

Therefore I had to erase it, and I did it with a mask." Death is something without mercy and human flesh contains that element of mercy. Death is connected with armor and inhuman-like steel. It was the reason for the armor and the hood. Doom as The Man in the Iron Mask, who symbolized approaching Death. Doom was the classic conception of Death, of approaching Death. In a 1987 interview, Kirby commented on Doctor Doom's design.
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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 Doctor Doom's debut in The Fantastic Four #5. 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. He has also been portrayed as an antihero at times, working with the heroes if their goals align and only if it benefits him.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. He has also come into conflict with other superheroes in the Marvel Universe, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, the X-Men, and the Avengers. The monarch of the fictional nation of Latveria, Doom primarily serves as the archenemy of Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962).

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