Wally Wood, Doctor Doom in Astonishing Tales #4
Artists: Wally Wood (All) , Wallace Wood (All)
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DescriptionWally Wood drew four short Doctor Doom stories in Astonishing Tales. This page, from the fourth and final story is, like all of them, a Wood classic.And yes, that’s the Red Skull lurking in the last panel. After all, what use is a super-villain story without another, even more twisted super-villain as the antagonist? This would turn out to be Wood’s final output for Marvel Comics. Took me a long time to pull the trigger on the “right” deal for one of these, and I’m glad to have finally acquired one. Social/Sharing |
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Steve Day Vich 
Member Since 2007
Posted on 2/6/2024
Wally Wood's Doom is a personal favorite of mine. Congrats.
Jim Warden
Member Since 2003
Posted on 2/6/2024
Patience is indeed a virtue! I first read these great stories in Astonishing Tales when I was collecting back issues in the early 1980's, at that time I was not aware of who Wally Wood was, I just knew I really liked his artwork! Having multiple panels with Dr. Doom plus the added bonus of the Red Skull in the final panel makes this page one that was well worth the wait! Big congratulations on adding this beauty to your incredible collection!
Greg Goldstein
Member Since 2008
Posted on 2/6/2024
Jim Warden wrote:
Patience is indeed a virtue! I first read these great stories in Astonishing Tales when I was collecting back issues in the early 1980's, at that time I was not aware of who Wally Wood was, I just knew I really liked his artwork! Having multiple panels with Dr. Doom plus the added bonus of the Red Skull in the final panel makes this page one that was well worth the wait! Big congratulations on adding this beauty to your incredible collection!
Thanks, muc apprecisted and great seeing you last week --- albeit too briefly!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
Posted on 2/6/2024
People looking at the split cover for this book wouldn't have guessed to that they would witness such a marvelous tale by Wally Wood still working at the highest levels of illustration quality. Doom running the inner workings of Latveria is so fascinating! The rocketpack image symbolizes how soaring this story was above the normal Marvel fare.
Aaron N.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 2/6/2024
See, this right here is why Doom is top dog. With all the evil schemes he has running all over the world he still has the time AND the skill set to draw up architectural plans for a whole castle. That's attention to detail! Great page & nice to meet you this past Sunday.
Mark Yanko
Member Since 2009
Posted on 2/7/2024
This is the work that caused editor Roy Thomas to call out the artist for making too much use of assistants and diluting his style, which prompted Wood to quit doing the strip, by Roy's own account. If there's input from assistants here, I confess that I can't easily spot it. One wonders how many more of these great stories Wood might've gone on to do if Roy had only bitten his tongue and clammed up a bit. Congratulations, a great catch!
Carlo M
Member Since 2006
Posted on 2/7/2024
Fantastic page, great character, giant artist. well done!
Steve Lipsky
Member Since 2008
Posted on 2/8/2024
A nice Wally Wood pages is necessary for any collection, but this is definitely in grail territory. Classic Wood! It's like each panel is a separate piece of art. Congrats on this great acquisition and really enjoyed spending time with you at OAX!
Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013
Posted on 2/9/2024
Beautiful! Such a fluid storytelling and attention to detail!...
Peter Roe
Member Since 2009
Posted on 2/16/2024
The "widescreen" panel is notably laid out, pencilled, and inked - background and foreground, nice detail of the reconstruction work underway in the background, anatomically correct hand of the old man holding the plans, and the drawing of the old man's hair with just the right amount of detail. I wish I had a nice Wally Wood piece. Congratulations!
Michael Greczek
Member Since 2003
1 - Posted on 3/10/2024
Wood was the absolute master at spotting blacks. This combined with his unique approach on lighting made his art absolutely riveting. Although modern comics are almost fully painted with digital colors, I miss the spotting of blacks, balancing the panel with blacks, and then balancing the entire page with blacks that inkers used to do. I always felt that this effort is what made comic book art unique from other commercial line art illustration.
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