Victor von Doom (Earth-121698)

Doctor Doom is a Marvel character who first appeared in Fantastic Four #5 in 1962. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Doom is fully encased in high tech armor of his own design to hide the many horrible scars (or one small scar on his face) that he incured in a lab accident. Using a mixture of science and sorcery Doom has come close to world domination several times, being thwarted only by the Fantastic Four or his own ego.

Doom was originaly played by Joseph Culp in the unreleased 1994 Roger Corman film The Fantastic Four. He would later be played by Australian actor Julian McMahon in the 2005 film and it's sequel.

Character traits

Dr. Doom is an extremly intelligent individual. It has been speculated that he is the most intelligent man on earth, second only to Reed Richards, though Doom himself would dispute that fact. Doom is also extremly arrogrant. His hubris and constant underestimation of his foes is what often leads to his defeat.

Relationships

In all of his incarnations Doom was an early coleague/rival of Reed Richards in college.

In the 2005 film he was romanticaly involved with Susan Storm and was planning to propose mariage until the accident that gave Doom and the Fantastic Four their powers. Doom's increasing mania drove her back to Reed.

Trivia Although unreleased in theaters, the 1994 film was rated more watchable by Wizard Magazine than Batman & Robin, Steel, Virus and Red Sonja, all of which were released in theatres.