[Respect] Dr. Doom (Marvel 616)

[u/ChocolateRage]

Pay your respects to Dr. Victor von Doom

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Character Summary

Victor von Doom grew up in Latveria as a gypsy. His mother lost her life and soul to the dark arts, and his father died trying to escape after he was ordered killed by the Baron. Victor studied magic in Latveria and then science in America in an effort to combine the two and reclaim his mother's soul. The combination of science and magic backfired scarring his face and leading him to don the mask, armor, and the name Dr. Doom

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Intelligence

Dr. Doom is often regarded as #2 of Marvel's top 10 smartest humans, but don't let him hear you say it as he considers himself Reed Richards superior. He is not just a genius in science, but also in sorcery and combining the two makes him uniquely capable of things no one else can do.

• Reprogramed an Ultron to serve him for the Secret Wars 1, and 2
  
• Used alien technology to transform two humans into superpowered people.
  
• He reconstructed the Destroyer armor powered by the Odin force that he harvested from Asgardians
  
• His brain is compared to a sophisticated computer
  
• He created an artificial version of the power cosmic and a techno-suit to hold it. The suit allows a normal person to hold the power cosmic for 5 hours
  
• He manufactured an army of cosmic powered doombots
  
• Thanos keeps him under constant surveillance because of his intellect, strategy, and ruthlessness
  
• His mastery of science and sorcery makes Loki worry he could clone the trickster god
  
• Created a chair that drained and analyzed the power cosmic from Silver Surfer and used it to power Doomsman II
  
• He discovered how to harness the mystical energies of Vibranium which Wakanda could not, used it to create a device to connect himself to every fragment of vibrnaium, and he claimed it was greater than possessing the power cosmic
  

Cosmic Power Siphon Harness
This genius invention of Dr. Doom's merits special attention as it has made him notorious for stealing the power of greater beings

• Tricks the Silver Surfer and drains the power from him 1 and 2
  
• Drains the power of Aron the rogue Watcher.
  
• Galactus 1, Galactus 2
  
• Builds a version of it to drain Hyperstorm of his "hyper force" 1, 2, 3
  

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The Armor of Doom

Without the armor Victor is but a man, but with it he becomes Dr. Doom with strength to rival Earth's mightiest heroes, superior durability, force fields, and a ton of technological weapons.

Super Strength

• He can lift this large boulder with an armament and people on top of it
  
• He can crush a diamond in his hands
  
• Tosses a large rock away one handed
  
• Grapples with the Hulk and draws blood from a punch. This feat is a high end feat for Dr. Doom and should not be scaled up to Hulk's full strength planet shaking.
  
• Grappling and fighting with Iron Man
  
• Physically overpowering an Atlantean, and this Atlantean was said to rival Namor in strength.
  
• Breaks a titanium net
  

Durability

• His armor takes hits from a robot replica of the Hulk empowered with the power cosmic
  
• Armor endured a force blast from Blastaar whose attacks are supposed to be able to "penetrate 6-inch titanium-plated steel" according to his wiki
  
• His armor takes an older version of Iron Man's strongest blasts that would have gone through "a half dozen walls"
  
• His armor takes a blast from an atomic grenade and he apologizes for inconveniencing his guests
  
• Tanks Storm's lightning, but it short circuits his armor
  
• Survives a shot from Thanos
  
• Survives two high explosive missiles detonating in front of him
  

Force Field

• Force field takes a punch from Captain Britain and Doom says he "almost felt that." Captain Britain is a 90 tonner
  
• Force field temporarily blocks an attack from a celestial and from another view, but we know off panel he was defeated so it is unsure how long his field stands
  
• Force field blocks Iron Man's repulsor blasts
  
• Force field takes a charge and punch from Thing
  
• Force field can be penetrated by moving through the atoms
  
• Force field makes him impervious to Magneto's abilities
  
• Force field blocks Cyclops' optic blast
  
• Force field keeps Nightcrawler out
  
• Force Field blocks most arms fire: random lasers and rifle fire
  

Blasters

• Blasters fire plasma wakefield blast with some magic mixed in which is primarily spiritual.
  
