Earlier this week, Marvel announced that Tony Stark will no longer be Iron Man after Civil War II. In his place will be Riri Williams, a 15-year old girl who will take over the ongoing series Invincible Iron Man. But Riri isn’t the only one laying claim to Stark’s iconic superhero.
Comic Book Resources broke the story that Marvel is launching a second Iron Man title for writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev called Infamous Iron Man. And unlike Riri, the new Iron Man is one of Marvel’s greatest villains: Doctor Doom!
How can that be, you might wonder? Well, after Secret Wars, Doom’s face was fixed as a parting gift from Reed Richards (at that is what we assume), and he’s reached out to Tony Stark with a desire to find some measure of redemption. It’ll never last, and Marvel can’t seriously expect anyone to believe that Doom doesn’t have ulterior motives.
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Marvel also passed along the solicitation text for the first issue, which teases a long term plan of Doom’s coming to fruition.
“There is a new Iron Man in town and his name is VICTOR VON DOOM. The greatest villain of the Marvel Universe will try something new. Where Tony Stark failed, Doom will succeed. What is Doom’s Master Plan?”
Infamous Iron Man # 1 will debut this fall as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch.
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