DOOM BECAME IRON MAN — AND SPENT A YEAR TRYING TO BE A HERO IN STARK'S ARMOR!
Infamous Iron Man #1 (2016) by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev: with Tony Stark comatose after Civil War II and his own face healed by Secret Wars, Doom builds Stark-style armor, rescues Maria Hill, hunts villains — and is hunted in turn by Ben Grimm until the Hood scars his face again.
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM WAS BEATEN BY SQUIRRELS — IN SQUIRREL GIRL'S VERY FIRST APPEARANCE!
Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 2 #8 (1992): Will Murray and Steve Ditko debut Squirrel Girl; her squirrel army sabotages the Doomship, frees Iron Man, and sends Doom fleeing into a lake.
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM SWAPPED BODIES WITH DAREDEVIL — AND DAREDEVIL NEARLY STARTED A WAR AS DOOM!
Daredevil Vol. 1 #37–38 (1968) by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, continuing in Fantastic Four #73: Doom swaps bodies with Daredevil via his Body-Transferral Ray to infiltrate the Fantastic Four; Matt, in Doom's body, orders Latveria to declare war on its neighbours, forcing Doom to reverse the swap, after which Daredevil destroys the machine.
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM DELIVERED HIS WORST ENEMY'S BABY — THEN NAMED HER AND BECAME HER GODFATHER!
Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #54 (June 2002) by Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Marin, Karl Kesel and Mark Bagley: Doom combines science and sorcery to deliver Sue Richards' daughter safely when Reed cannot; his price is naming her Valeria — after his childhood love — and standing as her protector/godfather, a bond she honours as 'Uncle Doom.'
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM'S BACKUP PLAN WAS A CHILD — BRAINWASHED INTO BELIEVING HE WAS DOOM!
Fantastic Four #247 (1982) by John Byrne introduces Kristoff Vernard, adopted as Doom's heir; after Doom's apparent death, his Doombots use the Remembrancer in Fantastic Four #278–279 (1985) to implant Doom's memories, and the boy — believing himself the real Doom — attacks the Fantastic Four in adult-sized armor.
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM WORE ARMOR MADE FROM HIS FIRST LOVE'S SKIN!
Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #67 (2003), "Unthinkable" by Mark Waid & Mike Wieringo: Doom sacrifices his childhood love Valeria to the demons the Haazareth Three for a lifetime of sorcery — and her skin is reforged into the mystical leather armor he wears against the Fantastic Four.
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM FREED HIS MOTHER FROM HELL — BY LETTING HER HATE HIM!
Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989), Roger Stern & Mike Mignola: a Sorcerer Supreme boon, a bargain with Mephisto, and one rejection that set a soul free.
READ THE FULL FACT →DOOM'S FACE WAS BARELY SCARRED — HE DISFIGURED HIMSELF!
Fantastic Four Annual #2 (1964) → Fantastic Four #278 (1985) → Books of Doom #6 (2005): one small scar, one glowing-hot mask, one act of pure vanity.
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