Stella Gibbons "Cold Comfort Farm"; it mentions none of her other works—while providing her "bêtes noires" Morgan and Mary Webb with full entries. To Gibbons, "Cold Comfort Farm" became "That Book" or "You-Know-What", its title never mentioned. Despite her growing irritation and expressed distaste for it, the book continued to be lauded by successive generations of critics, Boston described it as "one of those rare books of comic genius that imprints itself on the brain and can never afterwards be eradicated". A more negative view of the book has been expressed by the literary critic Mary Beard, who considers it "a rather
Cynthia Von Doom to Earth. When Doctor Doom decided to take on the mantle of Iron Man, Cynthia von Doom watched him do that through her cauldron. Cynthia Von Doom had magic-based abilities such as a good knowledge for spells which allowed her to contact demons and make a deal with them for power. Cynthia Von Doom Cynthia Von Doom is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the mother of Doctor Doom. Cynthia Von Doom first appeared in "Astonishing Tales" #8 and was created by Gerry Conway, Gene Colan, and Tom Palmer. Cynthia was a