What a villain. There�s a lot of Dr. Doom in Darth Vader, and pretty much every Bond villain of the last 40 years. Of all Marvel�s villains, Doom has appeared most, across countless titles. Where most villains stick to their designated hero, Doom, nominally the arch-enemy of the Fantastic Four, will go toe-to-toe (or, more likely, he�ll send a Doombot to go toe-to-toe; he doesn�t like to get his hands dirty with mere serfs) with anyone. A truly brilliant scientist, Doom likes to combine his unquenchable thirst for ultimate power (he once stole the energy of the near-omnipotent Beyonder) with a bizarre double life, as the altruistic leader of the European country of Latveria. Which makes arresting him on American soil doubly difficult, due to that pesky diplomatic immunity. He has a noble side, like many of the best bad guys, but he�s as disfigured psychologically as he is physically. And then there�s that surname, which is pretty hard to get around. How life might have been different if he�d been born Victor Von Awesome.

FIRST APPEARED IN FANTASTIC FOUR #5 (1962)
CREATED BY STAN LEE AND JACK KIRBY