Too powerful, in fact--Doom was unable to rest, lest he destroy the universe with a dream. [75], When the Young Avengers traveled back in time with Wanda, they were able to restore her memory, and thus her powers. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, Doom increased his magical acumen to the power levels of his technological pursuits and fended off a plan of Reed Richards’ to place the doctor in a special prison made just for him. Born to poor gypsies in the small European nation of Latveria, Victor Von Doom lost his mother to a soldier’s anger, and not long after lost his father to a king’s revenge. [60], Determined to ensure that Doom cannot be a further threat, Reed takes control of Latveria to dismantle all of Doom's equipment,[61] simultaneously subtly driving his family away so that he can trap Doom and himself in a pocket dimension so that he can make sure Doom never threatens anyone again. Using his ability to manipulate reality, he could, in effect, regenerate damage done to his body by simply willing it to be repaired. Doom was captured by the Intelligencia using the Hulk Robot. Reed asks Sue why is she going as back up to Storm. The scheme to free his mother required Doom to incur her undying hatred; by volunteering Strange to take her place, Cynthia von Doom was so disgusted at her son that she became too pure to remain in Hell and departed for Heaven. On various occasions, the suit could also produce blasts of concussive force through its gauntlets, and allow the doctor the power of flight through a miniaturized propulsion system. [35], Long ago, Doom betrayed the Leader and his super-villain group the Intelligencia. [80], After his return, Latveria became the site of an incursion, a collision between Earth and one of its alternate universe counterparts. Four costumed superheroes battle the world's most terrifying villains. He then became the Marquis' Apprentice once more and waited for the moment that the Marquis would be weakened enough for him to gain his revenge, and it came when he faced Mr. [92], Eight years after the beginning of his journey, when Doom had killed thousands of Molecule Men, he encountered one who would be the first of his Black Swans, a cult he would form around the religious concept of himself, under the identity of "Rabum Alal" (the "Great Destroyer"). The Panther God wonders why Doom would even seek this test. [47], When Doom battled and defeated the Silver Surfer, he stole the Surfer's powers and surfboard, becoming one of the most powerful beings on Earth. After playing with his mind, he beat Doom and banished him to the Pliocene Age to die. Dispensing with a botched clone of the Hulk, Doom called forth a Parliament of Doom, a dark answer to the Council of Reeds. Susan Blu was born on July 12, 1948 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA as Susan Maria Blupka. [137] Doom lost these powers when he was tricked into flying into the barrier Galactus set up to prevent Silver Surfer from leaving Earth. [52], When Franklin Richards was kidnapped by Onslaught, Doom (who saw this as an opportunity to steal the being's powers) joined the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and the X-Men to battle Onslaught in Central Park. As a genius-level inventor and monarch of a sovereign nation, Doom can attain many other pieces of equipment as needed. The term Mary Sue actually comes from Lt. Mary Sue of A Trekkie's Tale, a parody of Sues in Star Trek. Victor survived the cold, but unfortunately his father did not. Unknown. He was soon expelled for conducting unethical experiments. The Thing crushed Doom’s hands in one debacle and the doctor also attempted to disrupt Reed Richards’ wedding to his teammate Sue Storm, but the happy day occurred regardless. When his master, the Marquis of Death, arrived, he was displeased with what Doom had been doing in the two decades since his departure. [45] Despite the Four having no powers, Doom was again defeated, this time with the aid of Daredevil. As a reward for his services, he demanded he be allowed to name the child, and when the request was honored by Sue, Doom called the girl Valeria after a long-lost love from his younger days. The titanium armor provides basic protection from attack and the elements, many times bolstered by a personal force field generator as well as other forms of shielding. ; The Vampoife Dood Who Lifed Mega Crossover story famously parodies the Mary Sue trope, with a heavy dose of snarkiness. ; The Vampoife Dood Who Lifed Mega Crossover story famously parodies the Mary Sue trope, with a heavy dose of snarkiness. [59] However, Reed is able to release Doctor Strange's astral self from Doom's traps, allowing Strange to give Reed a sufficient crash-course in magic for Reed to free the rest of the team and trick Doom into angering his demonic benefactors, prompting them to take him to Hell. Created by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee. [37], Doom eventually freed his mother's soul with the assistance of Doctor Strange. Doom developed nanite cameras which were dispersed into all Wakandans, making them unknowing spies for Doom. [69], Doctor Doom was released from prison by the Fantastic Force, a group from a distant future returned to the present. Before departing Latveria, Victor appointed the top military mind in the country, General Karadick, as temporary head of state so he could help Latveria transition into a free state. He has been trained by the best sword masters on Earth[147] and can achieve very powerful nerve strikes. Doom fought off the Mapmakers with the help of his adopted son Kristoff Vernard, whilst unbeknownst to him, the Illuminati blew up the other Earth. In the wake of his part in the birth of Valeria Richards to his hated foes Mr. [101] Mephisto objected to Doom's attempt at redemption, and tried to torment him using a simulacrum of his dead mother. With the help of an Avengers team assembled by Valeria, Doom managed to get hold of a portion of the Scarlet Witch's powers, which he used to make right one of his past misdeeds, the murder of Cassie Lang, and bring her back to life.