On the genesis of
"One Nation Under Doom:
"All I said to
Joey, when I took over the book, was I wanted to make it
even more political and apocalyptic. Then he rang me up a
few days later saying 'We've just had one of those Marvel
17-hour business lunches and we've come with this really
great idea; could Doom take over America?' I thought about
this for a moment, realized I was probably working for the
wrong people, and said 'Sure, he could.' They said, 'OK work
it up.'""
- Warren Ellis from
2099
Special: The World of Doom "America, O' Tis of
Doom" May 1995, interviewed by Anya
Martin.
On Doom 2099 being the original Victor von
Doom"
"As far as I am concerned, he's
convinced he's Victor von Doom, and that's good enough for
me."
- Warren Ellis from 2099
Special: The World of Doom "America, O' Tis of
Doom" May 1995, interviewed by Anya
Martin.
On his direction of the series and the character:
"I chose not to pursue [Doom's mystical side]
because, ultimately, the magic stuff wasn't as interesting to me (in this
instance) as the political stuff. I wanted to write a piece of political sf,
so I kind of ignored the magical side of Doom. I felt it was more important
to drag a REALLY ignored side of Doom into the limelight -- his
revolutionary aspect.."
- Warren Ellis 12/11/95 via
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
The fate of Vox and Fortune:
"I'd intended to reveal Vox as dead, and Fortune as
the horribly scarred last survivor of Latveria."
- Warren Ellis 10/15/95 via
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
One Nation Under Doom's premature
ending:
"I'd planned to have Doom's
dethronement happen in #38. Marketing apparently decreed that "One nation"
be ended much, much earlier, and a new crossover concept be introduced..." -
Warren Ellis 10/15/95 via
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
Captain America's true identity:
"..you'll never know, I left
the book before resolving that one. I never *intended* to leave the book
before resolving it, but,
then, I didn't intend to leave the book for another year. Things happened
(that I won't speak about here, so don't ask). So,
sorry, but that one's down to the new writer, Tom Peyer." - Warren
Ellis 11/14/95 via
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
On Daredevil 2099:
"I created that DD character specifically for Genesis...God
knows if he'll ever appear again. I certainly have no plans
for him, for I'm not doing any new 2099 work for the
foreseeable
future."
- Warren Ellis 11/29/95 via
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
On Dust's true identity (and not
being Cable as some have speculated):
"...he's just some loser mutant who never had the guts to
join the X-Men in the late 20th Century."
- Warren Ellis 5/19/96 via
rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
