Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics character)

Doctor Victor von Doom was a scientific genius and sorcerer, and the monarch of the European nation of Latveria.
== Biography ==
=== Youth ===
==== College Days ====
At State University, Doom privately declared himself a master of mystic rites. Despite warnings from others, Doom pursued his attempts to contact the netherworld. An explosion in his laboratory earned him an expulsion. (COMIC: Prisoners of Doctor Doom!)
==== World War II ====
By the time of the Second World War, Doom had travelled to Norway and found himself under the employ of a Doctor Olsen.Thunder in the East! - Roy Thomas & Allan Kupperberg & Frank Springer - The Invaders Volume 1 #32 - Page 15 - Retrieved 19 March 2023 At this time, he used bandages to obscure his scarred face incurred as a result of the laboratory fire.Thunder in the East! - Roy Thomas & Allan Kupperberg & Frank Springer - The Invaders Volume 1 #32 - Page 14 - Retrieved 19 March 2023 He began several months of work with Doctor Olsen to create a Dimensional Gateway, with Doom specifically focusing on an aspect of the technology to bring those viewed by it forward in time, employing mystic calculations in doing so.Thunder in the East! - Roy Thomas & Allan Kupperberg & Frank Springer - The Invaders Volume 1 #32 - Page 16 - Retrieved 19 March 2023 (COMIC: Thunder in the East!)
==== Subsequent Activities ====
Undeterred by his disfigurement and , Doom set off to the wastelands of Tibet in search of more forbidden knowledge. (COMIC: Prisoners of Doctor Doom!)
==Weapons and Abilities==
===Inherent Abilities===
*Intelligence: Doom possessed a genius-level intelligence. (COMIC: Prisoners of Doctor Doom!, et al.)
===Skills===
*Mental Transference: Doom learned the of swapping minds from the Ovoids, and used it to possess the body of Reed Richards. The swap was undone after Doom experienced shock. (COMIC: The Return of Doctor Doom!)
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===Technology===
*Aerosub: A jetplane capable of both undersea travel and voyages through the solar system at high speeds. It reached the sun within minutes of departing the Earth. (Captives of the Deadly Duo!)
*Armor: A titanium armor suit that contains various abilities in its own right.
**Spaceworthiness: Doom's armour kept him alive while riding a meteor from the sun to the planet Birkeel. (Captives of the Deadly Duo!)
*Grabber: A hand-sized cylindrical object controlled by remote control. Using the remote control allowed it to fly into the air and magnetically attach itself to any object, and, no matter how heavy or large, return it to the user. It accomplished this using magnetic force. (Captives of the Deadly Duo!)
*Flying Harness: A rocket-powered flying harness hidden beneath his cloak, which was swift enough to outfly the Human Torch. (COMIC: Prisoners of Doctor Doom!)
*Time Machine: (COMIC: Prisoners of Doctor Doom!)
*Net Web: A massive net large enough to ensnare the entire Baxter Building. It was impervious to the flames of the Human Torch and carried an electric charge powerful enough to hurt the Thing. (COMIC: Prisoners of Doctor Doom!)
==Notes==
===Behind the Scenes ===
*American author Jeff Rovin labelled Doom "the most notorious villain in the Marvel Universe." Rovin also noted the similarities between Doom and later villain Darth Vader.The Encyclopedia of Super Villains - Jeff Rovin - Facts on File Publications - Published 1987 - Page 91 - Retrieved 17 December 2020
*Doom's early life experiences were later separated from World War II by the sliding timescale employed by Marvel Comics; his experiences with Thor and Hitler were retconned to have occurred while he had time travelled from the future into the past to study the evil of the Nazis.The Abandoned An’ Forsaked - Doctor Doom Worked for Hitler? - Brian Cronin - 13 April 2013 - Comic Book Resources - Retrieved 19 March 2023 The sliding timescale was brought up in relation to the story in the letters page of Invaders #34, in which a reply to a letter noted that Marvel's editor-in-chief Roy Thomas wished to avoid connecting too many mainstream Marvel characters to the time period to avoid chronological complications that would come in later published stories.Okay, Axis, Here We Come! - The Invaders Volume 1 #34 - Retrieved 19 March 2023
===References and Connections===
*An earlier character of the same name owned by DC Comics appeared in a single Batman story. The character accidentally killed himself when a hand grenade locked the sarcophagus he was in shut, suffocating him.5 Batman Villains Too Lame To Survive a Single Issue - Seanbaby - 10 November 2011 - Cracked - Retrieved 31 December 2020
*Rapper Daniel Dumile, after using the stage name Zev Love X in the 1980s, changed his persona in the 1990s to that of MF DOOM, coming out with his debut album "Operation: Doomsday" in 1999. He became known as a "wordsmith that hip-hop's top lyricists deeply admired." Dumile died on 31 October, 2020, which only became public on 31 December, 2020.Masked U.S. rapper MF Doom dead at 49 - 31 December 2020 - CBC News - Retrieved 31 December 2020
=== Trivia ===
* Doom has been featured twice on the web series "DEATH BATTLE!".Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom (Star Wars VS Marvel) | DEATH BATTLE! - DEATH BATTLE! - 1 July 2015 - YouTube - Retrieved 6 March 2024Lex Luthor VS Doctor Doom (DC vs Marvel) | DEATH BATTLE! - DEATH BATTLE! - 5 April 2021 - YouTube - Retrieved 6 March 2024
==Appearances==
*The Fantastic Four
**Prisoners of Doctor Doom! (first appearance)
**Captives of the Deadly Duo!
**The Return of Doctor Doom!
==Links==
*Doctor Doom on the Wikipedia
*Doctor Doom on the Marvel Database
*Doctor Doom on the Villains Wiki
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