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- "Call me Doom."
- ―Dr. Doom
Dr. Doom (Victor Von Doom) is the main antagonist of the Fantastic Four: Story series, serving as the main antagonist in Fantastic Four and as the secondary antagonist in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. He was one of the members who were exposed to the cosmic storm and his face became scarred in the process. He gained the ability to absorb and manipulate electricity.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Victor Von Doom was a science associate and rival of Reed Richards. He was born and raised in the country of Latveria, located in Eastern Europe.
Fantastic Four[]
He was approached by Richards to fund a space mission to research the origins of the Big Bang. At this time, Reed realized that his former girlfriend Sue Storm was working for Victor. Victor was in the spaceship with the Fantastic Four when they were exposed to the cosmic dust cloud. He, too, absorbed some of the foreign substance. As a result of his exposure and cutting himself on a piece of metal, he started transforming into a metallic humanoid, capable of controlling and harnessing electricity. The Fantastic Four showed themselves to the public and Sue and Reed rekindled their relationship.
Meanwhile, Victor lost millions as a result of his failed space mission and his company's stock plummeted. His investors cut funding and he was nearing bankruptcy. He attacked the investor that ruined him by electrocuting him in a car park. He adopted a metal mask and a cloth green trench coat, calling himself "Doom". He then kidnapped Reed and nearly froze him, but Ben Grimm, Sue and Johnny Storm stopped him and in the climax, Doom's metal body is super-heated and then immediately cooled with water from a fire hydrant, which turns him into a frozen statue. Afterwards, he was transported back to Latveria via a cargo ship.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer[]
Doom is in a crate, still frozen after his fiery defeat. After the Silver Surfer flies by on a quick patrol around the Earth, disrupting the energy waves all around him, it inadvertently awakens him. After removing his mask and killing a welder that was trying to separate his face from his body, he hides his horribly scarred face behind a dark green cloaked hood. He begins to study the Silver Surfer in an attempt to steal the extraterrestrial's vast array of cosmic power. He then traveled to the Russell Glacier, Greenland, and attempted to form an alliance with the Silver Surfer. He refused and blasted Doom. However, this attack only served to heal Doom's scars and skin damage, although he still retains all of his other superhuman powers.
Doom then deceived both the Fantastic Four and the United States Military by pretending to help them capture the Silver Surfer in the Black Forest, Germany. Once accomplished, he dons a new mask and full-on body armor with mystical figures carved into the pieces, along with a dark green leather cloak (both closer resembling his usual appearance) and took control of the Silver Surfer's board. After flying around and battling the Fantastic Four in their Fantasticar, they end up in Shanghai, where he impales Sue with a metal spear.
After Sue's brief death, being revived by the Silver Surfer, the Human Torch absorbs the powers of the other three heroes, effectively becoming a version of Super-Skrull, and battles Doom, separating him from the board. Ben then comes from behind with a crane and sends Doom flying into a near by harbor where he is last seen sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Personality[]
Victor is an extremely intelligent and sophisticated individual, considered to be the second smartest person on Earth right behind Reed Richards. In addition to his incredible intelligence, Victor is later revealed to be a terrifyingly ruthless, egotistical, sadistic, manipulative and extremely megalomaniacal individual.
Victor enjoys antagonizing and attempting to kill the Fantastic Four, gloating about his vast power and also to wreak havoc, but most of all he loves to gain more power, thus; he is also a greedy individual.
Unlike the mainstream version, Victor cares about nothing other than himself. He will do anything to satisfy his need for power, even dooming Earth.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Superhuman Physiology: Due to being exposed to the cosmic storm, Doom possesses superhuman powers; such as superhuman strength, durability, endurance, stamina, electrogenesis, electrokinesis, energy absorption and accelerated healing respectively. Doom's metal-like body is also "harder than titanium and stronger than diamonds".
- Superhuman Strength: Doom's strength is sufficient enough to go head-on against the Thing and ultimately overpower him. This could be due to his metallic body, as it is stronger than carbon steel, diamonds and titanium respectively.
- Superhuman Durability Due to Doom's metallic body, is far more durable than normal humans and all other superhumans; for example, bullets will bounce off. He can also; withstand the Thing's powerful blows and was completely unfazed; by them.
- Superhuman Stamina: Doom can take unbelievable amounts of punishment, taking a tremendous beating at the hands of the entire Fantastic Four with only a loud scream, sounding more of anguish than of pain, though, and has never technically been shown to tire.
- Superhuman Immunity: Doom is completely immune to extremely hot temperatures; for example; even Human Torch's flames at supernova cannot melt his metallic body at all.
- Electrogenesis: Doom can generate, create and project bright blue electricity from both of his hands or his entire body.
- Electrokinesis: Doom can manipulate electricity; for example, he can use it in multiple different types of ways; such as absorbing electrical discharges from near by power sources, affecting the lights around him.
- Energy Absorption: Doom can absorb several different types of energy, particularly electricity and cosmic energy respectively; for example, the more energy Doom absorbs, the stronger his electrical powers becomes. He was also able to absorb the Silver Surfer's cosmic blast to heal himself.
- Accelerated Healing: Due to Doom's energy absorption powers; he can heal much faster, more extensively, and efficiently than normal humans and all other superhumans; for example, after being blasted; by the Silver Surfer's cosmic blast, Doom's scars and damaged skin were completely healed in a matter of seconds.
Abilities[]
- Genius-Level Intellect: Victor is the most intelligent individual on the entire planet. Victor is ingeniously knowledgeable, resourceful and brilliant in several different fields of science; including biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, mathematics, and several other subjects and graduated from MIT with several degrees in the science.
Weaknesses[]
- Arrogance: Due to Doom's exceptional intellect and tremendous level of power respectively, he has a massive ego; to the point of underestimating his opponents; for example, Doom's arrogance had ultimately lead to be his downfall at the climax of his first confrontation against the Fantastic Four. But he has; since learn from his mistakes, therefore; Doom rarely lets his arrogance and ego respectively get the better of him.
Former weaknesses[]
- Water: If Doom's metallic body is rapidly cooled down; by water; he became permanently immobilised. But following Doom's encounter with the Silver Surfer; he no longer possesses this weakness anymore.
Facilities[]
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Behind the scenes[]
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Trivia[]
- According to a deleted scene in Rise of the Surfer; Doom still retained his metallic affliction; but hid under a synthetic skin he wore; indicating that; while he was healed of his skin injuries, he wasn't rid of his metallic condition.
- In the first film, as time progressed; before he had used Reed's machine to complete his transformation, the scar on Victor's head got larger, presumably from every time he had used his electrical powers.
- While the Fantastic Four's powers revolve around the four classic elements, Doom's usually revolve around the Chinese fifth element; metal.
- According to the director's commentary of Rise of the Silver Surfer; Doom would have been revealed to be a Doombot. Thus; explaining the aforementioned synthetic skin.
References[]
External Links[]
Dr. Doom on the Marvel Wiki
Dr. Doom on Wikipedia
