(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Pablo Raimondi (CA) Alex Ross The full origins of Marvel's most iconic and enduring villain, Doctor Doom, are revealed - as told by Doctor Doom himself! Doom was recently revealed to be portrayed by Robert Downey Jr in the upcoming Avengers Doomsday film! From the black steppes of Eastern Europe, to the college campuses of New York City, and finally to the throne of Latveria - this is the life of Victor Von Doom! From his earliest disasters to his scientific triumphs to the tragedy of the fractured man he would become, this is the story you know, and the one you don't. PLUS: AN ALL-NEW INTRODUCTION BY ED BRUBAKER! Collecting: BOOKS OF DOOM #1-6 Rated T+

(W) Peter David, More (A) Larry Stroman, More (CA) Larry Stroman Peter David reinvents X-Factor - again! Jamie Madrox has become a private eye. But with so many of his duplicates out in the world, is an identity crisis imminent? X-Factor Investigations recruits Guido, Wolfsbane, Siryn, M and Rictor - plus Layla Miller, who knows stuff! Can the team help mutantkind navigate M-Day and deal with their unbalanced former ally Quicksilver? X-Factor butts heads with Singularity Investigations, X-Cell, the Isolationist and more. But what happens when two of Madrox's dupes want their own lives - and when Jamie and Layla are thrown into the future? With Mutant Town under siege, Skrulls running rampant, personal problems tearing the team apart and a major change for Siryn, can X-Factor survive? Collecting MADROX #1-5; X-FACTOR (2005) #1-20, #21-24 (A STORIES) and #25-39; X-FACTOR: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD; X-FACTOR SPECIAL: LAYLA MILLER; and SHE-HULK (2005) #31. RATED T+