WHAT IF DOCTOR DOOM HAD BECOME THE THING?
#1 by Karl Kesel & Paul Smith WHAT IF GENERAL ROSS HAD BECOME THE HULK? #1 by Peter David, Pat Olliffe & Sal Buscema The two strongest one-shots in the line also boast similar premises (as the titles suggest), throwing the antagonists into the same circumstances as the heroes. The writers approach this idea with radically different moods and messages in mind. Karl Kesel’s alternate origin for the Fantastic Four is a delightful celebration of the original source material. This tribute to the Silver Age of comics is wonderfully charming, and tying this story into the origin of another Marvel Comics icon was wonderfully clever and entertaining. Kesel transforms Doom into an even more horrific figure and adds greater drama to his hatred for the Fantastic Four. Paul Smith’s simple style suits the Silver Age tone of the script incredibly well, but he fleshes the characters and settings out a little more than the art on the 1960s stories that introduced them. Peter David’s vision of a differe