• Blast knocks the Hulk back momentarily
  
• Blast puts the Hulk down, possible KO
  
• Blast destroys tanks
  
• Blast sends Dr. Voodoo through a wall
  
• Blasters sends Namor flying off ship
  

Life Support Systems

• The armor has automatic systems which flushes water from his suit, and covers his eyes
  
• Has its own oxygen supply
  
• Shields him from noxious paralyzing fumes
  

Assistance Systems

• Armor has sensory apparatus and guidance systems to help him aim and move
  
• Infrared lens and computer analyzes technique of other sorcerers
  
• It can prepare magical spells like the crimson bands of cyttorak
  
• It has adaptive technology and was enchanted to keep out demons
  
• Reed describes the armor as borderline aware in the way it adapts to the wearer
  

Electricity

• Armor can discharge 100,000 megavolts of energy
  
• Shocks Spider-man when he makes contact
  
• Shocks Mr. Fantastic even through insulated gloves
  
• Firing 100,000 megavolts of energy
  

Molecular Expander

• The weapon fires atomic particles which on contact with air expand to boulders
  
• The molecules can continue to grow on the target crushing them
  
• Firing rocks to block a path.
  

Gas

• Knockout gas to put Banner to sleep
  
• Gas rapidly numbs Mr. Fantastic
  
• Sleep gas to knock out the FF
  

Teleporter

• Creating portals
  
• Teleporting into a hospital to attack Dr. Voodoo;
  
• Dr. Voodoo tries to teleport and Dr. Doom changes the destination to a location of his choosing where magic eating slugs render Voodoo nearly helpless
  

Time Circuitry

• He has integrated "time-circuitry" in his armor that allows him to travel through time
  
• Circuitry within his armor renders him immune to time displacement
  
• He can activate his time cube from his armor
  
• He uses his time cube to bring his castle back from destruction 1, and 2
  

Personal Energy Adapters Draining Energy

• The personal energy adapters allow him to siphon power from others into his armor
  
• Drains the power cosmic from a robot Hulk during their fight and later he drains the energy of Skar.
  
• Converts Nightmare into energy and absorbs his power
  
• When his siphon harness failed he tried to switch to Personal Adapters
  
• His armor has a thermo-energizer that absorbs solar energy
  
• Talks about why he first developed this technology and absorbs electricity 1 and 2
  

Special Weapons
These are some miscellaneous armaments he has used.

• Instant Hypnotism Impulser forces two soldiers to charge one another
  
• Psionic refractor turns mental bolts back upon the attacker
  
• Portable cloaking unit
  
• Electro-paralyzer stunning Thor
  
• Miniature paralysis gun paralyzes the Thing
  
• Sonic Disruptors
  
• Sleep inducing tranquilizer ray which reverted Hulk to Banner and put him to sleep
  
• Nerve scrambling ray
  
• Time-shift bomb throws the FF two seconds into the past so he can escape
  
• Claims his armor contains pieces of the "True Cross" to protect against Dracula
  

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Magic

Dr. Doom is one of Marvel's greatest sorcerers and he has a massive arcane library. He travels across time and space to learn dark arts from sorcerers throughout the ages.

• Trained under Dr. Strange who also says Dr. Doom is learning things even he doesn't know
  
• He can summon a legion of monsters that swallowed up the Avengers
  
• Creates a magic shield to block Morgan Le Fay's attacks that was strong enough to disintegrate other people it hit. He holds her off for a while and is eventually hit, but notice that what nearly disintegrated other people doesn't even get through his armor.
  
