The newest Marvel Entertainment and SiriusXM original scripted podcast, Wastelanders: Doom, premiered on September 12 and now is available on all podcast platforms.
The fifth installment of the well-known “Marvel’s Wastelanders” audio epic, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom, follows the success of Marvel’s Wastelanders: Star-Lord, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Hawkeye, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Black Widow, and Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine. The weekly 10-episode series is co-written by Mark Waid and James Kim, co-directed by Jade King Carroll, and has original music and sound design by Mark Henry Phillips.
The series also features Dylan Baker as Doctor Doom, reprising his role from Marvel’s Wastelanders: Star-Lord, along with Danny Burstein as the Hulk, Keith David as the Kingpin, John Hawkes as Klaw, Kristen Johnston as She-Hulk, Elijah Jones as Johnny Claymore, Rebecca Naomi Jones as Valeria, and Hamish Linklater as the Sandman (Maximus). After spending thirty years in jail, Doctor Doom is suddenly free and looking for revenge against his former allies who betrayed him on The Day The Villains Won. To do this, he collaborates with Valeria Richards, the daughter of his most despised adversary, but which side is she on?
Doom begins his goal for global dominance in Chapter One, “A Super Hero Walks into a Bar,” by allying. Valeria Richards, in the meantime, hires a hired gun and heads out to catch up with Doom. “I’ve written many Fantastic Four comics in my time, but I’ve never had more fun — or conveyed a stronger feeling of fear and dread to our heroes — than in this story, James Kim was a great teammate, and by combining our talents with my understanding of Marvel Comics, we were able to produce something unique,” says co-writer Mark Waid to marvel.com, about the series.
Considering that Doctor Doom is one of the most complex characters in the Marvel Universe, James Kim, the other co-writer of the series, said to marvel.com, “I grew up watching the Fantastic Four animated series from the 1990s, and I was always fascinated by Doctor Doom since he’s one of the most complex characters in the Marvel Universe. The beginning of the story finds them both in their darkest moments. And when I started writing this series, I was at my lowest. So it was cathartic to transfer that energy into these characters and see what extent they would go to accomplish their objectives.”
