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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Doctor Doom also known as Victor Van Damme , Dr. Doom , The Master , Monarch of Latveria , Invincible Man , Hans , Erik Czerny , Dictator Doom , Count Otto von Doom , Otto the Handsome , Doom , Doomsie , Emperor Doom , Doom Rex . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Victor Von Doom is the ruler of Latveria. Under his rule the country has flourished.
Origin
Victor was the child of "Gypsy" travelers in Latveria, a small European country. Victor's mother was killed when she called upon the demon Mephisto for power. Victor's father died soon afterwards trying to protect his son. Victor later discovered his mother's mystical books and artifacts. He made several unsuccessful attempts to free his mother's soul from Mephisto.
Mr. Fantastic
Victor excelled in science and developed several inventions and eventually was given a scholarship to Empire State University. While attending this school Victor met Reed Richards, who would later become his enemy, Mr. Fantastic. In school, they were considered scholarly rivals.
One day, Victor's designed an invention to rescue his mother which would become his greatest downfall. Richards attempted to warn Victor of an error in his calculations. Doom's arrogance refused to let him listen. The machine then exploded, scarring his face and lead to his expulsion from the university.
Fantastic Four
Doom later went to Tibet and found an old order of monks. Doom asked them make his first suit of armor. Eager to wear the suit, Doom placed the still hot steel faceplate to his face making him even more scarred than before. As Dr. Doom, he overtook and gained control over Latveria and using his intellect and inventions, he turned Latveria into a thriving nation. In his quest to conquer the world, Doom had several run-ins with his former rival, Reed Richards and his supergroup, the Fantastic Four. Dr. Doom has also the most number of heroes fought over his career.
One of his enemy was the Silver Surfer. He was able to steal his Power Cosmic and become one of the most powerful being on Earth, but was again stopped by the Fantastic Four.
During the events of the first Secret Wars, he was able to steal the powers of Galactus and then the powers of the Beyonder. He was stopped, when the Beyonder took possession of the Klaw's body and used Klaw's guile to trick Dr. Doom into losing his powers.
Dr. Doom became the runner-up at the Aged Genghis's contest. As stated in the rules of the match, he was given one request from the winner, Doctor Strange. Dr. Doom's request was to free his mother's soul from Mephisto. Together, they were able to free the soul of his mother, but at the price of her undying hatred against her son.
During his youth, he fell in love with a woman named Valeria, but she declined his advances. He made a pact with the Hazareth Three, which involved sacrificing her in order to gain more power. This act is generally considered to be the precursor to a new Dr. Doom who regretted the crime against Valeria. It is slated to be the reason for Doom naming Reed's daughter, Valeria after the woman he truly loved but killed. He considers himself to be the self-appointed guardian of young Valeria as he feels this is the way he can atone for the death of his love. However, Marvel has not mentioned exactly what triggered this emotional sentiment in Doom to bring back the memory of Valeria. He would be trap in Hell, when he was tricked by the Fantastic Four and Dr. Strange.
When Mjolnir was floating and passing through all reality, it made a hole in hell for Doom to escape. When Mjolnir landed on earth, Doom tried to claim it, but he was unworthy. He later returned to Latveria and rediscover his magical heritage to defeat his enemies. He later welcomed Atlanteans to Latveria when their kingdom was destroyed and later align himself with Loki to plot against Thor and the release of Asgard's enemies
Doom then faced the Mighty Avengers after he released Symbiote from one of his satellites. When Iron Man, Sentry and Doom were fighting, they were suddenly brought back to the past. The three had to worked together to go back to the present by using Mr. Fantastic's time machine from that timeline. But when they came back, Doom sent Iron Man to the time when his castle was only moments before it explodes. With Iron Man out of the way, he easily defeated the Avengers. Iron Man however, managed to escape at a nick of time and Spider-Woman's breakout from Doom's prison proved to be the start of his downfall and Doom was finally apprehended.
Civil War
During the Marvel Civil War, Dr. Doom had been abandoned in hell (Mobius Dimension) by the Fantastic Four. Here he conducted a valiant battle against innumerable demons. He escaped when Thor's hammer came passing through that plane of existence, on its journey to earth. When back on earth, he found that his Prime Minister had taken over his country, after two years of Doom being absent. The Minister was about to make serious changes in the government, when Doom intervened.
He then set to the task of retrieving the Mjolnir. After fighting SHIELD and the Fantastic Four, he arrived at the hammer to find he could not lift it. He returned to Latveria, frustrated.
In Latveria he was approached by Black Panther and his wife, Storm to form a united front against the registration act of the US. At the time Black Panther was seeking aide from countries such as the UK and Atlantis. Although Doom agreed with Black Panther, he did not involve himself in combat on US soil during the war.
Characteristics
Gender--Male
Height--6'2'' (with armor 6' 7")
Weight--225 lbs (with armor 415 lbs.)
Hair--Brown
Eyes--Brown
Unusual Features--facial scars
Powers
Doom is a highly intelligent man in the sciences and in mystical areas. He has the ability to exchange his mind with others. He has created several technological inventions including robotics (particularly with the development and advancement of his Doombots) and even a time machine. His suit of armor gives Doom super strength, flight, and the ability to create concussive blasts. Doom has made several modifications to his armor over the years, improving it further and further. He is also quite skilled in magic, it is stated that he is next in line for Sorcerer Supreme. His prowess in the dark arts allows him to perform such feats as firing blasts of magical energy, ensnare his foes in bands of energy, and creating shields of mystical energy.
