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James Howell
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Why would Doom allow his person to be disrespected? Wouldn't Doom want to instill fear in people he encounters ALL THE TIME?

To put adversaries, and even would-be ALLIES off-guard, and in HIS CONTROL?

It's Fan Service that compromises the character of Doom, for a cheap callback few will remember. or care about.


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Vinny Valenti
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I hadn't noticed until now that the supposed Doombot in the Arcade
scene has thought balloons. Should that be possible?
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Kip Lewis
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I hadn't noticed until now that the
supposed Doombot in the Arcade scene has
thought balloons. Should that be possible?

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Because it is a retcon. Claremont didn't
write the story with a Doombot. So, Doom
thought. And now Doombots can think

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Jack Bohn
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Ever since it was shown Doom could impose his thought patterns on another human brain (Kristoff), I've harbored uneasy suspicions that DoomBOT is a misnomer.  It'd not be the first time he oversold (or overestimated) his own inventiveness.
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Gene Best
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"Not the move I would have made.  Still -- it's a fair question.", doesn't sound like Doom to me.
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Stephen Robinson
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I believe the Doombots are programmed to think themselves Doom
unless in the presence of the real Doom.
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Larry Gil
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After JB left the X-men , the stories and plots went downhill. 
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Josh Goldberg
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Nathan Greno
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Conrad: If it turns out that it is a conscious retcon, it rather weakens the character.  Anybody know who wrote that?

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Kevin Brown
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Who the f--- is Al Ewing?!?!?
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Eric Smearman
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Didn't Walt Simonson build on this Doombot idea by saying that they
had been acting on Doom's behalf during a years-long "sabbatical"?


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Tried to upload some Simonson FF panels via iPhone. Is it showing?

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