History
Early Life[]
The early life of Victor von Doom largely mirrors that of his Earth-616 counterpart.
Victor von Doom was born to Cynthia and Werner von Doom. Victor's mother was a witch, who made a deal with Mephisto. Having lived her whole life in abject poverty and misery, Cynthia wished for her son to become someone of importance, and thus sold her soul to Mephisto to make it so. Cynthia died shortly thereafter. A few years later, Victor's father Werner died of exposure to the cold, leaving Victor a lonely and bitter child.[2]
Learning of what his mother had done, Victor spent his time studying both science and magic in the hopes of freeing his mother's soul. While at university he befriended Reed Richards. Victor created a device that he believed would allow him to reach his mother's spirit. He ignored the warnings of Richards and activated the device, resulting in a large explosion.[2]
Victor travelled to Tibet, where an order of monks constructed a plate of metal armor for him. Donning this armor, Victor took on the name of "Doctor Doom" and threw himself into the study of magic. Upon becoming a master of sorcery and witchcraft, Doom travelled to the small Balkan nation of Latveria, overthrowing its king and installing himself as the new ruler. Doom eventually learned the truth of why his mother had sacrificed herself, and made a deal of his own with Mephisto, granting him the ability to travel through time. With the help of Dr. Strange, Doom was eventually able to free his mother.[2]
In time, Doom grew to hate Reed Richards, resenting the fact that Reed had achieved all his success through hard work and commitment, whereas Doom's success was born of his mother's spell. Doom would become a bitter enemy to Richards and the Fantastic Four and eventually sought to free himself of his mother's spell.[2]
Mutation of Humanity[]
Following the mutation of humanity due to the Terrigen Mist, the world was thrown into chaos and anarchy. Seeing the opportunity to rid himself of Richards and free himself of his mother's spell, Doom manipulated Namor, his sometime ally, into working with him once more. The mutation of humanity had been followed by a meat-shortage, which caused global famine. In response, the nations of the world had turned to the sea for sustenance and ignored the rights and warnings of Namor and his kingdom of Atlantis. During a special U.N. meeting to discuss the food shortage, which Atlantis was denied the chance to participate in, Doom and Namor stormed the United Nations and began murdering the delegates.[1]
The Fantastic Four and Captain America intervened. Doom planed to lure Richards close to him, where he would detonate a bomb that would kill Richards and allow the world to believe that Doom was dead. In doing so, Reed would become the sacrifice needed to free Doom of his mother's spell. However, things quickly spiraled out of control. Namor killed the Human Torch, prompting Franklin Richards to curse Namor to forever burn when outside of the ocean. With Namor fleeing, Reed's wife Susan blamed Doom for her brother's death. While Doom tried to flee, Susan pursued him intent on revenge. Doom triggered the bomb in his armor, but the teleportation mechanism failed, leaving Doom to die alongside Susan. [1]
Realm of the Dead[]
Upon his death, Doom found himself in the Realm of the Dead, one of many deceased heroes and villains trapped in a never-ending war, unaware of their deaths. When Kree hero Mar-Vell, who was orchestrating a war against Death itself, decided that Susan Richards would be most useful at Reed's side, he found himself in need of convincing her of her death. He succeeded in reaching her brother the Human Torch, but Torch failed to convince Susan, who asked him to prove the truth of his words by making Doom personally apologize to her for all he had done to her family.[3]
Johnny tracked down Dr. Doom, and convinced him of the truth, by removing his mask and showing Doom that his face was not scarred. Doom then confronted Susan Richards and apologized to her for all the anguish he caused her family over the years. This was enough for Susan to accept the fact that she was dead, and allowed Mar-Vell to resurrect her. Doom then joined Mar-Vell's army and assisted him in convincing others that they were dead as well, allowing them to join Mar-Vell's ranks.[3]
After Mar-Vell succeeded, he created a Paradise for the dead to inhabit. Doom and other heroes were transmogrified into the Avenging Host, charged with bringing the souls of the dead to Paradise.[4]
The Avenging Host eventually grew to harbor doubts of Mar-Vell's intentions. After learning that Paradise was seemingly swallowing the Negative Zone, they confronted Mar-Vell, and were killed in the process.[5] After the souls of the Kree launched an invasion of Paradise, leading to a massive brawl, Mar-Vell finally revealed his true intentions; that Paradise was to serve as a shield around the universe, harming no one and protecting it from the influence of the Celestials and Elders of the Universe. Mar-Vell decided to leave Paradise to find the core reality from which all others had emerged, designating Reed Richards as his successor and resurrecting Pym and the Avenging Host before his departure. [6]Attributes
Powers
Prior to his death, Doom had the same powers as his Earth-616 counterpart. When humanity was exposed to Terrigen Mists, it is unknown if Doom himself was mutated and granted super-human powers. Given Doom's superiority complex, it is doubtful that he allowed himself to be effected from the Terrigen Mists. But there is no evidence to support one idea or another.
Abilities
See Also
- 30 appearance(s) of Victor von Doom (Earth-9997)
- 2 minor appearance(s) of Victor von Doom (Earth-9997)
- 6 mention(s) of Victor von Doom (Earth-9997)
- 5 image(s) of Victor von Doom (Earth-9997)