The new Doombot?

Before I start, I’d like to say just a few words about this man right here. You see, not only can he pull off some mean cruise control speak (which is talking in caps for you kiddies who don’t get the reference), but he’s also a narcissist and a technological genius. So much so on the last two that, in his free time between being holier than thou and having a strangely heterosexual obsession with a man who goes by the name of Richards, he likes to build these things called Doombots. The thing about Doombots is how they look and act exactly like their creator. This can cause a few problems, such as not knowing when you’ve fought the real Doom and when Doom won’t own up to a loss (we all know Squirrel Girl didn’t fight a Doombot, Doom). So whenever something happens with Doom at the center he always has something to fall back on.

Random superhero: “Hey man, you blew up my home and mercilessly slaughtered my family!”
Dr. Doom: “Lol, wut? Wasn’t me man. It was a Doombot. Sorry about that though.”

I think you get the idea. Now let me tell you how this ties into what I’m going to be talking about. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a small amount of fuss going on over at the Marvel side of the comic world. I think something about some kind of Skrull invasion or something. The thing about Skrulls is, they’re shapeshifters. They could easily be anyone. Why, they could just look like a super hero or villain and be blamed for any unfavorable incident which has occurred in recent times! What’s that? You say this sounds like something you’ve heard before? Well guess what?! You’re right! This is the exact same thing which Dr. Doom likes to do with his Doombots. Why, you could even use a Skrull to explain away why a certain female character would be leading a certain underground group in Japan. Kind of like this…

Would you look at that? Why, Elektra is obviously is clearly still an upstanding citizen (not to mention alive) if this Skrull was posing as her and leading the Hand, even though we clearly saw her take control of the group at the end of Wolverine’s Enemy of the State arc (correct me if I’m wrong here). As you can see, this opens up a plethora of new story ideas for Marvel Comics.

Spider-Man: “Why, I didn’t unmask! It was a Skrull (who just happened to take the form of a completely ordinary citizen named Peter Parker)!

Iron Man: “Why, I wasn’t a drunk, controlling jackass! It was a Skrull (never mind the fact I only have half a liver left thanks to all that binge drinking)!

Hopefuly you can see where I’m going with this. To me, this whole Skrull thing just seems like a way for Marvel to let some of their characters shirk the responsibility of some of their actions in recent years. Well, it’s not all bad at least. It’s not like DC would ever do anything like that and use a shapeshifter to reverse some kind of horrible action. Oh wait…

Poop.