Kirby went on to say that although 'Doom is an evil person, but he's not always been evil.

Death is something without mercy, and human flesh contains that mercy.' Kirby further described Doom as being 'paranoid', wrecked by his twisted face and wanting the whole world to be like him. Death is connected with armor and the inhuman-like steel. Jack Kirby modelled Doom after Death, with the armor standing in for that character's skeleton 'It was the reason for the armor and the hood. Looking for a name, Lee latched onto 'Doctor Doom' as 'eloquent in its simplicity - magnificent in its implied menace.' ĭue to the rush to publish, the character was not given a full origin story until Fantastic Four Annual #2, two years after his debut. With the Fantastic Four title performing well, Lee and Kirby were trying to dream up a 'soul-stirring…super sensational new villain' for the series. Like many of Marvel's Silver Age characters, Doom was conceived by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Publication history Creation and development 5.23 Original Guardians of the Galaxy/Earth-691.Most notably, Doctor Doom has been portrayed in licensed Fantastic Four live-action feature films by Joseph Culp in Roger Corman's unreleased 1994 film Julian McMahon in the 2005 film and its 2007 sequel and Toby Kebbell in the 2015 film. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into several forms of media, including television series, video games, and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards. In a later article, IGN would declare Doom as Marvel's greatest villain. The monarch of the fictional nation Latveria, Doom has been portrayed as both a supervillain and antihero, and is usually depicted as both the archenemy and ally of the Fantastic Four, though he has come into conflict with other superheroes as well, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Daredevil, the X-Men, and the Avengers.ĭoctor Doom was ranked #4 by Wizard on its list of the 101 Greatest Villains of All Time and #3 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character made his debut in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962). Expert hand-to-hand combatant, martial artist and swordsmanĭoctor Victor Von Doom is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Doctor Doom, on the variant cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol.

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