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Doom’s Division #2 Review

  • Written by: Yoon Ha Lee
  • Art by: Minkyu Jung
  • Colors by: Mattia Iacono
  • Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
  • Cover art by: Creees Lee, Sonia Oback (cover A)
  • Cover price: $3.99
  • Release date: April 30, 2025

Doom’s Division #2, by Marvel on 4/30/25, sends the expanded team across the Pan-Asian regions to find the anti-Doom rebel Sunfire. Sadly, the find more than they bargained for.

Is Doom’s Division #2 Good?

Recap

When we last left the new team in Doom’s Division #1, superheroes Wave, Aero, and Karma arrived on the scene to tip the balance in the team’s favor during a fight against killer drones sent to wipe out their headquarters. Director Han explains the trio of heroines have arrived to join the team and form a Pan-Asian force. What’s the team’s first assignment? Hunt down and capture the person who sent the drones – Sunfire.

Plot Synopsis

In Doom’s Division #2, the new and expanded team begins their search for the anti-Doom rebel Sunfire. Wave and Mr. Enigma head to Japan to investigate a previous hideout for Sunfire. Taegugki and Karma speed across the nearby oceans to provide communications and support. Aero leads The General and Gun-R II through the depths of the ocean in an air bubble.

Elsewhere, Lady Bright decides she can’t support the group’s cooperation with Doctor Doom, so she visits Director Han to submit her resignation and later visits Luna Snow to express her feelings about supporting Doom through propaganda music. Later, Lady Bright attends a coordinated protest against Doom, but instead of ending in riots and bloodshed, the agent in charge of the police offers to speak in a spirit of peace.

Meanwhile, Taegugki and Karma battle and win an attack against a giant octopus drone. Aero, The General, and Gun-R II battle a group of robotic eel drones, and Mr. Enigma and Wave destroy a group of attacking shark drones. The issue ends when everyone gathers at Sunfire’s hideout and finds nothing, but the tables turn when Sunfire arrives to support his secret comrades – Wave and Karma.

First Impressions

Doom’s Division #2 is a significant step back from the first issue. Yoon Ha Lee had the opportunity to show how the world is changing on the ground while under Doom’s rule, but here, we get cartoonish robot fights, LOTS of boring chit-chats, and a last-page twist that feels hollow.

How’s the Art?

Minkyu Jung’s art is much better than anyone should expect for a One World Under Doom tie-in. The action is big and energetic. Jung’s figure work and action choreography look great, and the camera angles are generally interesting.

What’s great about Doom’s Division #2?

There are pieces in this tie-in mini that may grab your attention, depending on what you’re looking for. A Pan-Asian team has long-term potential with the right attention. Plus, we get a little more information on how Doom handles discontent, and it’s an interesting piece to fill in the picture of the overall event.

What’s not great about Doom’s Division #2?

What Yoon Ha Lee gives readers in information, he lacks in urgency, pop, stakes, or wow moments. We don’t know anything about Sunfire in this context, so we don’t know why he’s attacking the team or his objectives other than he’s anti-Doom. We don’t know why the team is specifically after Sunfire versus any number of heroes and villains who are opposed to Doom. The choice to use Sunfire as the focal villain seems small in comparison to the conflicts happening in the main event. Taken to the extreme, this issue is boring and pointless.

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Final Thoughts

Doom’s Division #2 is a considerable step down from the first issue with lots of boring chit-chats, cartoonish battles, and a last-page twist that goes over like a lead balloon. Yoon Ha Lee’s script is technically adequate, but there’s no life to the story. On the plus side, the art looks great.

5.5/10

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