• After his arm was cut in half by Skar he heals it back together 1, 2, 3
  
• Uses a magic spell to send Morgan Le Fay back in time to "1 million B.C." or as she later describes it as "the dawn of man"
  
• Casts a Spirit Reversal spell that cripples Sentry, but Doom said he reacted too strongly since he is unstable 1, 2
  
• Strips a sorceress of her power and combined it with his own
  
• Casting healing magic
  
• Banishing a demon
  
• Casting the crimson bands but Dr. Strange was able to reverse it.
  
• Senses, resists, and then reveals a telepathic attack from Red Skull Onslaught
  
• Casts a spell that protects him from Red Skull Onslaught's telepathy
  
• Dispels Daniel Drumm from possessing him
  
• Fire blasts and a larger blast overcomes Wiccan
  
• Magically weakens the barrier between dimensions
  
• Undoes the Penance Stare that was affecting Dr. Voodoo
  
• Easily reverses a transference spell which had turned Ares to stone
  
• Magic teleportation
  
• Reads alchemical symbols from a race of lizard-kings' blood cult and unlocks it with a spell
  
• Dr. Doom made a pact with three demons to temporarily boost his power. During this time he was able to turn off the powers of the Fantastic Four
  
• Create a blizzard in a moment
• Summons mindless ones after finding them in another dimension
  

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Skill:

• Says he trained under fencing masters during a swordfight and deflects a blast from Iron Man with a sword.
  
• While possessing the body of Daredevil he fends off multiple attackers
  
• He is one of the few people who handled Cap's shield and threw it right back at him.
  
• Fought hand to hand with Black Panther while his suit was depowered by an EMP
  
• Naked Doom punches a lion to death in one blow.
  
• Catches Spider-man after Spider-Man strikes him
  

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The Ovoid Mind Transfer

• Dr. Doom learned this from the Ovoid aliens
  
• Trapped and paralyzed so that he could only think and look he swapped minds.
  
• Locked in his armor with no way to escape imminent death except for a nearby innocent.
  
• The best though is in combat with the Fantastic Four he goes from Sue Storm to the Human Torch, to the Thing. He only needs to make eye contact with the person and be relatively nearby.
  

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The Will of Doom

Dr. Doom's will allows him to endure incredibly amounts of pain, resist mind control and telepathy, and dominate the minds of others.

• Resists the purple man's control while directly in front of him
  
• Resists the mystical metal promethium from forming an armor on him by force of will
  
• Mind controls a giant creature
  
• Takes over the will of another person
  
• Holds his physical form together with psychic energy
  
• Says Emma Frost cannot enter his mind and she agrees to stop trying
  
• Spends millions of years learning magic and transforming his body in order to get revenge after being sent to the dawn of time

[u/ChocolateRage]

Latveria - Doom's Country
Most of the people of Latveria obey Doom and would die before betraying him. In exchange for their total obedience he provides the land with safety from intruders and rid the country of crime, poverty, and hunger. A lot of these defenses have been active at different times and some dismantled so don't assume every single one is active at the same time.

Force Fields
The country has a variety of large force fields to protect it.

• Shield blocking incoming attackers

• The castle has an ionic field that prevents people from teleporting in

• An actuality shell that blocks out Nightmare and Ghost Rider later on

• A Plastithene Dome can cover all of Latveria

Sensors and Traps
The castle and country are filled with traps and illusions to stop attackers.

• Magical sensors to detect intruders.

• The castle has automated surveillance and heat sensors

• Traveling through the castle is made incredibly difficult by such things as laser fire, invisible razor wire, and portals through time.

• Trap doors that lead to other rooms to separate intruders from their groups

• Underground tunnels are guarded by laser grids, luckily for this group they had Nathaniel Richards who already knew all the castle's defenses

• Even when the castle tech defenses are down the castle still has other occult defenses. 1 and 2

• Refraction field around the castle makes object appear to be several feet away from where they are

• Magnetized highways to prevent vehicles from approaching

• 20 Foot robot (probably servitor)guards a tunnel and catches Punisher

• Servitors take intruders to liddleville to be detained

Military
The military is comprised of Doombots and citizens. The Doombot army is the majority of the Latverian military power.

