![]() Because Doom attempted to trade Franklin’s soul for Cynthia’s freedom, he missed out on another chance to save his mother. However, Doom’s genius was also his undoing. Doom also revealed that he knew far more about Franklin’s powers than Reed did. ![]() Shortly before Reed and Susan Richards took a sabbatical from the FF, Doom approached them with a request to use their son, Franklin Richards, in his annual attempt to free his mother from Mephisto’s realm. Duel With the Devil - FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL (1963) #20 But it also put Doom’s darker impulses on display as he devised his latest plan to destroy Reed Richards and the FF. Instead, this solo tale showed Doom’s compassionate side towards his ward, Kristoff, and the people of Latveria. John Byrne wrote and drew this memorable tale in which the Fantastic Four were temporarily booted out of the spotlight. Naturally, there’s a twist at the end.Īnd Doom’s secrets are never shared without a price. Doom even shared part of the tale himself, as others filled in the gaps with their oral history. For the first time, readers got to witness how and why Cynthia Von Doom was damned, while her son, Victor, set out upon a path that would make him the world’s deadliest villain. However, writer Ed Brubaker and artist Pablo Raimondi redefined Doom’s origin for the modern era in BOOKS OF DOOM. It was a rare selfless mission for Doom, which made his inevitable failure even more striking.ĭoom’s backstory has had a few revisions over the decades. Each year, Doom faces the demons of Hell to reclaim the soul of his mother, Cynthia Von Doom, a gypsy sorceress. But in issue #8, writer Gerry Conway and artist Gene Colan showed readers a side of Doom that they hadn’t seen before. When ASTONISHING TALES launched in 1970, Doom shared the title’s top billing with Ka-Zar. Though Some Call It Magic - ASTONISHING TALES (1970) #8 It was also the birth of Doom’s hatred for Reed Richards, the one man who foresaw the mistakes in Doom’s equations that ultimately scarred his face.Īnd if that’s not enough, Lee and Kirby added a second tale in the same issue that brought Doom face-to-face with Rama Tut, an early incarnation of Kang! From there, Doom nearly drove the FF apart with some expertly placed illusions. This is the issue that depicted the death of Doom’s father, and Doom’s ill-fated attempt to contact the afterlife and find his mother’s spirit. For the second annual, the FF’s original creative team threw back the curtain and revealed how the young Victor became the dreaded Doctor Doom. Lee and Kirby turned Doom into a recurring threat in the title. The Origin of Doom - FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL (1963) #2 But it was far from the last time that Doom was destined to disrupt their lives. In his first appearance, Doom kidnapped the Invisible Girl and forced the remaining FF to travel back in time to steal Blackbeard’s treasure. Onward! In the Beginning - FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #5ĭoom wasn’t the first Fantastic Four villain, but Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn’t wait too long to introduce Doom into the mix. To celebrate Doom’s impressive legacy, is throwing the spotlight on some of the best Doctor Doom stories from almost 60 years worth of comics. One thing is for certain: when Doctor Doom shows up, Marvel’s heroes are almost always in for the fight of their lives. But Doom’s hubris and his unrelenting arrogance ultimately carved out a different path. Under different circumstances, he could have been this world’s greatest hero. He’s not simply the FF’s top bad guy Doom is a threat to the entire Marvel Universe.Īnd yet there is a touch of both nobility and tragedy in the heart of Victor Von Doom. In fact, Doom gained god-like powers in both SECRET WARS (1985) and SECRET WARS (2015), which put the Multiverse itself within his reach. On multiple occasions, Doom has come very close to conquering the Earth. ![]() His intelligence rivaled that of his hated adversary, Reed Richards, and he fought the Fantastic Four to a standstill several times. Thanks to Jack "King" Kirby, Doom’s mask and armor quickly became iconic, but it was Doom’s grandiose personality that made him one of the greatest villains ever created. ![]()
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