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TheFantastic Four’srivalDoctor Doomis undoubtedly one of , if notthemost famous villains the Marvel Universe - but his enduring popularity is not necessarily because he has modify over meter , but because he has not . Victor Von Doom is a theatrical scoundrel in the extreme , prone to long - winded speeches about his tenacious - full term plans for world supremacy and his inevitable victory overhis swear enemy Reed Richards . At the time , he was simply another carte - carrying villain , but as the decades have passed Doctor Doom has only become more popular thanks to his ( and his writers ) resistance to interchange .
Doctor Doom appeared comparatively early in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ’s original Fantastic Four run . InFantastic Four # 5 , Marvel ’s first family are captured by Doctor Doom , who sends them back in time to recall a hoarded wealth . Doom has no intentions of being fritter or cuckold by the squad - so when they render and attack Doom , it is only a robot duplicate that is defeated - oneof many robotic Doombots created by Doomjust in case his life was ever threatened .
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But during the Silver Age of Comics , most other villains act and sounded like Doctor Doom : they were all theatrical , self-aggrandising , and often referred to themselves in the third mortal . This is most evident in other Stan Lee - written villains like the Mandarin , Loki , Doctor Octopus and others . The DC Universe was n’t nontaxable from B - Movie - esque baddie as well : Lex Luthor was a prime offender . But as the Silver Age apply path to the Bronze Age in the ' 80s , villains became , for want of a good countersign , more " realistic . “Lex Luthor became a billionaire businessman , the Mandarin operated from the shadows , and other villains experienced similar change … but not Doctor Doom . If anything , Doom has planted his feet and became evenmoreof a soliloquy - regurgitate villain than before .
Even leading up to and including the Modern Age of Comics ( the 2000s to the present day ) , Doctor Doom is still a large scoundrel resonant of the scoundrel in a Saturday morning cartoon . Hisposition as leader of Latveriamay have something to do with this enactment : Doom rules a commonwealth and make repeated speech to his subjects ( while threatening anyone who dare oppose him , be they citizen or individual superhero ) . Perhaps this is why Doctor Doom has been received so poorly in the various unrecorded actionFantastic Fourfilms : his characterization is so innately intertwined with the camp LX variation that any attempt to " update " his personality ineluctably fails .
Even as far forward as his appearances in 2022 , Doctor Doom is still a theatrical character . In July’sCaptain America : Symbol of Truth # 3 , for example , Captain America and ally Deadpoolare brought to Doom ’s crapper room in Latveria : a lavishly decorate enclosed space that is reminiscent of a castling . modernistic - day villains , while still prone to the episodic spoken communication , do not use theatrical elements with the same prayer as Doom - and it is exactly this theatricality combined with a steadfast refusal to update his delineation that makesDoctor Doomso compelling of a villain to watch ( particularly now ) .