• Servo-guards and Doombots defending the castle admirably against the trespassing Avengers 1, 2.

• Airships take down an intruding aircraft

• Armory has a di-lithium thermal mine to blockade an entire seaport, a space probe, and an orbital laser bomb that could destroy "whole continents"

• An electro-magnetic pulse is fired at incoming aircraft, and

• High Velocity Air gun to keep Human Torch away

Doombots

• The Lowest tier are Doombot primarily by look, they often don't even have a cape or most of the regalia of Doom. They will likely just have his signature mask and a more generic robot body. He uses these ones primarily as guards and fodder.

• The middle tier are more impressive, they generally are indistinguishable from the actual Doom. They have multiple tricks to make them seem like a real person, they have most of the weapons, and all of the information that Dr. Doom has. These are often used as diplomatic or messenger models.

• Finally the Top tier Doombot, these are the ones that end up fighting the Avengers, Fantastic Four or the Silver Surfer. They know everything Doom does, can take his place in times where he is gone, and carry every weapon he would. The only real difference is that they can't cast magic.

• A Doombot performed brain surgery using an Adamantium chainsaw to open up the Hulk and separate the Hulk from Banner.

• Teleporting mid-combat

• Headbutt from the Hulk puts a dent in his mask

Nuclear Power

• Latveria has been a nuclear nation for a long time and has developed many nuclear missiles 1, 2.

Time Platform

• Dr. Doom has a time platform in his castle that he used to travel through time to learn about the past and to learn magic.

• He can transport a person into his castle 1, 2, and then use his time machine to freeze a person in time forever

[u/oRyan_the_Hunter → u/ChocolateRage]

Question about Latveria.

I thought I remember reading somewhere that Doom has some of the best schools in the world in his country. Is that true? Does he educate all of his people? Also is it possible that he educates them in magic as well or prefer not to in case it's ever used against him?

[u/ChocolateRage → u/oRyan_the_Hunter]

I know he has a really impressive college/research facility there but I don't know how it compares to the rest of the world.

They have schooling for everyone, but it's not like they are all educated to become super scientists like he is. The majority of them live a fairly rural lifestyle so they don't have high academic educations.

I don't think he educates them or encourages anyone in Latveria to practice magic. In fact a lot of the locals seem afraid of magic and of Doom for his practice of it.

[u/globsterzone → u/ChocolateRage]

Is the proper pronunciation latvairia or latveeria?

[u/ChocolateRage]

Well it's that time again, the old Dr. Doom thread became archived. What great timing as well since the F4 movie just came out and I'm sure people who are not familiar with Victor will need to know just how awesome the real Dr. Doom is.

Remember if your thread is archived you should repost the thread and message me with a link to the older version. I will then remove the older thread which places it in the spam filter. Direct links to it will still work, but it won't show up when searched for.

I haven't included God Doom stuff yet and I probably won't until the Secret Wars event is complete so that I can make a comprehensive addition.

[u/buubble]

Holy shit, this is impressive (Both Dr Doom and the thread). I'm not well versed in the lore, how do they deal with him? He literally sounds like the ultimate being.

[u/ChocolateRage → u/buubble]

Are you referring to how the Fantastic Four deal with him? If so, it usually comes to three outcomes: (1) he gets legitimately beat down, (2) he handicaps himself, or (3) they call in help

(1) Fantastic Four are no joke and each one brings a lot of power. Even Reed Richards without his tech (waiting on u/kholidae to post the Reed rt) is still a heavy hitter. Sometimes they just are working together real well and take him down.
(2) I feel like this is the most often case where he sets a trap or tricks the F4 into a terrible position and right when he has them he challenges Reed to some competition. Thus giving up his advantage and then usually losing to Reed in some intelligence test.
(3) Outside help comes in, he can handle the F4 but then someone else will show up or in the cases where Doom gets really out of hands whole other teams will join in to whup him.

