Robert Downey Jr. Helped Increase Marvel’s Final Marvel Gross sales

Later this 12 months, Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom for Avengers: Doomsday. However proper now, he’s all around the comics—or reasonably, his art work is.

On New Yr’s Eve, Marvel Comics launched Ultimate Endgame #1, the primary of a five-part miniseries telling the ultimate story of its relaunched Final Universe. To assist promote the occasion, the writer launched a True Believers Blind Bag program, the place readers should buy a bagged-up bodily copy that might have one of many guide’s variant covers or 500 hand-drawn sketches by main Marvel artists like Pepe Larraz or Peach Momoko. Two of these artists are Downey and Kevin Feige. No, actually, and Downey’s drawn 4, two every for his former and future turns as Iron Man and Physician Doom with signed and unsigned variations.

In keeping with the Hollywood Reporter, Downey’s drawings have led to Final Endgame #1 probably changing into Marvel’s top-selling comedian in years. On the time of writing, it’s unclear what which means, since there aren’t any laborious gross sales numbers like DC just lately gave for its Absolute books, nevertheless it’s a notable milestone regardless.

It’s additionally a enjoyable little bit of destiny: Endgame is being written by Deniz Camp, who additionally writes Ultimates, and for that guide’s fourth issue—which targeted on that world’s Doom, evil Reed Richards (the Maker), and the dearth of the Incredible 4. Within the lead-up to that challenge, he joked it’s the guide to seize “if you wish to perceive Robert Downey Jr. as Doom.”

Marvel’s already trying to develop its blind bag program with the upcoming Daredevil relaunch in March. In the meantime, Downey will tackle Doom in Avengers: Doomsday on December 18, and Final Endgame continues with its second challenge on February 4.

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