He's seen a thousand futures, and the only one in which humanity survives, unites, and thrives is the one where he rules. He wants to make life better for the people of Latveria, because it used to suck. Then there's the fact that Reed Richards is kind of a douchebag.įinally, and here is the most important part: Doom is literally the hero of his own story. So, we have the whole spectrum from orphan wunderkind to tragic hero to folksy revolutionary to benevolent dictator.Īdd into that all the cool parts of Iron Man and Dr Strange. Then, he goes back to Latveria, leads a revolution against that douchebag Baron, and becomes the leader his people needed. He learns all their magic, becomes their leader, and builds his sweet-ass magic/science armor. Spoiler alert: we later learn that Ben Grimm tampered with the machine because he though Doom was a dick.Īfter the explosion, Doom is expelled and wanders the Earth, eventually being rescued in the Tibetan mountains by a group of mystic monks. Victor creates a sweet machine to talk to the dead, Reed tries to correct his math, Victor ignores, machine blows up in his face (literally). Goes to New York, assigned Reed Richards as a roommate. Victor von Doom is no dummy, so he leaves his tribe and his girl behind and moves to New York. Somehow, the dean of Empire State University learns about the Roma wunderkind and offers him a free ride to study in New York. Son somehow combines magic with tech while tinkering in a village and creates awesome stuff to protect his tribe from the Baron's men. Dad sacrifices himself to save son from exposure, son returns home, finds mom's occult stuff, swears revenge. Wife dies, Baron labels dad a murderer, dad and son have to flee their tribe and home. Spoiler alert: cancer trumps medicine man. Mom's a witch who makes a deal with the devil to gain power to attack the oppressive baron, and then dies from wounds taken in the failed attack, and then her soul belongs to the devil.ĭad's a medicine man, summoned by that same baron to try and treat his cancer-ridden wife. Am I just dumb? Please explain this guy's appeal. What's so great about this Latverian dictator? I don't see it from what I've been exposed to in the cartoons and video games and movies. But Doctor Doom is right there with those guys, in the rankings. And then you might see Lex Luthor or Magneto below him. Obviously, the Joker usually takes the top spot. Doctor Doom is always really high up there. Yet whenever people make up lists of the greatest comic book villains of all time. This was presumably a more faithful and true interpretation of the character, and I still didn't see what was so great about him. I've seen him in the 90s Fantastic Four cartoon ("No need to fear, they're here! Just call the Four!"). He doesn't seem to have been translated well to the movies, so I can't say that's the character's fault. that's not really a cool look to me, but art is subjective that way. He looked like a guy in weird primitive rivet armor and a giant green cloak. He's been in video games and cartoons and movies. I've never really read Marvel (the only Marvel trades I own on my shelf are Extremis, Born Again, and Marvels), but. Use >!spoiler!List of websites maintained by /r/comicbook redditors.Instructions for Creators and Previous AMAs.If you are a creator who is interested in setting up an AMA please see the AMA instructions in the FAQ. Check your pictures for piracy links before posting them. Links to pirated material or piracy sites will result in an immediate ban. For reading suggestions, please check the FAQ. Please read our image policy before submitting one. Please wait for further announcements about voting for new flair images. Requests for new flair image creation is closed. To set your flair please use the flair picker. FAQ - Recommendations - Weekly Pull List - Questions and Suggestions - Swag Bag Friday
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