Here’s the one thing I’m pondering about this run so far by Hickman: Why the hell isn’t there a Doom series?…I mean a GOOD one, not that lame ‘teenage’ Doom mini we’re getting. This run by Hickman has proved that he might be the best writer to write Doom in forever. I’m not saying the previous writers of Fantastic Four never did a great job, but they almost pale in comparison to his Doom. So cue this issue right after the big end of Doom on the ropes with his ‘allies’ last month. Oh and there’s apparently a big war going down too.

Most of this issue does deal with the War of Four Cities and the Inhumans taking over the battle. But the best parts of this for me was Doom fighting everyone in this. The opening two pages of him taking out Diablo was some of the best writing so far on this series. Doom is so angry, but calm enough to realize he needs to do one thing but he’s too ‘Doom’ to listen to anyone. Then the final pages with him and the alternate Richards was interesting and I didn’t see it coming. It looks obvious right now where that’s heading but I think this storyline is going to prove why the 616 Doom is the best there is. Back to the Inhumans section, they weren’t bad but it didn’t hold my interest as much as the Doom. Especially the final pages of Reed, Nathaniel, and Spider-Man going into this time portal-thingy. That just came out of left field and I didn’t understand what was going on. But it’s still interesting to read so it’s not like it was boring at all. Like most Hickman stories a tiny more explanation could have been nice.

For the art it really is hard to think of new things to talk about because Steve Epting has been so brilliant on this series. Let me just say that it’s more of the same. Epic layouts with enormous detail within each. The effects should be noted here as well because there are some fantastic fire effects in here. Doom, once again, particularly looked great in the opening two pages.

So my love for Dr. Doom took over this review, but his moments are the best parts of this issue. Not to say again that the rest of the comic was bad, it was just a smug less interesting then everything else. Still this was yet another solid issue from this series and it’s nice not to worry about the future of this series with the art back on track. It looks like we got some big action sequences coming down for the next few issues. Can’t wait to see just where Hickman is gonna take us in the next few months.