The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Summary
Doctor Doom has seem in every alive - actionFantastic Fourmovie so far , but none of them have ever fully captured what makes him one ofMarvel ’s greatest villains . This could be in part due to the sheer number of great power Doctor Doom has in Marvel Comics . Doctor Doom uses magicsimilar to Doctor Strange , meaning he often drive novel powers in the comics when it meet the story . He also useshigh - tech armor like Iron Man , meaning he has many gadgets .
While it ’s forgivable that live - activity interlingual rendition would n’t touch on every king Doctor Doom has , it is still surprising how few of them have been shown in previous movies . If Doctor Doom makes his MCU debut inThe Fantastic Four , hopefully , he will convey some more of his might with him . receive more ofhis powers from the comics would help make him a major threat in the MCUand be able-bodied to dispute more than just The Fantastic Four .
This list only covers stagily releasedFantastic Fourmovies , not the unreleased 1994 movie .
Doctor Doom has been rumored to debut in the MCU ’s The Fantastic Four , but he could confront many heroes than just Marvel ’s First Family in Phase 6 .
10Doctor Doom Shoots Magic, Not Just Electricity
This Power Is Demonstrated In Various Issues Of Marvel Comics
The firstFantastic Fourmovie center largely on Doctor Doom ’s ability to control electricity . While this is a power he has in Marvel Comics , it stretch far beyond what was shown in the movies . Doom ’s electrical energy superpower are an extension of his power to absorb energyand shoot it back out . The origins of these powerfulness are also very different in the comics than in the movies .
InFantastic Four , Doom gets his major power from the same cosmic personnel that gives The Fantastic Four their baron . Doom in the 2015Fantastic Fourgot his mightiness from the get-up-and-go on Planet Zero . In the comics , Doom ’s powers are supernatural in stock . Doctor Doom learned magic from a combining of monks and from Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend , one ofMarvel ’s most powerful supernatural villains . This makes Doom a major threat to most Cuban sandwich since he can roll a variety of spells , not just scud lightning or use telekinesis like in the film .
9Doctor Doom Can Generate His Own Force Fields Without Planet Zero
This Power Is Demonstrated In The Champions #16 (1977)
InJosh Trank’sFantastic Four , Doctor Doom mostly uses telekinetic powers that he win from Planet Zero . The energy from the planet also countenance him to create force fields . In demarcation , Doctor Doom in Marvel Comics make his own powerful forcefulness field that is part of his armor . other comics often show Doom openly bragging about how well he designed the force field and mock Italian sandwich for trying to get past it .
The force field of battle is show to be pretty strong , capable to stop a poke from The Thing . Doom ’s force subject has also been shown repelling a barrage of missiles from Iron Man and even a tank that is thrown at him by Magneto inThe Champions#16 by Bill Mantlo and Bob Hall . Doom ’s personnel field is a admonisher that he is n’t just skilled at the mystical artistry but is also a genius artificer similar to his rival Reed Richards .
8Doctor Doom Learned To Switch Minds With Other People
This Power Is Demonstrated In Fantastic Four #10 (1962)
Early in the history of The Fantastic Four , it was revealed thatDoctor Doom learned how to exchange judgment with anyonehe could make eye contact with . He learned this superpower from a group of ellipse - headed aliens known as Ovoids in one of their very few coming into court in Marvel Comics . Doom has used this power to great impression , swop bodies with members of The Fantastic Four both to fight them and to confuse them .
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Much like the Ovoids who taught Doom the power , this power has n’t been seen in a small while . Doctor Doom has n’t used this power often in forward-looking comics . WhileFantastic Four#407 by Tom DeFalco and Paul Ryan claims this is because Doom prefers to stay in his own body , it ’s more likely that Marvel just realized this was far too strong of a major power to give to one of their most unnerving supervillains .
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7Doctor Doom Controls His Doombots With His Mind
This Power Is Demonstrated In Fantastic Four #536 (2006)
One prospect of Doctor Doom that the firstFantastic Fourmovie skate over was the fact that he was an inventor like Reed Richards . While the movie pays mouth inspection and repair to this , it does n’t show Doom make anything . The 2015Fantastic Fourat least acknowledges Doom ’s skill with technology , but when he gets his powers , they are all out of his controller . In contrast , theDoctor Doom of the comics has many inventionsthat he utilise as part of his villainy , include his Doombots .
Doombots are Doctor Doom ’s mechanical minion and help as lower - level cannon fodder for the most part . One interesting aspect of them is that Doctor Doom can actually control them with his thinker . In fact , Marvel Team - Up#44 by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema revealed Doom has some stratum of telepathic control over all machine .
6Doctor Doom Has Summoned Creatures To Help Him Before
This Power Is Demonstrated In Mighty Avengers #11 (2008)
Since both live - actionFantastic Fourfranchises only play off Doom against The Fantastic Four , it made sense that the picture show would n’t feel the need to give him any power upgrades . In the comics , however , when Doom squares off against larger teams or ones with more powerful fellow member , he will often be fall in an upgrade to help him stand his ground .
