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.
- Doctor Strange of Asgard #1-5 – Strange comes to Asgard to become the Sorcerer Supreme. Not clearly established if it is before, after, or during OWUD #1, but Strange only referred to Doom as Sorcerer Supreme, not Emperor Supreme. It may be moved later if more details are made clear.
- 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.
- Weapon X-Men #1 – Cable, Wolverine, Deadpool, and Chamber go on a rescue mission. The rest of the series is not under the OWUD banner.
- Red Hulk #1 – Doom has detained General Ross for months, and now he may have found allies.
- Fantastic Four #29 – Set one week after OWUD #1. The Fantastic Family takes a day off to deal with a tangential problem.
- Iron Man #6 – Tony Stark has to make a business decision after the events of OWUD #1.
- One World Under Doom #2
- Fantastic Four #30-32 – Issue #30 Picks up exactly where OWUD #2 ends with the FF.
- Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #1-5
- Doom Academy #1-5 – Strange Academy, but in Doom’s Latveria. Not affected by the events taking place elsewhere.
- Red Hulk #2-5 – Not affected by the events of OWUD #2, can be read directly after RH #1.
- Doom’s Division #1-4 – The adventures of Tiger Division in South Korea post-OWUD #2.
- 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.
- One World Under Doom #3
- The Avengers #25-27 – set during the events of OWUD #3.
- Iron Man #8-9 – Issue #9 is clearly set after the events of OWUD #3, as they are referenced.
- Superior Avengers #2 – Clearly set after the events of OWUD #3.
- Red Hulk #6 – A bit of time has passed since the events of RH #5, but no clear reference to the main series.
- Fantastic Four #33 – No reference to the events of OWUD #4-5, but it’s possible that it takes place after OWUD #5, as only Sue and Johnny appeared in it. But this issue has no impact on the main event.
- One World Under Doom #4
- One World Under Doom #5
- The Avengers #28 – The story concludes with the Avengers coming back from the events of OWUD #4-5.
- Runaways #1 – New story, old characters.
- Superior Avengers #3-4 – All the Avengers are here. Set after the Avengers storyline, and after OWUD #5.
- Fantastic Four #1 – Marvel is relaunching the series in the middle of the event, the FF confronts Emperor Doom who sent them to different timelines. Doesn’t have the OWUD banner.
At that point, One World Under Doom #4 is clearly indicating a change in the story. As some tie-in miniseries will come to an end soon, I’ll also reshape the guide to reflect more precisely where they take place; most of them are probably set before OWUD #4.
Coming Soon:
- Iron Man #9
- Doom’s Division #4
- Runaways #2
- Iron Man #10
- Doom’s Division #5
- G.O.D.S.: One World Under Doom #1
- One World Under Doom #6
- Red Hulk #7
- Superior Avengers #5
- Runaways #3
And a lot more to come!!!