It’s a new day and a new world in the Marvel Comics Universe. It’s One World Under Doom!!! The Sorcerer Supreme is launching his Dark Reign era in 2025.
To save the world from the Vampire invasion, Doctor Strange had to give Doctor Victor Von Doom his title as Sorcerer Supreme. After that, Latveria’s leader retreated to his country. Months passed without any news, but the wait just ended: Doctor Doom, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken over every broadcast medium on the planet and declared himself Emperor of the World — the ruler of a new United Latveria!
Leaders of the World complied, but Earth’s heroes are not so easily manipulated. The resistance is forming, but will they succeed in stopping Doom’s machinations? The answers will come, written by Fantastic Four author Ryan North and artist R. B. Silva in their “One World Under Doom” limited series. Of course, it would not be a Marvel event if the story was confined to one book. Everybody is affected by this power shift.
What to Read Before One World Under Doom?
Want to read some Doctor Doom comics beforehand? Check out our Complete Doctor Doom Reading Order Guide and discover where to start with the Fantastic Four’s nemesis, from his first appearance in 1962 to his reign over Latveria and beyond!
As stated earlier, nothing really happened since Doom became Sorcerer Supreme. You may want to start with that and read the Blood Hunt event.
- Blood Hunt
Collects Blood Hunt (2024) #1-5.
After that, Doom reappeared in The Avengers #19 to put the superhero team to the test. A story collected in Avengers by Jed Mackay vol. 4: Storm.
Then, the most impactful action of Doctor Doom is related to Spider-Man as Latveria’s powerful leader made him an offer he didn’t refuse in the storyline “8 Deaths of Spider-Man.”
- Amazing Spider-Man: 8 Deaths of Spider-Man
Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #61-70.
Finally, as Ryan North writes one World Under Doom, you may need to be up-to-date with your Fantastic Four comics. However, know that Doom barely appeared during this run until now. It may be optional. More details will be known soon.
- Fantastic Four by Ryan North Vol. 1: Whatever Happened To The Fantastic Four
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #1-6. - Fantastic Four by Ryan North Vol. 2: Four Stories About Hope
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #7-11. - Fantastic Four by Ryan North Vol. 3: The Impossible Is Probable
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #12-18. - Fantastic Four by Ryan North Vol. 4: Fortune Favors The Fantastic
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #18-22. - Fantastic Four by Ryan North Vol. 5: Aliens, Ghosts and Alternate Earths
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #23-27.
One World Under Doom Reading Order
As the “One World Under Doom” is set to be more of an era than a traditional crossover during most of the year, this reading order will have to be updated a lot. Consider it a constant work in progress.
As usual, the main issues are in bold and the tie-ins are not, except when some of them contain important details to the main plot.
- Storm #5 – The end of the Storm/Doom meeting with cosmic ramifications.
- Fantastic Four #28 – Prologue
- One World Under Doom #1
- X-Factor #7 – A X-Factor Mission set between the moments the nations were informed of Doom’s plan and his public announcement at the beginning of
- One World Under Doom #1.
- Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #1 – Deals with the main plot and sets the stage for the new Thunderbolts.
- Doom Academy #1 – relaunch the series but in Latveria.
- Weapon X-Men #1 – Cable, Wolverine, Deadpool, and Chamber go on a rescue mission.
- Red Hulk #1 – Doom has detained General Ross for months, and now he may have found allies. Timeline to confirm seems to take place during the months prior to OWUD #1.
- Fantastic Four #29 – Set one week after OWUD #1. The Fantastic Family takes a day off to deal with a tangential problem.
- Doctor Strange of Asgard #1 – Strange comes to Asgard to become the Sorcerer Supreme. Not clearly established if it is before, after, or during OWUD #1.
- Iron Man #6 – Tony Stark has to make a business decision after the events of OWUD #1.
- One World Under Doom #2
- Fantastic Four #30 – Picks up exactly where OWUD #2 ends with the FF.
- Doom Academy #2 – Not affected by the events of OWUD #2, can be read directly after DA #1.
- Red Hulk #2 – Not affected by the events of OWUD #2, can be read directly after RH #1.
- Doom’s Division #1 – The adventures of Tiger Division in South Korea post-OWUD #2.
- Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #2 – Not affected by the events of OWUD #2, can be read directly after T:D #1.
- Doctor Strange of Asgard #1 – It is referenced that Doom is the Sorcerer Supreme, not Emperor of the World, suggesting this still takes place before OWUD #1.
- Iron Man #7 – Not affected by the events of OWUD #2, can be read directly after IM #6.
- Superior Avengers #1 – The son of Doom assembles his own Avengers team with “heroes” from the future.
Coming Soon:
- The Avengers #25
- One World Under Doom #3
- Doom Academy #3
- Doom’s Division #2
- Fantastic Four #31
- Red Hulk #3
- Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #3
- One World Under Doom #4
- Doom Academy #4
- Red Hulk #4
- Doctor Strange of Asgard #3
- Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #4
- Fantastic Four #32
- Superior Avengers #2
- Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #5
- The Avengers #26
- Doom’s Division #3
- Doctor Strange of Asgard #4
- Red Hulk #5
- One World Under Doom #5
- Runaways #1
- The Avengers #27
- Doom’s Division #4
- Fantastic Four #33
- Doom Academy #5
- Superior Avengers #3
And a lot more to come!!!