What is the origin of Dr. Doom?
Character history Victor was born to Werner von Doom, a noted healer, and Cynthia von Doom, who was said to be a witch. His mother was killed when Victor was an infant. While a child, he discovered his mother’s magical artifacts and von Doom began his studies into the occult as well as developing his innate scientific abilities. His astounding reputation came to the attention of the dean of science at State University in America, and von Doom was offered a full scholarship. At State, von Doom first met both Reed Richards and Ben Grimm, two men who would go on to become his enemies in later years as Mister Fantastic and the Thing, respectively. Richards, in particular, represented a substantial threat to Doom’s self-perceived superiority. Doom began conducting hazardous extra-dimensional experiments. Dr. Doom vs Mr. Fantastic. Art by Salvador Larroca.The focus of Doom’s research was to construct a trans-dimensional projection device with which he could communicate with his dead mother.
Doctor Doom, real name Victor von Doom, is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he debuted in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962). His full origin was told in Fantastic Four Annual #2 (1964). Lee had previously used the name for a villain in a humor comic for Marvel’s 1950s predecessor company, Atlas Comics. A brilliant scientist, Doom was once a classmate of the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards. However, he became embittered by his jealousy of Richards and by facial scars received from an experiment gone awry, and perhaps from impatiently donning a steaming-hot iron mask forged by mystic monks. Doom is considered the archenemy of the Fantastic Four, but has also been added to the rogue galleries of the Avengers, the Punisher, the Silver Surfer, the Hulk, Captain America, the X-Men, Magneto, Nick Fury, Daredevil, Wolverine, Iron Man, Venom and Spider-Man. He is one of the comic book industry’s most recognizable and archetypal supervill
