New Doctor Doom series relocates The Strange Academy to Latveria as the supervillain becomes its new headmaster
Oct. 22, 2024The kids of the Strange Academy are officially Doomed
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Just asDoctor Doomis taking the entire Marvel Universe under his rule as he declares himself emperor in Marvel’s upcoming One World Under Doom status quo, he’s also taking a group of students directly under his wing in Doom Academy, which brings the students of the former Strange Academy to Latveria to study directly under Doom.
This isn’t entirely surprising -Doom has taken over the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme from Doctor Strange, the former headmaster of the Academy, after using magic to end the vampire invasion shown in this summer’s Blood Hunt crossover. And what’s more, he enlisted the participation of the former Strange Academy students to cast the spell that allowed him to do so.
Here’s a gallery of covers for Doom Academy #1, including the main cover by Pablo Villalobos, and variants by Ryan Brown and Woo-chul Lee:
It’s all part of the One World Under Doom status quo, which will culminate in next year’s recently announcedThe Rise of Emperor Doomlimited series.
“It was really fun to go through old Doom stories and pick out some random characters that exist in that world and find someone or someone’s kid who might be attending Doom Academy,” Cadenhead states. “And because the school doesn’t exist, we got to really play with stuff. Pasqual is having a great time coming up with beautiful locales.”
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Ferry won’t be the only artist on the title, as João Lemos will provide art for back-up stories focusing on Zoe LaVeau as she’s separated from her friends and trapped in another world.
“In this story, Zoe ends up falling into a strange world that her friends have to help her escape from,” Cadenhead explains. “We have another artist come in to illustrate this world. João Lemos' research on Eastern European folklore and fairytales is astounding.”
Doom Academy #1 goes on sale February 19.
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