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Title - Muses of Fire
Issue - 1
Writer - John Francis Moore
Art - Pat Broderick
Summary:
In the
village of Antikva Wire, is attempting to sell
sensitive information hacked from Tiger Wylde's computer systems.
His close friend Xandra steps
in when the buyer refuses to pay Wire's price. As she attempts to persuade the
buyer with her knife, they are caught by Guardsmen. Wire and Xandra attempt to
lose the Guardsmen in the ruins of an old castle. Suddenly a figure appears from
nowhere,
Doctor Doom. When the Guardsman threaten Doom he retaliates and kills them. Doom learns that he is in the year 2099, the castle has been in
ruins for years and Tiger Wylde rules Latveria. Making his way to the capital
city of Gojradia, Doom confronts Tiger Wylde. Wylde faces him, believing him to
be another in a series of Doom imposters. Demanding that Wylde leave Latveria
and give up his power, Doom underestimates the cyborg. He is quickly
overpowered. Wylde removes Doom's mask, revealing a young and unscarred face.
Remembering that Doom was meant to be hideous, Wylde blasts away his face. Left
for dead, Wylde's gypsy advisor, Fortune, saves him from being scrapped and
takes him to the Zefiro tribe's camp.
There his wounds are tended to until and then he
awakens. Doom is formally introduced to Vox,
Wire, and Xandra. Doom swears
he will overthrow Wylde and free Latveria. Fortune offers her support
and
that of the tribe. Together they travel out of Latveria to an
island
owned by the PIXEL corporation. Infiltrating the science facility there, Doom
offers Dr. Quinones, a
slave
scientist, her freedom in exchange for her services as a
neurosurgeon.
The doctor agrees and operates on him, after which Doom is now armed with new
armor and new technology to face the challenges of 2099.
Notes:
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Fortune's amulet belonged
to Boris, Doom's long
time ally. Doom gave the
amulet to Boris in case
he should ever need to flee from Latveria. The amulet gave Boris access to a
secret hanger built inside the Malhela Mountains.
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A preview of this issue was featured in
Marvel Comics Presents #118
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Title - Action of the Tiger
Issue - 2
Writer - John Francis Moore
Art - Pat Broderick
Summary:
Using robotic couriers, Doom learns all he can about Tiger Wylde and his
operations. Having gathered that, he and the others destroy the PIXEL compound
where Doom's armor was constructed and return to Latveria.
There, Fortune discovers that her people have suffered because of her
absence.
This leads to tension among the tribe in regards to Doom's method.
Fortune
remains convinced that Doom is necessary for the overthrow of Wylde and
returns
to Tiger Wylde in order to mend things. Meanwhile in Antarctica,
Rook
7 prepares to run the security of a delivery of tritonium heading for
Latveria. After evidence of PIXEL technology is found at the site of a rebel
attack, Wylde suspects that
PIXEL
is trying to double cross him. De Vargas, the head of PIXEL, assures
him
that no such double cross is occurring. Elsewhere, Doom has Wire and Xandra
run
and errand for him when they're met by a mysterious freelance agent who
wishes
to meet Doom. The agent is revealed to be a man name Poet. A master of
disguise,
Poet offers Doom his support in the fight against Wylde and warns him
to
be cautious with the tritonium. Ultimately Doom attacks
the
ship carrying the tritonium himself and engages it's guard, Rook 7. As they
fight the
plane crashes into the Latverian airport and is totally engulfed in
flames.
From the flames Doom emerges victorious and
declares war on Tiger Wylde.
Notes:
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First proper appearance of
Poet. He previously appeared in disguise.
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Origin of Tiger Wylde.
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Tritonium is a rare mineral mined from
Saturn's moons. Apparently even a small fragment can generate incredible
amounts of energy.
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Doom mentions he has dealt with "Stark
technology" before, alluding to various encounters with Iron Man / Tony
Stark over the years.
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First appearance of De Vargas.
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Doom has a flashback to his life post-Age
of Heroes.
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Title-Unto the Breach
Issue - 3
Writer - John Francis Moore
Art - Pat Broderick
Summary:
Desperate to find the missing tritonium and this new Doom,
Tiger Wylde interrogates Alchemax corporate spies with no success. No one knows
who Doom is or where he is hiding. Meanwhile Doom makes himself known to the
people and supplies the starving with food. He also has Wire hack into Wylde's
defense system and retrieve codes which control all of the countries utilities.
By shutting down transportation, waste management, and power, he creates an
atmosphere of chaos. In that, Doom appears to the people via a broadcast
hologram and announces that a new day is coming. After Wylde regains control,
Zone shows him evidence that Fortune and Doom are working together. At the
mountain base, Doom attempts to piece together his lost memory with Vox's help.
But the meditation is
abruptly
broken when Xandra alerts Doom that Tiger Wylde has homed in on their location
and his bringing his army with him.
Notes:
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Title-Fire Answers Fire
Issue - 4
Writer-John Francis Moore
Art - Pat Broderick
Summary:
The armed forces of Tiger Wylde mercilessly attack the
Zefiro who defend Doom's mountain hideaway. Outnumbered and overwhelmed,
they quickly surrender. With the entire gypsy tribe in his hands, Wylde demands Fortune to tell
him
where the tritonium is. Doom appears and tells Wylde that in
order
to get to the tritonium he will have to fight him for it. Tunneling down to the
bottom level of the base, Wylde is lured into a fight to the death. Meanwhile, Xandra together with Vox escape through the ventilation
shafts.
Outside they are met by Poet who has come with neural grenades
to
knock out the guardsman pilots. The explosives give the Zerifo the
chance they need to break free. In the melee, Poet kills Zone just as he was
ready to shoot Fortune. Underneath the hanger, Wylde gains the
upper hand and buries Doom under a pile of rubble. As Wylde prepares to
claim his prize, the detonator activates. Doom emerges from the
rubble and tells him that it was always his plan to blow the tritonium. The hanger and mountain explode apparently taking
Doom
and Wylde with it. After a few moments,
Doom
rises from the ashes. Having activated his phase shifter the explosion
merely
passed through him harmlessly. Three days later, Doom and Fortune stand
atop
the former Wylde HQ and discuss the future of Latveria. Doom assures
Fortune
that he has no interest in conquering the world, rather Doom wants to
save
it from itself.
Notes:
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Tiger Wylde apparently dies at the end of
this issue
but he appears again in issues 22-24.
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Xandra's clouded past is first
mentioned here. She states "The Zefiro took me when I was a stray, hungry on
the streets of Antikva Vilago"
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