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''Doomwar'' is a 2010 CrisisCrossover event series by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Jonathan Maberry with art by Scot Eaton.
Spinning out of the events of ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2009'', ComicBook/DoctorDoom attempts to conquer Wakanda for it's Vibranium.
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!!''Doomwar'' presents examples of:
* CheckAndMate: Doctor Doom is presented with this scenario by the hands of Black Panther.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Averted. The series reveals that Doctor Doom actually ''does'' use his technology to make money, albeit secretly. Ever wonder how he's able to fund his various schemes or afford to construct all that incredible technology (including his never-ending army of [[ActuallyADoombot Doombots]])? Turns out he's involved in ''thousands'' of perfectly legal businesses, and has made a killing in patents for robotics and medical research.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Doctor Doom is horrified that T'Challa would resort to rendering all Wakandan vibranium inert and useless just to defeat him.
* ExactWords:
** When T'Challa attempts to recruit the ComicBook/XMen for help, ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} says that he cannot sanction X-Men involvement as it would make them look like global aggressors. However, he later confides that that doesn't mean he would stop them going of their own accord. Sure enough, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Colossus, and Nightcrawler are already packed by this stage.
** Later in the same arc, the final lock on the vibranium vault is described that "Only by purity unencumbered by pretense shall you pass". To everyone's shock Doctor Doom manages to open the lock, because he is purely committed to his goals.
* Fiction500: T'Challa was an example until Doctor Doom pulled some crap. T'Challa is king of Wakanda, meaning he legally controls the trade and distribution of [[{{Unobtainium}} Vibranium]] (Captain America's shield is made of that stuff and Adamantium), and according to the comics, Vibranium costs $10,000 ''per gram''. According to issue #1, the Wakandan vaults have 10,000 tons of it. Do the math: it's all worth ''$9.7 trillion'', more than the GPA of the nonfictional world. Unfortunately, a plot by Doctor Doom to loot the Vibranium forced T'Challa to use a failsafe that rendered the stockpile inert and potentially worthless, but that doesn't mean it will always be.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Doom constructs a suit made of vibranium that, thanks to magic, allowed him to control any item with even a spec of Wakandan vibranium anywhere in the world. However, this ends up being his downfall, as T'Challa uses a device that uses Doom's connection to all Vibranium to render it inert. This also has the side-effect of trapping him in a suit of armor that was now useless.
* HonorBeforeReason: Black Panther is guilty of this, when ''his own god'' [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Bast]] came to him in his dreams and told him of a better future for the world with ComicBook/DoctorDoom [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans ruling it]], which he ignored for the sake of his own moral high ground before destroying the world's supply of [[AppliedPhlebotinum vibranium]] to keep Doom from getting his hands on more of it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Some people such as Hunter are not thrilled with T'Challa's actions to end the "Doomwar".]]
* OneWingedAngel: Doom builds a larger, mystically-enhanced suit of armor out of Vibranium.
* PureIsNotGood: Pulled off by ComicBook/DoctorDoom of all people. When faced with a challenge from the goddess Bast that requires "purity without pretense" he offers himself up for judgement and passes as while she finds his methods repulsive she cannot deny the purity in his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans desire to bring about world peace.]]
* SinisterSurveillance: T'Challa exposits how Doom spied on his country to organize a coup by bugging his people with nanotech through their food. This turned every citizen and confidant into a spy, and T'Challa couldn't examine them closely because of self-destruct mechanism that activated when the feed is cut.
* TakingTheBullet: S'Yan sacrifices himself to protect his sister in-law Ramonda from Doctor Doom's men.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Shuri's at her worst and most ruthless during the arc, as she along with her brother gladly slaughters the Wakandan ruling council working with Doom and murders various Wakandan guards with impunity. When forming an offense against Doom, she sacrifices many of her own considerably small forces for minor and ultimately meaningless gains, much to T'Challa's displeasure. She even goes out of her way to kill an unarmed guard simply because the guard was in her way and rebuffs any WhatTheHellHero remarks from her allies with an IDidWhatIHadToDo excuse.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Doom has a moral imperative to TakeOverTheWorld; he genuinely believes that he can solve all of humanity's self-made problems and made them all things of the past once he is recognized as the sole sovereign ruler who alone has the wisdom to create such a paradise. The '''Panther God''' recognizes that Doom's cause in this is just.
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The series reveals that ComicBook/DoctorDoom actually uses thousands of ''legal'' businesses to fund his evil schemes. Turns out he was able to use his scientific know-how [[CutLexLuthorACheck to make a fortune in medical research and technological patents]].
