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Comic Book Question of the Week Results: Favorite Marvel Villain

Magneto? Thanos? Doctor Doom? ...Stilt-Man?! Come see which villains the Comic Vine community likes the most!

Villains are currently stealing the spotlight over in the DC universe, so this week, we wanted to give the villains over at Marvel a bit of love. On Tuesday, we asked you who your favorite fiend from the 616 universe is and after two days of voting, only two villains attracted a large number of supporters. The race boiled down to two powerhouses: Magneto and Doctor Doom. So, who did the Comic Vine community ultimately side with? Stilt-Man Doctor Doom!

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First appearing in FANTASTIC FOUR #5, the evil genius has proven time and time again that he's more than deserving of A-list status. With a shockingly formidable mind, mystical abilities and a plethora of technology at his disposal, Victor von Doom has been a challenge to numerous big name heroes and has even temporarily stolen Silver Surfer's powers. Plus, the dude has Doombots. That alone is full of win.

Here's the poll results.

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If you voted for Doctor Doom, go ahead and tell us why you think he's Marvel's best big bad. Also, share what your favorite Victor von Doom story is! That way, maybe someone else out there can discover why he's awesome. For everyone else, go ahead and tell us why a different character earned your vote.

Want another question of week? Well, check back next Tuesday!

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Red Skull would've won

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Well, DUH. I mean, have you SEEN him in Avengers EMH?

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Magneto's badass and all, but the movies and cartoons are always reducing his power.

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@huize said:

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It's from New Avengers #6 by Jonathan Hickman. The whole series is awesome, and you should go back and collect from issue 1!

Thanks, I will. Wasn't planning to read any Avengers stuff, I'll admit. Does Doom show up much in Marvel NOW's FF and Fantastic Four?

He doesn't show up much in the NOW Fantastic Four titles, but I would recommend Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run for some great Doom appearances.

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Poor Galactus. Only 2%. Sorry big man. Oh well, no one defeats Doom.

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Ha! The Red Skull is sooo much better than Doctor Doom! Especially since he conquered Doctor Doom's kingdom for awhile.

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@huize:

It's from New Avengers #6 by Jonathan Hickman. The whole series is awesome, and you should go back and collect from issue 1!

Thanks, I will. Wasn't planning to read any Avengers stuff, I'll admit. Does Doom show up much in Marvel NOW's FF and Fantastic Four?

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It's from New Avengers #6 by Jonathan Hickman. The whole series is awesome, and you should go back and collect from issue 1!

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DOOM reigns supreme.

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Where is this from? Epic stuff.

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So Loki isn't as liked as it seems. Interesting...

Hated Loki in the movies, but I've never read any comics with him. Lame villain.

On another note, I was expecting Magneto to win.

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Doom has always shown dominance to every hero, he even challenged gods himself. It's too bad that The Manderin couldn't be on this and not IM3 Mandarin.

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@extremis said:

It's interesting because as someone not that familiar with Dr Doom I was hoping to see some people explain what's so great about the character. I've yet to see such an explanation.

Sometimes I'm fairly sure that this website is just full of random nonsense, with people rarely saying much of anything at all- "Doom because he's the coolest!", etc. *sigh*

Read Books of Doom by Ed Brubaker. All the explaining as to why Doom is awesome will be done there.

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Books of Doom is probably my favorite Doctor Doom story ever.

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Its a great origin story. Science and magic = Doom.

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Doom, THanos, Ultron, and Magneto. They're powerful, awesome, and actually threatening....

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It's interesting because as someone not that familiar with Dr Doom I was hoping to see some people explain what's so great about the character. I've yet to see such an explanation.

Sometimes I'm fairly sure that this website is just full of random nonsense, with people rarely saying much of anything at all- "Doom because he's the coolest!", etc. *sigh*

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Kingpn is way to low and carnage is way to high.

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Guy in cape and helmet who was oppressed in his childhood/youth and grew up to be a monster with strong ideals, was also the college roommate of the good dr/professor, Doom is pretty much a facsimile of the awesomeness that is Magneto. If the votes that went for Mystique and Sabretooth was directed toward their boss, he would have won. Sabretooth is probably the coolest villain btw

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Definitely a fan of doom but Magneto's been my favorite forever.

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Ultron for me.

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I didn't even know about this poll. The winner makes sense though. I personally would have voted for Norman or Magneto myself. Though like a lot of ppl I'm surprised Red Skull didn't even make it.

Also, those Doc Ock votes should have been disqualified. He's an avenger, that's as heroic as it gets *shakes fist*

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I voted for Other since my choice in mind was not listed. But he is Doom... Magneto is pretty cool too. But he is Doom... There are a couple bad guys that I like slightly more and yet none may touch Doom!

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Didn't vote for Doom but...

ALL HAIL DOOM!

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Pssh! Magneto is way better...lol

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FOOT DIVE

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So Thanos took the bronze metal? Decent I say!

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man i'd love it if Sinestro could somehow get to the same level as doom is for marvel, instead of being a green lantern enemy he should be a universal threat to the dcu

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@impossibilly: HAHA! Was I the only person who thought that was funny?

It's quite possible. But I appreciate you all the more for it. :)

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I voted for Thanos but Dr. Doom's a iconic Marvel villain so I'm not mad.

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Funny, I thought Loki's fangirls would turn out in large numbers for this poll. Oh well, GLORY TO DOOM!!!!!

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"I was a god once. I found it...beneath me." - Doctor Doom

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Not surprised Dr Doom won. The Guy fought almost everyone in the Marvel universe.

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It was either Doom or Magneto. The others didn't had a chance really.

By the way, I belive the newest villain here is Carnage and he's been around for 21 years now. It gives you quite an idea of how Marvel has a huge lack of new good villains and how much they need some.

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Glad I voted for him!

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Doom baby, Doom !

Didn't know about his new costume. I like.

and yeah, why wasn't Red Skull on here. I probably would've voted for him. He's the nastiest.

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I knew he wouldn't win... but i did want the green goblin to rank higher :I

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@missj said:

All hope lies in Doom <3

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Oh, and this is my favourite Doom cover:

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It's hard for me to pick just one favourite Doom story, however, Emperor Doom is definitely a classic. Doom finally achieves his goal of world domination, utilizing the powers of the Purple Man to enslave the world and its heroes. I won't spoil the ending, but it features a very interesting twist. :)

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I voted Green Goblin. He was the one who killed Gwen Stacy (and made fans realize that the hero wouldn't always get a happy ending), organized the Clone Saga, killed Ben Reilly, took over the country as the leader of H.A.M.M.E.R., killed the Skrull queen, and has hurt Peter Parker mentally and emotionally than any other Spidey villain.

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Clearly Magneto is the best marvel villain ... I think Victor Von Doom rigged the voting

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I voted Norman Osborne (Green Goblin since that's all he's listed as) but I do love Dr Doom. Not surprised he won.

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It's good to be the king...
It's good to be the king...

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Lex Luthor...

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I can't believe people voted for Galactus

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Doom does anything he sets his mind to

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I voted Doom and would have no matter what the question was; but the real question is, how come this guy wasn't a choice

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DOOM FTW!

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I can't believe Eye Scream didn't make the list.