Doomquest

"Doomquest" is a two-issue

Tony Stark learns that an employee of his made illegal sales of technology to Doctor Doom. After immediately firing the employee, Stark cancels the sale and attempts to refund the payment. Doom not only refuses the refund, but sends agents to seize the refused goods by force. Stark, as Iron Man, is unable to prevent the robbery and travels to Doom's country of Latveria to recover the goods personally.

When

• "Recurring Knightmare" (Iron Man #249–250): Iron Man and Doctor Doom are sent to the year A.D. 2089 complete with a future version of Camelot, where they must ally with a reborn Arthur—here only a young boy—and Merlin against Stark's descendant Andros Stark—now a mercenary using an old armor for his own gain—and Doom's own future self. Doom slays his double, while Iron Man wields Excalibur against his descendant, but their memories of their time in the future—including Doom's discovery of Iron Man's true identity—are erased when they are sent back to their own time, the spell that brought them to the present preventing them from bringing anything from the future back with them.
• Iron Man: Legacy of Doom: A four-issue miniseries in which Iron Man and Doctor Doom battle; includes a trip to
  Mephisto's Hell
  dimension.

In addition, the story arc "Time Is on No One's Side" (The Mighty Avengers #9-10) features Iron Man and Doom, along with the Sentry, being sent back in time to the 1970s-era Marvel Universe and heavily references "Doomquest", such as the two men noting that they cannot duplicate their previous success at creating a time machine from their armors as they lack the components they used originally.

What If? #33 includes the story "What If Iron Man Was Trapped in the Time of King Arthur?" In the alternate timeline, Doom does not seal the truce at the end of "Doomquest" with his word of honor. He betrays Iron Man, leaving Stark stranded with incomplete armor. "Sir Anthony of Iron" becomes a Knight of the Round Table. When Arthur is mortally wounded in battle, he names Tony as his heir. The empire he builds ushers in 1,000 years of world peace, but Tony lives the rest of his life in the Middle Ages, totally separated from the world and time in which he belongs.

Collected editions

In 2008, "Doomquest" and the sequel "Recurring Knightmare" were collected as a Marvel Premiere hardcover edition entitled Iron Man: Doomquest (

IGN included the story as part of its Ultimate Bookshelf 2.0: Iron Man.^[1] ComicMix included in its 10 Must-Read Stories Before You Watch 'Iron Man' in Theaters.^[2] Den of Geek called it one of the best Iron Man stories.^[3] The A.V. Club called the story "a lot of fun", giving it a B+ rating.^[4] Chris's Invincible Super-Blog said "on the short list of [Iron Man]'s necessary adventures, Doomquest sits right at the top."^[5]

References

External links

• Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom: Doomquest at Marvel.com