Armour
Doom's armour contains many gadgets. His armor is on par with Iron Man Armor. Typically, his armour contains strength augmentation apparati, which allows him to bench up to two tons, concealed waist-rockets, a concealed jetpack, twin nuclear power generators, a device to allow the exterior of the suit to be electrified, laser blasters in each gauntlet, a force field, protective visors, an air supply, and various kinds of sensors, such as infrared. However, Doom has also customized his armour at various times, to include such gadgets as boot-rockets, a gauntlet-concealed hypnosis device,etc.
Alternate Realities
Doom 2099 from Earth-928
Earth-1610
In the Ultimate Universe Doctor Doom is known as Victor Van Damme. He was the one who sabotaged the teleporter going to The Negative Zone. The accident that gave the Fantastic Four also gave him powers. In Latveria, he turned it from a third world country into one of the richest countries of the world. His people revere him as a savior and as a "The good doctor". Briefly, Victor and Reed switch bodies, but Reed was able to returned back to his own body just in time to fight and defeat the Zombie Fantastic Four. The Zombie Fantastic Four were teleported back to their universe along with Victor, who sacrificed himself to get the zombies into the teleporter. He just wanted to be remembered to be the one who saved the world, but Reed and the others did not acknowledge his request and they were subsequently recognize as the ones that save the world.
Earth-58163
In the House of M reality Doctor Doom, who created a Liquid Metal he could use as a body armor, is leader of the Fearsome Four which consists of himself, Invincible Woman (Valeria Von Doom), Inhuman Torch (Kristoff Vernard) and The It (Thing). Doom aids Magneto as an ally in the Human-Mutant war. The Fearsome Four are used as a strike force by Magneto to control the other superhumans. Although he did not help Magneto in the final battle because he disappeared in the middle of the battle to search for his mother, who was kidnapped by The It.
Earth-295
In the Age of Apocalypse reality Doctor Doom is an agent of the Human High Council. He had facial scars as a result of mutant uprising in his country, Latveria.
Earth-311
In the 1602 reality Doctor Doom is known as Count Otto von Doom. He kept the Four of the Fantastick (this universe's version of the Fantastic Four) until they escaped due to the attack of the other heroes on Otto's castle and where Doom got his facial scars. He is affiliated with the Four Who Are Frightful (this universe's version of the Frightful Four).
Earth-928
Doctor Doom of the year 2099. He nearly died in an accident but was saved, and toyed with, by a woman he once loved. She healed his injuries and facial scars and at the same time making him younger, however she also fragmented his memory. After figuring everything out and battling a false Doctor Doom, Doom became president of the United States and made the abysmal year of 2099 a better place.
Earth-9811
In this reality where the Secret War never ended, Victor von Doom and Enchantress had a son called Malefactor. Malefactor attempted to kill his father and restart the Secret War with the children of all the heroes and villains, however he was defeated and Doctor Doom revealed what happens to those that threaten his life.
Earth-938
In this reality Doctor Doom became Sorcerer Supreme instead of Doctor Strange. Baron Mordo felt threatened by Doom and tried to kill him, however Doom placed a device in Mordo that would kill him if Doom ever died and he became Doom's servant. When Dr. Strange came to the Ancient One to fix his hands, he gave the task to Doom and said that his training would be complete. Doom removed Strange's hands and replaced them with mechanical ones, making Strange the greatest surgeon in the world. That wasn't what the Ancient One intended but Doom did the task never the less.
When the world was threatened by a demonic invasion, Doom died saving the world. However, he sent robots to place his memories in Strange's body.
Earth-1298
In this reality, Doom is a superhero and leads his own superhero team.
Earth-Doom Vs Namor
The Exiles fought off an attack from Atlantis to aid Doctor Doom against Namor.
Earth-8912
In this reality where King Arthur is ruler in the year 2093, Dr. Doom created himself into a cyborg to increase his lifespan. He was ultimately killed by his Earth-616 version.
Earth-2149
Doctor Doom is one of the last remaining survivors of the zombie plague. He barricaded his castle and had harbored human survivors in his plan to repopulate the earth once the zombies super-beings are gotten rid of. He allowed Ash Williams, Dazzler and Scarlet Witch refuge. Doom was forced to kill Dazzler when she got bitten by an infected Enchantress.
When the zombies begin to lay siege on his castle, he built a make-shift dimensional transporter for the human refugees to escape in and even offered Ash any reality to be teleported into for allowing him his ultimate revenge against Reed Richards. Doom himself didn't want to escape because he was already infected. He was even tempted to bite Ash, but resisted his urges. When Ash left, he destroyed the teleporter and was trapped with the other zombies.
He was later as one of the other zombie super-beings seen attacking Galactus, ready to devour him. He was later killed by the cosmic-powered zombies.
Earth-8311
In this reality, Doctor Doom is turned into an anthropomorphic duck named Ducktor Doom and is the arch nemesis of Spider-Ham.
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