[85]. Heroes Reborn Announcement Trailer | Marvel Comics, Iconic Marvel Moments From the MCU! [107] When this conflict ended with Stark falling into a coma,[108] Doom saw Stark's fall as a message that directed the form his penance would need to take, and he decided to pick up the mantle of Iron Man. After teleporting to New York, where the inverted heroes and villains were fighting, the inverted Red Skull helped Doom and Daniel cast the spell, which successfully brought almost everyone back to normal, including Doom. With Paul Frees, Gerald Mohr, Jack DeLeon, Jo Ann Pflug. Victor took advantage of the confusion brought by the re-inversion and abducted the Red Skull to Latveria, for experimentation. When he decided to step into the fight, Doom was confronted by Black Panther and Namor, with the former having acquired an Infinity Gauntlet from Sheriff Strange's sanctuary. As Doctor Doom, he returned to Latveria, overthrew its monarch, and renamed its capital Doomstadt while further developing his command of science through robotics, weaponry, and even time travel. In a last ditch attempt to save the multiverse, Doom took Strange and the Molecule Men to confront the Beyonders. The Thing crushed Doom’s hands in one debacle and the doctor also attempted to disrupt Reed Richards’ wedding to his teammate Sue Storm, but the happy day occurred regardless. [119] While being escorted to New York, the jet transporting Doom was attacked. He attempted to secure the services of Namor of Atlantis as his partner, but the alliance devolved quickly into chaos and Doom returned to a solo campaign against his enemies, culminating in an audacious mind-swap with Reed Richards, a clash with the Avengers, and a rendezvous with the villainous Rama-Tut in outer space. ; The main characters of anything by Squirrelking of Half-Life: Full Life Consequences fame. Following a time when he named a clone of his as his “son,” spent months in a disturbed mental state, and trapped the Fantastic Four in a “Liddleville” of his devising, Doom met and adopted a young Latverian orphan named Kristoff who he proclaimed was his heir and who he began to raise as his own son. See marvel.com/unlimited for additional details. [127] After Dr. This new “Battleworld” represented many of Doom’s longtime fantasies, including having Sue Richards as his queen and Valeria Richards as his daughter. [110], Doom's sudden turn against the supervillain community sparked grievances that resulted in a group of villains led by The Hood joining forces to take down Victor. Sue … Thus he set out to become a force of good in the world. Silva will walk Doctor Doom down the aisle as part of their celebration of the Fantastic Four's 60th anniversary. [95] Doom remained unwilling to take part in the conflict, until he saw Mr. Later, after being revived from a death-like stasis, Doom graciously allowed the young man to leave Latveria to attempt to live his own life. After telling her about his visions, she had Doom meet the Witness who could tell the future. However, Thor came to avenge his people and engaged Doom in combat. While on the road Doom was able to get his hands on the Ultimate Nullifier, prompting Kang to betray Doom, but Doom was able to retaliate, and moved on leaving Kang behind. Doom, who loathed Dracula, refused to acknowledge his regal standing. Iron Man Armor: A suit of armor seemingly stolen by Doom from one of Tony Stark's labs, potentially the Iron Man Armor Model 51 retrofitted to suit Doom's style. [99], The feeling of unfulfillment left in Victor during his tenure as a deity prompted him to look for other ways to find personal realization. Of course, nothing is ever so simple in the world of Marvel's first family, especially not when it comes to their children from another reality. [92] During the early days of this planet, Doom encountered an alternate version of the Fantastic Four, one in which Reed Richards didn't exist. After being informed of the nature of Battleworld and its ruler, the survivors of Earth-616 helped Sheriff Strange confront the Maker and the Cabal, who had been finally pinned down by Battleworld's police force, the Thor Corps. See also: Technological Achievements, Doctor Doom's robots. Victor appears to see some of himself in Jesus, since he considers himself a savior, and has quoted him during a confrontation with Mephisto. Lorraine talks with Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Teyonah Parris, Kathryn Hahn, and Matt Shakman about the upcoming show and what it was like to film in a sitcom! He spent much of his life studying both dark magic and science, only to have his plans continually foiled by meddling superheroes. In the end, Mephisto was banished, and Doom started slowly gaining S.H.I.E.L.D. The whole plan of the Fantastic Force was led