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THE CALM BEFORE THE
WAR
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Title -
Ramparts
Issue - 26
Writer - Warren
Ellis
Art - Pat
Broderick
and John Nyberg
Summary:
Fortune awakens to
a call from the Latverian airport director. He complains that a load of
Cyber-junkies are arriving at his airport under Doom's authority. Meanwhile Doom
makes plans with Paloma who warns that she cares not for what he does in
the real world, but if he harms
cyberspace, "there will be death." When Fortune arrives she finds that Doom
has indeed hired the services of Net
Gliders for purposes unknown. In the background, news channels are alive
with reports that Latveria's neighbor, Makhelastan, has erupted with revolution.
Fortune returns home to sleep. The next morning, Fortune attempts to ask about the Net
Gliders,
but Doom evades her and orders to take care of pressing
matters
of state. Doom rides up to the Liebra Cielo to hold
closed-door
meetings with the Net Gliders and others. Fortune is met by the
Chief of the Guard, Latveria's police. He reports that Chain, a highly addictive
drug, is being dealt in the Riverfront area. He suspects a Drug War may
soon
erupt. After he is dismissed, Poet reveals to Fortune that he was once a chain
user.
Since quitting, he's made it a personal mission to eliminate it wherever he
finds it. Poet
tells Fortune to have the guardsmen meet him at the
Riverfront. However Poet enters alone and bursts into a Riverfront bar. A shootout ensues where
Poet
manages to kill a number of dealers. But a stray explosive from one of the dealers throws him
off balance. Majick, the lead chain dealer, puts a gun to Poet's head, point
blank.
Later,
Fortune tearfully looks away from Poet's corpse. A policeman's jacket placed over his head. The police commander attempts to console Fortune and tells her that they were
only
a minute late.
Notes:
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Title -
Barricades
Issue - 27
Writer - Warren
Ellis
Art
- Pat Broderick
Summary:
Riots continue in
Makhelastan following a revelation that the state and population are the
property of the American corporation known as Angel's Breath. In Latveria, Doom
and Fortune attend Poet's funeral. The funeral is made into a state event.
Though Fortune appreciates the gesture, she asks Doom
why not honor him the Zefiro way. When Doom introduces her
to one of Poet's info-brokers, it becomes clear that the funeral was a
front
for Doom to meet Poet's contacts. Meanwhile, in cyberspace, Duke Stratosphere
observes an unusual sight, Net Gliders moving in formation like
soldiers. In Columbia, Dr. Jose Flieschmann uses cyber-necromancy to bring
Wire
back from the dead. Back at the Riverfront, the chain pusher who killed Poet,
Majick, enjoys the status he has gained after killing one of Doom's men.
Suddenly Doom bursts in, blowing a hole in the wall of the bar. He tells all of
the customers that he has been killing people all night. If they wish to live,
they should tell him where he can find Majick. The crowd points him out and run
out of the bar. Doom throws Majick out into the streets and kills him publicly
for all the Riverfront people to see. He then invites the people of the
Riverfront to become his subjects and follow him. Later, aboard the Libera Cielo
watches Makhelastan revolution unfold.
Notes:
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Collected in Doom 2099: The Complete
Collection By Warren Ellis
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First appearance of
Indigo
Eshun
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First Appearance of Sharp Blue
(though she is not named and looks completely different from later
appearances)
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Wire is brought
back to life (flesh). He was last seen in Doom 2099 #25 existing as pure data
in
Cyberspace.
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Tiger Wylde's building is converted into
the Central Refuge Hostel for those leaving the Riverfront.
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Title -
Borderlines
Issue - 28
Writer - Warren
Ellis
Art - Pat Broderick
Summary:
Ironwine, director of the Latverian airport is called in when an immigrant
arrives from Columbia. To his surprise Doom is there and the immigrant is Wire,
freshly brought back from the dead. Ironwine is then called to the airport tower
where he is told that machinery installed by the Mercenary Guild has taken
control of air traffic. Suddenly Merc ships decloak and land on the runway.
Elsewhere, Doom questions Wire about his experience after his death. Wire
reveals that he was with Paloma in cyberspace. This confirms Doom's theory that
his mind exists simultaneously in both worlds. In Cyberspace, Communion Jack
eavesdrops on a meeting of the directors of Angel's Breath, the American
Megacorp which owns Makhelastan and its population. The directors decide to do
to Makhelastan what the Narco-presidente did to Bogota. Aboard the Libera Cielo, Nkrumah, leader of the Panther's Rage
arrives with his troops and offers his loyalty so long as the money lasts. Sharp
Blue brings Doom his final 'ally', Morphine Somers, a mutant activist. News breaks that the US
is necrotoxifying Makhelastan turning it's inhabitants into toxic sludge.
Fortune enters as the footage is broadcast. She is shocked when Doom reveals he
instigated the revolution and demands to know why. Doom then commands Nkrumah to
restrain her with a view to severing her windpipe. He forces her to confess
that she offered her loyalty the Neon Angel
in exchange for the restoration of her brother Kaz's mind. He expresses his disappointment
and questions whether he can leave
Latveria
in her hands. Doom proceeds to explain the reason he has brought them all
together. Nkrumah, Sharp Blue, Indigo, and Morphine will be his Black Cabinet in
his plan to take over America.
Creator Comments:
"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
Notes:
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Collected in Doom 2099: The Complete
Collection By Warren Ellis
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When Wire first sees Doom, he is unsure what to call him. He offers to call
him Victor (von Doom), Erik (Czerny), Nate (possibly a reference to
Nathaniel Richards, Reed Richards' time-traveling dad, posed as Doom for a
time), or John (your guess is as good as mine..Francis Moore?)
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First appearance of Nkrumah and Morphine Somers,
and Sharp-Blue (who is finally named and looks more or less as she will from
now on)
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As with #26, a different cover was originally made for the
issue. The unused cover was inspired by the gruesome final events of the issue.
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Title - Everything is Fair
Issue - 1
Writer - Terry Kavanagh
Art - Marc Campas
Summary:
Seeing that his pre-war council is proving anything but helpful, Doom decides to go shopping. Fortune tries to pressure Doom into revealing to her
what secret he is holding back from everyone. Doom refuses because he is still
hurt by her betrayal to the Neon Angel. Traveling to a secluded part of
Cyberspace, Doom enters the Ghostworks and enlists the services of Ghost Rider
2099 in order to recover an alien artifact that restores life to the dead.
However Doom is not the only one after the artifact. Members from the Theatre of
Pain, the X-Men, and Punisher, Spider-Man, and Hulk 2099 also converge to seek
out the relic. After the fight for the relic escalates, The Theatre of Pain gain
the upper hand and manage to use it to resurrect Mistress Wintre. Unfortunately
for them, the Punisher kills her immediately after she is brought to life. In the
end, Doom is left without the artifact which he planned to use in order to
bring Poet back for Fortune.
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