One World Under Doom #3

History

One World Under Doom was conceived around 2023, when editor Tom Brevoort and writer Ryan North began seeding the premise inside North's concurrent Fantastic Four run — a deliberate continuity hand-off from one ongoing title to a crossover event. The direct springboard was 2024's Blood Hunt, in which Doctor Strange reluctantly transferred the Sorcerer Supreme mantle to Doom to end a vampire-driven global crisis; North has publicly described Brevoort's pitch as planting 'the seed of the next story in the current story.' Marvel positioned the nine-issue series — with North writing and Brazilian artist R.B. Silva penciling and inking every chapter — as the company's largest status-quo disruption since 2008's Dark Reign, and timed its release window to coincide with the theatrical debut of Avengers: Doomsday. Issue #3, solicited with a Final Order Cutoff of March 24, 2025, arrived in comic shops on April 23, 2025, with colors by David Curiel, letters by VC's Travis Lanham, a main cover by Ben Harvey, and variant covers by Gabriele Dell'Otto (standard and virgin editions), Phil Noto (1:25 ratio), Chris Giarrusso (wraparound connecting and blue-line sketch versions), R.B. Silva, and a 'Doomasaur' specialty cover; a second-printing connecting variant was also produced.

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• Written by Ryan North with interior art by R.B. Silva, colors by David Curiel, and letters by VC's Travis Lanham; Tom Brevoort served as editor.
• Published April 23, 2025 as part three of a nine-issue limited series representing Marvel's self-described biggest status-quo shift since Dark Reign (2008).
• The issue's central dramatic reveal is that Doom never mind-controlled world leaders — he personally negotiated with each one, exploiting post-Blood Hunt global anxiety to offer them individually tailored rewards (wealth, security, impunity, etc.) in exchange for their allegiance.
• Captain Marvel devises and leads a two-pronged strategy: the Avengers and an assembled group of supervillains — Doctor Octopus, M.O.D.O.K., Mysterio, Arcade, Goblin Queen (Madelyne Pryor), and Baron Mordo — attack Doom in Latveria as a distraction while Scarlet Witch, Baron Mordo, and Madelyne Pryor psychically enter the mindscape of world leaders to learn the truth of his takeover.
• The issue establishes a temporary, uneasy Avengers/Masters of Evil alliance, with Carol Danvers characterizing the villains as 'wildcards' useful for generating chaos against a foe the heroes cannot beat in a straightforward fight.
• The closing cliffhanger introduces Dormammu as the event's next major threat: observing from the Dark Dimension, he perceives that Doom's neglect of the Sorcerer Supreme's protective wards has left Earth's dimensional barriers vulnerable, and begins planning an invasion.
• Also revealed in the issue: the alternate-universe 'Dinosaur Doctor Doom' (Doom's tyrannosaur-riding counterpart from a world where dinosaurs never went extinct, introduced earlier in North's run) is shown to be under Emperor Doom's direct control.
• Variant covers were produced by Gabriele Dell'Otto (standard and virgin), Phil Noto (1:25 ratio), Chris Giarrusso (wraparound connecting and 1:50 blue-line sketch), R.B. Silva, and a 'Doomasaur' specialty cover; a second-printing connecting variant was also issued.

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