If your only exposure to Doctor Doom was in the Marvel movies, then you're screwed. More so with growing frustration with the cast of the recent live-action version of the genius with a heart of cold steel. This damage must be fixed immediately!
So, what is the best way to do this? It doesn't matter who's side he's on when it comes to his ever-shaky morals and his extreme ways of solving problems. The entries below show his strength in both footy and narrative as he proves that he is a great pick for both.
10 Marvel Zombies
Published in: 2005
No one can say in times of crisis, Dr. Doom isn't looking out for those under him. As long as it at least benefits his long-term goals. What better long-term goal than surviving an alien virus? Apart from his vast and classy castle, he has created a magical force field around the area for protection.
It fails and he is eventually captured and swallowed. Even then, by sheer force of will, he keeps the virus at bay long enough to ensure the survivors are safe. The virus caught him, but even then he couldn't stop him, pitting Galactus against the rest of the zombie heroes. He just doesn't quit.
9 Secret Wars
Published in: 1984
Putting heroes and villains in no-holds-barred battles against each other? Sign us up Several of your favorites from different Marvel franchises come together unexpectedly and form alliances that don't usually happen. But the doctor has another ambitious goal in mind. Instead of fighting others for power, he takes it for himself.
After several failures, he succeeds in his quest and the ultimate power flows through his body. However, the containment of the Beyonder's power is too much for him as he loses control. After defeating the heroes, Doom regains his temporary powers by the Beyonder. Extraordinary Cosmic Powers, Time to Use It.
8 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Published in: 2010
Do you know how badass you have to be to be in three episodes to make a significant impact? He shows up, hits everyone, including the Hulk, and then lets everyone go, letting you know in so many words that they're not worth his time.
The whole Avengers team couldn't touch him! Hell, Doom threw the Hulk into a brick wall without losing his breath. Doom tried to tell them that they weren't ready for any kind of conflict, but of course they didn't listen and had to lick their wounds. What were his goals? It's none of our business, he makes it clear in these three episodes.
7 Marvel's Ultimate Alliance
Published in: 2006
If you were allowed to take the power of the Norse gods and make it your own, would you? Being a logical opportunist, Doom teams up with familiar names like Loki and Ultron to steal several powers, such as some super serum, a mutant booster, and a magical tomb to grant him power.
This increase in power is not enough and he now has Odin in his sights. As we know from previous fights, Doom is nothing to play with, so with the help of the Twilight Sword, he happened to steal from another dimension and knock Odin out, claiming godlike powers for himself.
6 Fortnite
Released in: 2020 Officially, before release in 2017
Not exactly what you'd expect when talking about Doctor Doom's many feats, is it? Fortnite collaboration events are nothing new (Eminem, anyone?), but the teams at Epic Games and Marvel have done a great job with this iteration of opportunistic genius. One step into the universe, and he's immediately looking for whatever power he can get.
Here, his powers are on full display. With dimensional travel, energy manipulation, and, of course, all of his technological skills to boot. All of this before he gets his hands on Pandora's Box, the item that holds all of humanity's fears and hopes, which he uses to defeat many enemies, villains and heroes alike. No matter which dimension you find him in, Doom is god-like in most of them.
5 Doctor Strange And Doctor Doom: Triumph And Torment
Published in: 1989
As Secret Wars showcases Doctor Doom's wit, a story of triumph and doom emerges, fully revealing his complexity and weakness. The Doctor's usual plan is on full display as usual, promising to sacrifice the soul of the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange. Together, they brave Hell to free Mother Doom from the clutches of the demon Mephisto.
Doom proves that he will do whatever it takes to get what he wants. Normally, a superpower in its own right, but this time it cost him the person he loved the most in the world, much to his disgust. All that power at his fingertips, and he still failed to testify.
4 Fantastic Four, #5
Published in: 1961
What started as a bit against Doctor Doom's ambitious, lifelong project turns into a beef that spans decades with varying levels of intensity. Although, as many as they are, one of Doc's most memorable displays of power was his first post-space encounter with The Fantastic Four.
In this iconic conflict, Doom gains the power of the jump by enclosing the entire Baxter building, trapping them, and transporting them to his castle to use his newly built time machine to steal from the pirate Blackbeard. Sure, the story is a bit impossible, but the way he wields his power over four people without skipping a beat shows his true power. Now if he returns the tiger!
3 Dr. Doom
Published in: 2019
It's one thing to blame your mistakes for the things you've done or any plans for world domination that have failed. But when you're accused of doing something you didn't do, like creating a black hole on the moon, it sure ruffles your feathers. So what do you do when you're on the run from the likes of the infamous Taskmaster assassin?
Well, you beat them. For Doc, it's as simple as that. He was toe-to-toe with someone who could easily imitate and defeat anyone, and Doom never broke a sweat. If that's not enough, or if things seem useless to him, he just pops and teleports somewhere else. That aside, the story's greatest strength is its exploration of Doctor Doom as more than just a great genius ruler.
2 The infamous Iron Man
Published in: 2016
Coming out of a second intense civil war between factions of superheroes who disagree over the ethics of precognitive justice, the weight of each feels lost during the war. After Iron Man's death, Doctor Doom feels a certain remorse and decides to take up the mantle previously held by Tony Stark.
Just the thought of Doom turning over a new leaf has the villainous community panicking and immediately seeking his death. Do you know how strong you have to be to strike fear into the hearts of your former, temporary, and accomplice partners?
1 Secret Wars
Published in: 2015
While everyone else in the multiverse is understandably worried about worlds colliding, Doom sees this as an opportunity to harness the power of the Beyonders in 2015's modernized retelling of the 1984 Secret Wars saga. The stakes are much higher, and rightly so. Doom's godlike ambitions
The threat to the Doctor isn't necessarily malevolence trying to topple him from his rule over Battleworld, although that is there, but more along the lines of whether or not he is worthy of all the powers of creation and omnipotence. To balance the powers that “put” him over others and still be able to remain intact, his humanity becomes his greatest struggle. This is not a fight he can win with strength alone.