisclosed location, Mad Thinker meets with Dreadknight, Exterminatrix, Madcap, and Mister Hyde about Doom's activities and proposes that they be the "Masters of this evil" if Doom is "representing good". Hyde notes that they would become the Masters of Evil and references how the villains busted him out of the Roxxon-owned prison Daedalus LLC.^[e] The villains attack the Impossible City with help from Quasimodo Mark X and threaten to drop an asteroid onto New York City. The Impossible City's consciousness enters a Man-Slayer body and forms armor around a recuperating Sam Wilson who beheads Madcap.^[46]

Then he and the Man-Slayer's body in the suit alias use an interface to extract Black Panther from his mission as Quasimodo Mark X tries to get information from the Impossible City's consciousness. After defeating Dreadknight, Sam Wilson is confronted by Mister Hyde who beats him up until Black Panther arrives.^[47]

Some Doombot who are doing oddjobs are confronted by the other Doombots who tell them that its time for them to go back to Doctor Doom. At the Hostel where the Runaways use as their headquarters, Nico Minoru is sulking in her car when the Runaways' Doombot asks if she is coming in to have the meal that it made. Nico sulks over losing her girl, her magic, and the "big dumb guy who was more or less her domestic partner". Nico then thinks back to when a grown-up Gertrude Yorkes came back from the future to kidnap Chase Stein. As Karolina Dean left to find her ex-fiancé in the stars, Nico had given up the Staff of One to keep it from corrupting her leading to the Runaways falling apart. Nico then comes as Victor Mancha, Molly Hayes, Gertrude Yorkes, and Old Lace have Doombot's goulash. After Molly gives Nico a pep talk, the Hostel is then attacked by some Doombots who have come to recall the Runaways' Doombot that they identify as Doombot C53. The Runaways will not allow that as Molly tries to get Gib to help them. Just then, an older version of Chase Stein arrives.^[48]

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Evan Valentine of ComicBook.com pointed that the idea of Doctor Doom having the title of Doctor Strange had been teased for some time before being properly used in this comic. He praised that the comic raised the question among readers about whether Doom may not be actually in the right in the conflict. Valentine also praised that the Avengers did not had to fight him physically but also in front of public opinion, and that Doom (whose characterization includes a vast intellect) initially wins the resulting battle of wits. He also praised the bickering between Spider-Man and the Human Torch, and the absurdity of Doom riding a Tyrannosaurus version of himself.^[60]

Rich Johnston of Bleeding Cool opined that while NYX (vol. 2) #9 is officially part of the X-Manhunt crossover event, it is also an unofficial part of a second event storyline as the issue "does more for One World Under Doom than any of the other crossovers so far".^[57] He highlighted that the issue showcases New York City with Doom as its regent.^[57]

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