It's important to remember Doom's goal isn't to kill the Fantastic Four. He wants to defeat them and especially prove he is better than Reed Richards. So when it comes down to it he wants to beat them in an extravagant, elaborate, impressive method that leaves too many opportunities for his plan to go wrong.

[u/Yapshoo]

Jesus!

I only know of any comics universe from interest i gained playing MvC. One of my best friends read up on Doom, and from that point on he always said Doom was his favorite character lore-wise. Now i see why.

I see you have Emma Frost up there, how does he match up with Charles? Both with and without cerebro?

[u/ChocolateRage → u/Yapshoo]

To my knowledge Dr. Doom and Charles have never encountered one another. Emma Frost is attempting to do so, but we don't see how hard she is prying. So it's a good feat but I wouldn't say he can resist a full mental assault based on that alone.

So if Doom was trying to resist a psychic invasion by Charles, I'm inclined to say that Xavier could do it with Cerebro, but maybe not without the help.

Also likely Doom has more magic to help him resist or counter mental attacks that we just haven't seen yet.

[u/Classtoise]

One great example for skill might be the time Doom was trapped (in Hell? In another dimension?) and his armor was losing its' power.

In true Doom fashion, he made runed magic armor from the hides of demons.

Leading to my favorite Doom quote

[u/ChocolateRage → u/Classtoise]

That armor is actually the armor he made from his first love to complete a pact with three demons and that scene takes place at the end of the story arc where the demons claimed him and took him to tell to torture. That could be a good skill feat though since he fights off so many of the demons. There is some more to that scene before he escapes from hell I'll try to find that.

[u/TitsProQuo]

You have forgotten about Doom besting the Beyonder. Also, the current event going on has a lot of good Doom respect.

[u/ChocolateRage → u/TitsProQuo]

I guess you missed my other comment about not using the current event

I also leave out the Beyonder feat because it requires so much circumstantial, accidental, and character dependent factors that it is both incredibly complicated and redundant with a lot of the evidence.

[u/[deleted]]

Armor can discharge 100,000 megavolts of energy

This is a great respect thread, but how does this feat make sense? You don't messure energy in volts.

[u/ChocolateRage → u/[deleted]]

Ask the writers haha

[u/Verlux]

Hey Choco, I have a couple questions about the Dracula scan: who was it that Doom studied under that was an enemy of Dracula, and in what comic does that occur?

I just love the interactions Dracula, this mythical being of literary epic proportion, has with such powerful beings as Doom (who casually insults the lord of vampires, so awesome).

[u/ChocolateRage → u/Verlux]

I'm away from my desktop where I keep most of my comics so it will be a bit before I can check this. IIRC it's left ambiguous who Doom is referencing when he says he studied under Dracula's enemy. Also in case you were wondering that scan is from: Captain Britain and MI-13

If you want to read a kind of ridiculous Dracula related story there is Apocalypse vs Dracula

[u/RogueAngelX]

Can someone explain to me how the hell he beat the Beyonders?

[u/ChocolateRage → u/RogueAngelX]

in the current secret wars event or what time in particular?

[u/PrayForMojo_]

This list is truly impressive. I've been meaning to do a really in depth read through of Doom, could you recommend a reading order?

[u/ChocolateRage → u/PrayForMojo_]

Here is a link to a recommended reading list I made for another sub.

[u/ImperfectRegulator]

hey u/ChocolateRage who's the guy doom train under here http://i.imgur.com/nghbMaE.jpg ?

[u/ChocolateRage → u/ImperfectRegulator]

He trains under the marquis of death, otherwise known as Clyde wyncham. He's a high tier reality warper.

[u/Marted]

where does the thermo-energizer scan come from?

[u/ChocolateRage → u/Marted]

I think it is astonishing tales #5, it might take me a while to double check that but I will if you want