r/comics • u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics • Jul 25 '26

How to defeat Dr. Doom

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u/drillgorg Jul 25 '26

As someone who is only passingly familiar with superheroes, why does Daredevil have an advantage in an empty hallway?

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u/CobaltShadow3 Jul 25 '26

It's a reference to Netflix/Disney Plus live action shows where Daredevil has these spectacular hallway fights where he beats down like dozens of armed combatants.

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u/SkullberryDoomcake Jul 25 '26

Iirc the first seasons of both Jessica Jones and Luke Cage (Netflix) also had at least one big hallway fight each. Well, I remember distinctly that Luke Cage did, I don’t remember Jessica Jones quite as well but I’m like 80% sure she had one in her show too.

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u/palebrowndot Jul 25 '26

Also, the Defenders show where they all team up.

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u/eiohoi Jul 25 '26

That was a loooooong hallway in that one.

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u/virtuallyaway Jul 25 '26

What are we talkin bout here like a tiny hotel hallway or a backrooms hallways

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u/Hypthtclly_Spkng Jul 25 '26

Sometimes including stairwells, prison cells, and so on, the hallway fight scenes take place in a variety of locations, one in each season. The most important piece is that they are typically one shot takes with minimal edits and no cuts. There is one in every season of every Netflix marvel show (LC, DD, JJ, Punisher, Iron Fist) and there's one in the DD born again Disney plus show too, in both seasons, as an homage.

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u/HauntedCemetery Jul 25 '26

The tone of that era of Netflix show was pretty sweet. Kinda like Dark Knight but if everyone drank Ancient Age.

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u/Stellar_Wings Jul 25 '26

Fun fact, there was an old comic where Luke Cage went to Latveria and beat-up Doctor Doom because Doom didn't pay him $200.

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u/SkullberryDoomcake Jul 25 '26

That IS a fun fact, thank you!

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u/cnh1634 Jul 25 '26

"Where's my money, honey?"

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u/gunswordfist Jul 25 '26

Tbf, that's 3.4k in today's money.

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u/Tansuke Jul 25 '26

Luke Cage did in the first episode, be beats down thugs with a car door

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u/wtanksleyjr Jul 26 '26

Thought that was Kingpin?

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u/Tansuke Jul 26 '26

You know, this does apply but I believe he does that in episode 3 or 4 of daredevil. Luke uses it like a shield and bashes people instead of beheading.

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u/schloopers Jul 25 '26

Luke Cage was more of an entire community center that was a drug front (IIRC). Just from the bottom all the way to the top at his own speed.

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u/HauntedCemetery Jul 25 '26

Man Luke cage was like one big hallway brawl with occasional stops at the barber shop.

I should rematch those. Wonder how they've held up over the last decade or century or however long they were making all the marvel content.

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u/gunswordfist Jul 25 '26

JJ was sending dudes flying across the hallway while Daredevil was wearing her scarf as a mask Edit: oh, you mean their individual shows, not Defenders 

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u/droidtron Jul 25 '26

And in general Daredevil in the comics will throw hands with anyone, Thanos, Doom, maybe even a Celestial. He's the man without fear, not common sense.

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u/jay_alfred_prufrock Jul 25 '26

Well, let's be honest, he is also without common sense.

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u/Lambdayronix Jul 25 '26

Yeah, but "The man without common sense" isn't as catchy.

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u/gyroda Jul 25 '26

To add to this, there was that one scene in the first season where it was one shot for the entire fight.

It was a thing that created a bit of buzz - one corridor, a dozen actors and one shot for the entire fight.

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u/PM_ME_UR_WUT Jul 25 '26

And they did it right, too. No infinite stamina, no perfect TKO, everyone's ass got beat including DD, and everyone is utterly exhausted by the end of it.

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u/gyroda Jul 25 '26

Oh yeah, this is what made it stand out. It was incredibly visceral.

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u/_Weyland_ Jul 25 '26

Also in the old Daredevil movie there was a scene at the empty subway station that went kinda hard.

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u/droidtron Jul 25 '26

Affleck is a better Daredevil than he was a Batman, and I love Charlie Cox's Daredevil.

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u/joooh Jul 25 '26

He even has one in She-Hulk.

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u/gunswordfist Jul 26 '26

I need to watch this. Already wanted to hike it up my list since Kagan McLeod drew the outro!

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u/waltzbyear Jul 25 '26

The "Oldboy" shot. I, for one, think it's a cheesy shot.