Mighty Avengers#11 by Brian Michael Bendis , Mark Bagley , and Marko Djurdjevic , is a fount of Doom getting extra magical abilities to help him take on the Avengers . In this case , he was power up by Morgan le Fayand realise the ability to summon demons . This help him make short piece of work of some of the most powerful Avengers , including Carol Danvers . If the MCU ’s variant of Doom ever goes up against a big team of submarine , he will in all probability be given a similar upgrade to even the betting odds .
5Doctor Doom Is Super Strong In Addition To His Mystical Abilities
This Power Is Demonstrated In Amazing Spider-Man #350 (1991)
One major panorama of Doctor Doom that both live - action versions have gotten ill-timed is his armor . InFantastic Four , the mask is something he just had in his role , and his hide turns metallic element due to the cosmic radiation . In the 2015 version , Doom ’s eubstance is encased in a operose alloy substance from Planet Zero . Neither of these has nearly as much utility program as his actual armor from the comics .
In the comic strip , Doom ’s armor is something he earlier forged with magic . later on , he has been establish tinkering with it using advanced technology . Similar to Iron Man ’s suits , Doctor Doom ’s armor enhance his natural strengthquite a spot . Incredible Hulk#7 by Jason Aaron and Whilce Portacio showed Doom holding his own against the Hulk thanks to his armour . Doom also used the armor to beat a diamond inAmazing Spider - Man#350 by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen , try just how knock-down it can be .
4Doctor Doom Can Levitate Himself
This Power Is Demonstrated In Fantastic Four #569 (2009)
In Marvel Comics , Doctor Doom has present some brawny telekinetic abilities before . While these were largely absentminded from the earlierFantastic Fourmovies , Doom did use a fair number of them in 2015’sFantastic Four . However , one world power the flick did n’t show off was Doctor Doom ’s ability to take flight .
Technically , Doom ’s flight is just an extension of his psychokinesis ; it’sjust him using it to levitate himself or else of another target . This is one of the fresh power Doom shew off inFantastic Four#569 by Mark Millar , Joe Ahearne , and Stuart Immonen , when it was revealed he had bring back from the dead with new magical power . The 2015Fantastic Fourmovie did occur tight to exhibit Doom levitating himself , as he raised up a glob of rock music beneath himself to brook in the air , but it was n’t quite as useful as just being able to fly .
3Doctor Doom Can Use Magic To Block A Hero’s Powers
This Power Is Demonstrated In Fantastic Four #70 (2003)
The firstFantastic Fourmovie evidence Doctor Doom come up with different ways to try and take out the item-by-item extremity of The Fantastic Four . This meant a heat - essay projectile for the Human Torch , a chemic coolant for Mister Fantastic , and turning The affair back into Ben Grimm . While this was an entertaining mode to exploit the weaknesses of the Cuban sandwich , the Marvel Comics version of Doctor Doom has shown he has a simpler solution .
When The Fantastic Four confront Doom in Bob Hope of saving Franklin Richards - seeFantastic Four#70 by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo - Doom indicate off the full extent of his magical abilities . Perhaps the most impactful magical spell he casts in the issue is one that completelystrips Sue , Johnny , and Reed ’s baron from them . This is another ability that , while herculean , Doom does n’t seem to use too often , likely to avoid name him too arduous to vote out .
2Doctor Doom Can Magically Heal Himself
This Power Is Demonstrated In Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #4 (2011)
One major ability Doctor Doom loses out on in the movies is his ability to heal himself using magic trick . Doctor Doom has been see perform spells that can help bring around wounds and has even healedother characters , like WiccaninAvengers : The Children ’s Crusade#4 . Although Victor can heal himself , there is one thing he has been reluctant to heal in Marvel Comics before .
When Doom was still in college with Reed Richards , his face was scarred in a horrible fortuity when Victor defy to hear to Reed ’s advice . For a while , Doom did n’t bring around the scratch as if by magic , sometimes because he thought his masquerade was his young face . finally , when Doom win god - comparable powers , he ended up using illusion to heal his scars and go back to await the way he did before the accident .
1Doctor Doom Can Manipulate Time With His Time Platform
This Power Is Demonstrated In Dark Avengers #3 (2009)
Because neitherFantastic Fourfranchise delve too deep into Doom ’s technological skills , they never showed off one ofDoom ’s most brawny inventions : his Time Platform . Of naturally , this may also have been deliberately left out because time locomotion can be a tricky element to innovate in a movie , without creating a lot of subject .
In Marvel Comics , Doom is able-bodied to practice the political platform to transport himself and/or others back in time . Sometimes , this can be one C of years into the past , like inDark Avengers#3 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr. , where Doom and the Dark Avengers travel back in time to essay and defeat Morgan le Fay .
Interestingly enough , while no live - activity variant of Doom has used the chopine , it has appeared in the MCU.When Reed Richards arrives inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , he drop out of a square portal site very similar to the unity make by Doom ’s platform . This may hint that a version of Doctor Doom already exists in the MCU , and it will be interesting to see if he uses the platform at all inThe Fantastic Four .
howling Four(2005 ) andFantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surferare usable to stream on Disney+.Fantastic Four(2015 ) is available to stream on Max .