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''Doomwar'' is a 2010 CrisisCrossover event series by Creator/MarvelComics, written by Jonathan Maberry with art by Scot Eaton.
Spinning out of the events of ''ComicBook/BlackPanther2009'', ComicBook/DoctorDoom attempts to conquer Wakanda for it's Vibranium.
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!!''Doomwar'' presents examples of:
* CheckAndMate: Doctor Doom is presented with this scenario by the hands of Black Panther.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Averted. The series reveals that Doctor Doom actually ''does'' use his technology to make money, albeit secretly. Ever wonder how he's able to fund his various schemes or afford to construct all that incredible technology (including his never-ending army of [[ActuallyADoombot Doombots]])? Turns out he's involved in ''thousands'' of perfectly legal businesses, and has made a killing in patents for robotics and medical research.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Doctor Doom is horrified that T'Challa would resort to rendering all Wakandan vibranium inert and useless just to defeat him.
* ExactWords:
** When T'Challa attempts to recruit the ComicBook/XMen for help, ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} says that he cannot sanction X-Men involvement as it would make them look like global aggressors. However, he later confides that that doesn't mean he would stop them going of their own accord. Sure enough, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Colossus, and Nightcrawler are already packed by this stage.
** Later in the same arc, the final lock on the vibranium vault is described that "Only by purity unencumbered by pretense shall you pass". To everyone's shock Doctor Doom manages to open the lock, because he is purely committed to his goals.
* Fiction500: T'Challa was an example until Doctor Doom pulled some crap. T'Challa is king of Wakanda, meaning he legally controls the trade and distribution of [[{{Unobtainium}} Vibranium]] (Captain America's shield is made of that stuff and Adamantium), and according to the comics, Vibranium costs $10,000 ''per gram''. According to issue #1, the Wakandan vaults have 10,000 tons of it. Do the math: it's all worth ''$9.7 trillion'', more than the GPA of the nonfictional world. Unfortunately, a plot by Doctor Doom to loot the Vibranium forced T'Challa to use a failsafe that rendered the stockpile inert and potentially worthless, but that doesn't mean it will always be.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Doom constructs a suit made of vibranium that, thanks to magic, allowed him to control any item with even a spec of Wakandan vibranium anywhere in the world. However, this ends up being his downfall, as T'Challa uses a device that uses Doom's connection to all Vibranium to render it inert. This also has the side-effect of trapping him in a suit of armor that was now useless.
* HonorBeforeReason: Black Panther is guilty of this, when ''his own god'' [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Bast]] came to him in his dreams and told him of a better future for the world with ComicBook/DoctorDoom [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans ruling it]], which he ignored for the sake of his own moral high ground before destroying the world's supply of [[AppliedPhlebotinum vibranium]] to keep Doom from getting his hands on more of it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Some people such as Hunter are not thrilled with T'Challa's actions to end the "Doomwar".]]
* OneWingedAngel: Doom builds a larger, mystically-enhanced suit of armor out of Vibranium.
* PureIsNotGood: Pulled off by ComicBook/DoctorDoom of all people. When faced with a challenge from the goddess Bast that requires "purity without pretense" he offers himself up for judgement and passes as while she finds his methods repulsive she cannot deny the purity in his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans desire to bring about world peace.]]
* SinisterSurveillance: T'Challa exposits how Doom spied on his country to organize a coup by bugging his people with nanotech through their food. This turned every citizen and confidant into a spy, and T'Challa couldn't examine them closely because of self-destruct mechanism that activated when the feed is cut.
* TakingTheBullet: S'Yan sacrifices himself to protect his sister in-law Ramonda from Doctor Doom's men.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Shuri's at her worst and most ruthless during the arc, as she along with her brother gladly slaughters the Wakandan ruling council working with Doom and murders various Wakandan guards with impunity. When forming an offense against Doom, she sacrifices many of her own considerably small forces for minor and ultimately meaningless gains, much to T'Challa's displeasure. She even goes out of her way to kill an unarmed guard simply because the guard was in her way and rebuffs any WhatTheHellHero remarks from her allies with an IDidWhatIHadToDo excuse.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Doom has a moral imperative to TakeOverTheWorld; he genuinely believes that he can solve all of humanity's self-made problems and made them all things of the past once he is recognized as the sole sovereign ruler who alone has the wisdom to create such a paradise. The '''Panther God''' recognizes that Doom's cause in this is just.
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The series reveals that ComicBook/DoctorDoom actually uses thousands of ''legal'' businesses to fund his evil schemes. Turns out he was able to use his scientific know-how [[CutLexLuthorACheck to make a fortune in medical research and technological patents]].
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