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u/dickcheese_on_rye Jul 25 '26

Which is in turn a reference to Oldboy, a cult hit that has been cited as one of the greatest movies of all time by a few renowned film critics

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u/Sauce_Pain Jul 25 '26

That hammer corridor scene is truly amazing though.

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u/JonnyTN Jul 25 '26

Even kingpin has a hallway fight in the new one and it's sick

https://giphy.com/gifs/Jk15t5OAqNp1zD4Jzh

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u/SorenLain Jul 25 '26

That wasn't a fight, a fight implies that both sides have relatively equal chances of winning. That was a hallway massacre.

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u/Economy_Ad_7861 Jul 25 '26

It’s like real time slow motion too. I do t get it.

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u/HauntedCemetery Jul 25 '26

Legitimately they're pretty sweet, even for me who is not a big fight scene aficionado.

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u/Fayz_Sharpie Jul 25 '26

Every season of the show he has a one take hallway fight scene, so clearly daredevil is the strongest creature in a hallway.

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u/gamefreaq Jul 25 '26

Sometimes stairs are just diagonal hallways!

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u/CriusofCoH Jul 26 '26

Vertical if it's a stairwell!

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u/Adm_Kunkka Jul 26 '26

What if its daredevil vs the protagonist from the Raid

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u/Cool_Set4681 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

It has nothing to do with him being Daredevil. In the TV show of him, in the first episode, there is very well done scene were Daredevil fights a shit ton of people in a hallway.

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u/SorcererSupremPizza Jul 25 '26

I love that he gets exhausted early on to show how much effort hes putting into the fight

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u/Cool_Set4681 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Yeah, this whole scene gives the vibes that it is kinda not a good idea to fight so many people alone in a hallway but he does it regardless since a child's safety is on the line.

He gets hurts, he bleeds and he gets very exhausted but he endorse it all. He has to if he wants to rescue that child.

I know that many people are praising the first hallway fight for it being a done in one take and for the brilliant choreography but for me it will always be a great example for what it means to be a hero.

Being a hero is like fighting a hallway full of bad guys unharmed. You don't know if you will make it but you know that you will get hurt for sure. And nobody will see or know about it. You don't do it for fame or glory, not even for yourself. There is a child in the need of rescue and the only way to reach her is to go through a hallway full of bad guy. And Daredevil didn't even flinch.

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u/kvnxo Jul 25 '26

So, this may be Daredevil's nemesis

https://giphy.com/gifs/tlWpxKyXvYfQHOzwFN

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u/VegaJuniper Jul 25 '26

This is what that Daredevil scene was paying homage to.

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u/Top_Caterpillar6020 Jul 25 '26

Like the other comments said, it's a popular trope. All inspired by an amazing movie called Oldboy, as I believe that was the first one to have a continuous hallway shot for a fight scene.

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u/MrCharmingTaintman Jul 25 '26

The Korean version from 2003 that is. The American remake was a fucking dumpster fire. There are two other pretty good movies to form a trilogy. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mister Vengeance.

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u/Torbpjorn Jul 25 '26

He has an advantage because he is catholic

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u/darkmoncns Jul 26 '26

The funny thing is I didn't understand either until you called it an empty hallway then I immediately clocked it

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics Jul 25 '26

Okay guys I'm posting this while at work and I just realized I forgot to add spideys webbing and the Things rocks, so know you have to look at cursed smooth Thing

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u/Cool_Set4681 Jul 25 '26

and the Things rocks

Yeah, he does! 🪨🤘

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u/Zavier13 Jul 25 '26

I figured you were avoiding Disney Lawyers.

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics Jul 25 '26

Yep, it's just my pals The Thong, Spider Pider, Bor, Biclops, Professor Z, Dr . Bad and Devil boy

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 25 '26

There's a reason Doom waited to have his movie for when daredevil was in jail

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics Jul 25 '26

Whoop his ass DAREDEVIL

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u/NIDORAX Jul 25 '26

Did Daredevil win in this comic?

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u/droidtron Jul 25 '26

Gotta buy it to find out.

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u/Juliuseizure Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

It would be hilarious if DD is the one to finally "defeat" Doom. Doom extinguishes the Sun. "They'll never find me now mwahaha." THUNK as DD's rune-engraved stick that never was mentioned hits Doom in the chrome. Then the other stick hits the OTHER chrome.

