Dr. Victor von Doom is an armored super-villain and ruler of the nation of Latveria. He is also the archenemy of the Fantastic Four.
He is voiced by Lex Lang in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and Maurice LaMarche in later animated television series. He will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the 2025 film The Fantastic Four: First Steps, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr.
Doctor Doom was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Background
Personality
Doctor Doom is an evil scientist and mastermind. He downplays his enemies, just as on Spider-Man and his team. He takes precautions and plans his actions beforehand, operating calmly and not letting petty insults or mockery distract him. But under this demeanor, he is a psychopath bent on world domination with an arrogant tone towards anyone other than himself, especially his rival Reed Richards. However despite being a supervillain, he does show some care for his country, Latveria, as a ruler.
Physical appearance
Doom is a tall man, with brown eyes. His most notable feature is the vibranium armor he wears to cover his face and his whole body except his eyes. Over his armor he wears a green tunic with a green hood over his face which it is attached with yellow clasps on the chest. He has a brown belt with a yellow clasp around his waist.
Powers and abilities
- Genius-level intellect
- Technopathy
- Diplomatic Immunity
Equipment
- Vibranium armor
- Vision powered gauntlets
- Energy lasers
Appearances
Animated Appearances
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Doctor Doom kidnaps Wasp and Susan Richards, as he suspects one of them is a Skrull. The Avengers and Fantastic Four face Doom to aid their friends, but Doom leaves everyone go after he confirms his suspicions; while Wasp is the real deal, Sue has been replaced by a Skrull.
Doom later comes to Iron Man to tell him that he knew that Iron Man was working on a Skrull detector. Doom gave Iron Man a chip which will allow Iron Man's armor to do a genetic "reset" on the Skrull's DNA, exposing their true forms, as the chip was incompatible with Doom's armor but that is all the help Doom will give - fighting the Skrulls is beneath him, and what lackies like Iron Man are for. He then left Iron Man to go fight the Skrulls himself.
Ultimate Spider-Man
Doom send out his Mark VI to be captured by Spider-Man and co when they invaded Latveria. They brought it to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and tried to destroy the power reactor. After Spider-Man and co. defeated the Mark VI he broadcast on S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier screen and threatened them to not invade Latveria again.
Some time later, when Spider-Man loses Captain America's Shield, it ends in the Latverian embassy where Doom gets it. Spider-Man and Captain America face the dangers of the embassy to recover it before Doom can analyze and duplicate the alloy it's made of. Doom escapes in a ship, but as he enters American airspace along with the fact that the missile he fired at Spider-Man from the embassy flew into a New York City street due to it being a heat seeking missile and Lang with his plot to invade America being discovered he can be arrested for conspiracy to invade America. Doom calmly surrenders himself, stating his lativariqn officials will have diplomatic immunity lawyers from the embassy help have him out in a short time.
Avengers Assemble
Doctor Doom in Avengers Assemble.
Doctor Doom appears in "The Avengers Protocol", where he is receiving a holographic message from Red Skull to join his Cabal. In "The Serpent of Doom", Doctor Doom fights the Avengers where he manages to obtain Ulik's weapon Codgel. The Avengers tracked the Codgel's energy signature to the Latverian Embassy and battled Doctor Doom and his Doombots. Doctor Doom used the modified Codgel to release the Midgard Serpent with hopes of using it to conquer the globe. After a battle with the Avengers, he and the Midgard Serpent were banished to the Realm Below using the extra-dimensional portal that was used by Ulik.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Doctor Doom is set to appear in this film, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., who previously portrayed Tony Stark/Iron Man in the franchise.
Avengers: Doomsday
Doctor Doom will return in this film.
Avengers: Secret Wars
Doctor Doom will return in this film.
Gallery
Trivia
- Even though he is considered Marvel's main antagonist and has battled most of the superheroes in the comics he was yet to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is because Fox owned the rights to him and most of the primarily Fantastic Four villains.
- However it was revealed in July 2024, that he would make his live action debut in The Fantastic Four: First Steps and then Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, being portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. who played Tony Stark/Iron Man from 2008 to 2019. This is due to the Council of Kangs being scrapped because of Jonathan Majors' criminal charges and subsequent conviction. The original title of Doomsday, The Kang Dynasty, was changed to reflect this.
- Doctor Doom is briefly mentioned in the DuckTales episode "All Ducks on Deck", when the Phantom Blot is comparing himself to other villains: "Compared to me, Doctor Doom is a wimp, and Captain Hook is about as dangerous as a plastic coat hanger!"
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