by the future Sue Storm. Despite his father's attempts to care for her, a noblewoman died and Werner von Doom fled with a young Victor on a cold winter's night. He then began to use his country's resources in order to further his plans of world domination. This young hero introduces herself as Valeria Von Doom, or Marvel Girl, the daughter of Sue Storm and her own world's Doctor Doom, who in actuality is another Reed trapped in the armor of Doom. In his eagerness to assume his masked persona, he donned the faceplate of his first. Hence, he was able to resist psychic attacks from Emma Frost and the Purple Man using only his will, to reject the mystical armor that the Soulsword provides the wielder on sheer willpower alone and while he was tortured in Hell, he refused to let a single audible indication of pain exit his mouth. [55] He took over the world and moved it from the pocket universe to his original universe with magic and technology, putting it in the same orbit as Earth, only on the opposite side, creating a Counter Earth. | Phases 1-3. [97], Doom later commanded Valeria and the department of science of Battleworld, the Foundation, to find the interlopers, pinning Strange's murder on them. [106], During the second Civil War, Doom tried to help Stark regain his composure following the tragic loss of his best friend Jim Rhodes and the destruction of the Stark Tower. Their Sue Storm fell in love with Victor, and they had two children, Franklin and Valeria. Over the years they’ve clashed repeatedly in violent struggles as well as games of one-upmanship, though of course Richards sees it as stopping the growth of evil, and Doom views it as natural superiority rising to the top. The Fantastic Four later escaped and freed Galactus from Doom's custody. [78] He later returned to again rule Latveria, and was targeted by Lucia von Bardas and the Red Ghost, who wanted to get revenge on Doom for past indiscretions. He also has natural talents for leadership, strategy, politics, and manipulation. In another ploy to gain leverage during this time of disunity, Doom proposed an alliance between Latveria and the Black Panther's country of Wakanda. The Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Storm Richards) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four and was the first female superhero created by Marvel during the Silver Age of Comic Books.. Sue Storm received her powers by being exposed to a cosmic storm, and was originally known as the Invisible Girl. Suffering from memory loss, he answered a plea for help from Valeria Richards to save her father and discovered an entire Council of Reeds, a group of alternate versions of his foe from various realities. While attending classes there, he met Reed Richards and Ben Grimm for the first time. [39] He further developed his abilities by traveling through time and learning lost Dark Arts from individuals such as Morgan Le Fey. Doom either could not or would not destroy le Fay, despite having the power to do so, because her future was intertwined with his. The Doombot unleashed advanced technology to attack the Cabal and Norman's Dark Avengers. Doctor Victor Von Doom is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character made his debut in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962). The FF returned to their original universe and met Valeria von Doom who claimed to be Doctor Doom's daughter from the future, with Sue being her mother. From then on, he blamed Reed Richards for the destruction of his face as well as his expulsion. The group later reformed and planned to 'lobotomize' their competition and capture eight of Earth's greatest minds, including Doom. It was magically forged at a monastery in Tibet, but since then has been repaired by normal (technological) means. The Beyonder had however survived. Not long after, the Latverian monarch stole the so-called Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer, the first of many times he would set his eye on energies larger than anything on Earth. WandaVision's Cast & Creators Reveal the Secrets of the Show! However, this inspires a new plan where Doom makes Valeria his familiar while seeking out her namesake as part of a deal with a trio of demons known as the Hazareth Three; by sacrificing his old lover, Doom is granted magical powers on the level he would possess if he had spent the past years studying sorcery rather than science, beginning with Valeria's skin becoming his new armor. [29], Morgan le Fay traveled to present day Latveria to punish Doctor Doom for failing to come through on his end of their bargain. He had vast psionic abilities, could easily change states of matter, and had a host of different powers. [68] During the battle, Doctor Doom, Iron Man, and the Sentry stumbled through an open time travel portal, trapping Doctor Doom and his opponents in the past. After defeating the demon he returned to life by Death in le Fay's apartment where he blasted the hero Blue Marvel unconscious. [46] His next attack came when he manipulated an army of the world's super-villains to attack the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. [92] Three weeks later, Battleworld was in disarray, with disorder having escalated into open rebellion in several domains, with somebody called "the Prophet" forming an army against Doom. Storm and Sue go to take on the military guards that are holding the news reporters captive. College studies in the sciences (expelled before degree completion); self-educated to graduate level and beyond in most sciences; self-taught knowledge of the mystic arts of magic; studied under. Wanda managed to finally confront Doom, who was saved by Magneto and Quicksilver. Following a strange moment of attempted atonement for his actions through the years, the doctor finally succeeded in grabbing ultimate power when he took on the energies of an incredible alien race to piece together a new world of his own when the Multiverse destroyed itself. The FlashAppearances • Images • Gallery • Quotes The FlashAppearances • Images • Gallery • Quotes Barry Allen is a speedster and the second superhero known as The Flash. [76], After the death of the Human Torch, Doom joined the Future Foundation with the condition that Reed Richards would restore the intelligence he lost at the hands of the Intelligencia. He is also a skilled politician and strategist and has occasionally been the leader of numerous teams, including the Cabal and the Fantastic Four. [35], When the Young Avengers helped Magneto find his daughter Wanda, they found her with no memory of her past and betrothed to Doctor Doom. Dottor Doom, il cui vero nome è Victor Von Doom, è un personaggio immaginario dei fumetti creato da Stan Lee e Jack Kirby esordito nel 1962 sul n. 5 della prima serie a fumetti dedicata ai Fantastici Quattro (The Fantastic Four (vol. Watch the new show streaming exclusively on Disney+ on January 15th. However, Doom underestimated the Fantastic Four's ingenuity, and using her invisibility powers, Invisible Woman made Doom's armor fade from sight, making his horrible scarred face visible to his entire audience. Using his stolen power he was able to attack his true target, the Beyonder. [40], Doom first confronted the Fantastic Four by holding Sue Storm hostage. [148] His combat skills are so great that he managed to kill a lion with his bare hands,[148] to be indistinguishable to Daredevil while in his suit,[25] and to wield Captain America's shield as skillfully as Steve Rogers himself. She has been married to Tania Themmen since August 2013. Tony confronted The Hood and stumbled into Victor. The trailer for The Flash season 7 trailer reveals a long road ahead for Team Flash as Barry (Grant Gustin) fights to save Iris from the Mirrorverse. [113], After taking back control of Latveria, Doom set up a plan to capture Galactus and turn him into a source of power for Latveria as well as the rest of the world. Created by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee. Fantastic. Victor Von Doom’s ponderous ego spares little room for others in his heart, yet a chosen few have somehow been graced with his favor in his life, if not exactly what one would call true friendship. While on the Bridge, "Reed-Alpha" freed Doom to help battle the Mad Celestials. Upon their return, Doom declared that he and Richards were even again. As part of a plan to conquer the world, Doom kidnapped Zebediah Killgrave, the mind-controlling supervillain known as Purple Man, and imprisoned him within a gigantic Psycho-Prism which not only bestowed Purple Man's powers on Doom, but also augmented them to a global scale. [44] He was later found floating in space by Rama-Tut, who revealed to Doom that he was one of his ancestors. [82], Doom journeyed to Genosha with the rest of the villains that were recruited by Magneto. Fantastic. [102], In order to make more apparent his transition to the side of the angels, the now-unarmored Victor decided to become an ally to Tony Stark,[103] a man he had always secretly admired and deemed as an equal. [101] This new perspective also led Doom to abdicate his throne and leave his kingdom behind. Silva will walk Doctor Doom down the aisle as part of their celebration of the Fantastic Four's 60th anniversary. The enemies of Doctor Doom could be said to include nearly everyone on the planet he dreams of ruling, but a special small number of them hold a cold spot in his icy heart as direct adversaries. In his secret identity he is a police officer working in Central City as a forensics specialist. [36] He hopes to bring order and betterment to humanity through world conquest. Highly Influential Connections: As Monarch of Latveria, Doctor Doom has access to technological and military hardware. They destroyed one of the Skull's Stark Sentinels, which was keeping some of the heroes who had defied the Skull captive. In return, Doom has always kept him close at hand, watching over him just as the old man watches over the doctor. [109], At some point, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Vincent Doonan, and Terrible Eye performed a ritual that separated Cecil from the Asgardian beast, and granted the boy his human body. After the incursion ended, Doom was alerted to a rock that had fallen from the sky, which was in truth the Mapmakers' beacon. He then began running amok causing havoc all over the world. Doctor Doom traveled to another reality much like his own in the aftermath of Onslaught’s war on super humans, and after spending a year living out a twisted version of his real life, was brought back to Earth and his beloved Latveria to annex the neighboring nation of Slokovia. Presumably considerably less than Iron Man, when wearing his armor. In his youth, Victor fell in love with a woman named Valeria, but she resisted his advances. Kent Nelson was the original, given his powers by Nabu and residing in the Tower of Fate in Salem.