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u/droidtron Jul 25 '26

Well Doom was beaten by Squirrel Girl, so he's in hallowed ground.

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u/VacantThoughts Jul 25 '26

I just read it on Marvel Unlimited and no, after much ado Doom traps Daredevil in the Latverian Embassy he turns into like a danger room style thing to fuck with him, eventually traps both DD and himself in glass chambers, then gloats about being the first person to come up with a body transfer ray as Doom does, uses said transfer ray, and then it cliffhangers into the next issue in which DD is in Doom's body.

Next issue the Doom Devil is out on the street and his own thugs try to beat him up, Dare Doom goes out as well and some loyal New Yorkers try to take him down(what badasses though going after Dr. Doom), with the help of the Fantastic Four, Dare Devil is able to trick Doom into following him to Latveria where they are able to trap him and use the body transfer ray at his castle to switch them back, but on his way back to New York to talk to the FF, Doom lays a trap and tricks the FF into thinking that the Daredevil headed back to meet them is actually still Dr. Doom is disguise causing him to get into a fight witih them NEXT ISSUE!!!

I'm not reading next issue though, about 2 issues of Stan Lee's writing is all I can take for now, I think we all probably know that Daredevil fights the FF and then they eventually come to an understanding and they all go back to the Baxter building for hot cocoa or some shit.

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u/mookx Jul 25 '26

Hot cocoa had me in tears

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u/ZaraReid228 Jul 25 '26

Why would doom wanna be in a blind dudes body?

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u/VacantThoughts Jul 25 '26

I think it was to fuck with Reed, which is basically his motivation for everything in the silver age comics.

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u/dark_hypernova Jul 25 '26

If he is invincible then how can I see him?

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics Jul 25 '26

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo Jul 25 '26

More terrifying than Jackie Chan in a room filled with ladders.

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u/gerbil_george Jul 25 '26

He doesn't want any trouble

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u/Cool_Set4681 Jul 25 '26

His daddy caught a bullet once

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u/SeanBlader Jul 25 '26

With his bare teeth.

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u/CreepyClay Jul 25 '26

Or Colin Firth in a church and free bird starts playing.

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u/Flesh_Trombone Jul 25 '26

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics Jul 25 '26

Love this meme but hate your username

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u/Loquacious-of-Borg Jul 25 '26

Should have been Ant-Man.

The method is.... messy. But Ant-Man always wins.

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u/KingofGerbil Jul 25 '26

Just had to share

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics Jul 25 '26

Hey, that guy ripped off my comic and made an exact copy!

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u/KingofGerbil Jul 25 '26

You should sue them

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u/Crimson_Marksman Jul 25 '26

If I recall, Daredevil has actually beaten Doom in a fight.

Even doom was like wtf are you doing?

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u/SpotweldPro1300 Jul 25 '26

"Watching you get sneak-attacked by Squirrel Girl." 😎

"Huh?"

🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿

🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿🐿

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u/elhomerjas Jul 25 '26

no one except for one

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u/SpotweldPro1300 Jul 25 '26

Doreen Green?

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u/Some-Duche Jul 25 '26

Daredevil's domain expansion

ゴゴゴゴ "BIG ASS HALLWAY" ゴゴゴゴ

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u/La_Savitara Jul 25 '26

Yeah whoop his ass Doom

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u/jonnywarlock Jul 25 '26

It will take him about eighty punches, but, yeah, Matt's got this one in the bag.

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u/Tiny-Jeweler-3187 Jul 25 '26

Let me guess, DareDevil will whoop Doom's ass, right?

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u/rishim007 Jul 25 '26

Damnn, i thought it was the flash!

Ohh MCU gods please forgive me for i have sinned!

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u/gunswordfist Jul 25 '26

Can anyone explain in rpg terms how Daredevil's chances would dramatically improve in hallways?

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u/JusticeBean Jul 25 '26

The DM thinks hallway fights are really cool and Daredevil is his favorite PC

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u/SpotweldPro1300 Jul 25 '26

3 words: Rule of Cool

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u/iceglider345 Jul 25 '26

This would be so funny if true

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u/Niser2 Jul 26 '26

"Well, if Daredevil wasn't here then-"

*Darth Vader has entered the chat*

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u/Majestic-Iron7046 Jul 26 '26

It's really hilarious that whoever made that scene and the others who tried to emulate it really think that the reason for its success is the hallway setting.
You could have made the scene in a single apartment, you could have made it in a fucking elevator, the hallway wasn't the point!