The Origin of Doctor Doom

On this episode of History of the Marvel Universe, we're looking at the origin of Victor von Doom, and how he became the most driven and dangerous man on Earth.

Sources:
Fantastic Four 005 (1962)
Fantastic Four Annual 002 (1964)
Marvel Super-Heroes 020 (1969)
Astonishing Tales 002 (1970)
Iron Man 150 (1981)
Fantastic Four 278 (1985)
Fantastic Four vs. The X-Men 004 (1987)
Marvel Graphic Novel 049 (1989)
Fantastic Four 067 (2003)
Books of Doom 001-006 (2006)
Doomwar 003 (2010)

Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

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[alexandrefrauches]

Now that the MCU ended the Thanos storyline, I really hope that Doom becomes the next big bad villain for the next phase of MCU movies.

[saturncrush]

I had no idea that Doom, thought him conquering the world was him saving it from a horrible future. So complex.

[vasglorious]

This is my favorite villain in the Marvel Universe, and such a tragic backstory.

[DyldoShaggins]

If DOCTOR DOOM does make an appearance in the MCU I just hope they keep his Slavic Romani heritage intact.

[LATVERIAN]

For years there had been a debate as to the severity of the lab accident which had ruined Doom's face.
Jack Kirby chose the simple scar element, while Stan Lee chose total disfigurement. It wasn't until the
"genius" of John Byrne that the debate was "finally" answered. In doing so, both Jack and Stan were
correct. First, the scar reveal. The very first post accident Doom, shown for the 1st time in that awesome
bottom panel. And then later, while donning his red hot mask. Thus, destroying the whole of his face
for good. In this one issue, Byrne combined both theories, laying them to rest. Thanks, John.

[markrayp]

Doom's origin is one of the greatest fictional backstories of all time.

[billwhite]

His story would make a great movie. I hope the MCU consider this

[Wrestling-Nun]

I see the algorithm is suggesting everything MF Doom related

[jimfarrell]

Until watching this video, I was unaware that Doctor Doom had successfully freed his mother from hell and the means that enabled him to do so. For me, it was just as surprised to learn that it was Doctor Strange that had assisted in this accomplishment.

[conradpauw]

I am a huge Doom fan... favourite character ever, in any media, villain or otherwise... I have him tattooed on the back of my neck 😹 but I must say that this has to be the most concise, well put together Doom video I've seen... excellent work, love your channel.

[thesnipersmith]

Doom might just become my favorite "villain" now. Everyone sees him as a bad guy, but the truth is he's like a anti hero, whose gonna save the world, whether they like it or not. Sure his methods might be cruel, but it's necessary to save the planet

[yeetyeet]

Oh so doom is actually just a good guy who wants the greater good in humanity huh, man I think I found my fav villain

[ledzepzoso]

My knowledge of comics is mostly limited to the movies and I didn’t know much about Doom before this video. He seems like an awesome character and I really hope he gets introduced into the MCU sooner than later

[doublea]

Fun Fact:
Out of _every single character_ he ever wrote, Doctor Victor von Doom was Stan Lee's personal favorite.

[metalpower]

He really deserves his own origin movie even prior to introducing F4 in MCU. 1. Origins of Victor Van Doom with a glimpse of Reed Richards 2. Origins of F4 with emphasizing on Victor&Reed's adversary. 3. F4 integrating with the rest of MCU 4. Introducing Franklin Richards.

[vincentfranklin]

Doom is quite a complex villain.
He's definitely one of my favorite Fantastic Four foes.

[toddkurzbard]

"Pain???

That is for lesser men!!!

What can pain mean to Victor Von Doom?"

My favorite all-time Doom quote.

And words I like to live by.

[nathansmith]

Doom is one of the best characters not just his story but for the fact that he isn't good or evil he is completely neutral

[JoshuaCastillo]

I never realized how epic the story of Doctor Doom was. I just thought he was some random punk who got superpowers and put on a mask like in the Fantastic Four movie.

[ralphu.]

That was AWESOME! Didn't know his story was that deep.