Doctor Doom in other media explained

Code Name:	Doctor Doom
Creators:	Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Source:	Marvel Comics
Debut:	Fantastic Four #5
Debutmo:	July
Debutyr:	1962
Films:	The Fantastic Four (1994) Fantastic Four (2005) (2007) Fantastic Four (2015)
Tv:	Fantastic Four (1967) The New Fantastic Four (1978) Fantastic Four (1994) (2006)
Video:	Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge (1989) Fantastic Four (2005) (2006) Fortnite Battle Royale (2020)
Subcat:	Marvel Comics characters
Pub:	y

Doctor Doom is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Since his debut in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962), the character has become the archenemy of the Fantastic Four, and has been included in almost every media adaptation of the Fantastic Four franchise, including film, television, and computer and video games. Usually depicted as the Monarch of the fictional nation Latveria, Doctor Doom has often been featured as an antagonist of other superheroes as well, including Black Panther, Doctor Strange, the X-Men and the Avengers.

Television

• Doctor Doom appears in The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), voiced by Henry Ramer.
• Doctor Doom appears in Fantastic Four (1967), voiced by Joseph Sirola.
• Doctor Doom appears in The New Fantastic Four (1978), voiced by John Stephenson.
• Doctor Doom appears in Spider-Man (1981), voiced by Ralph James.
• Doctor Doom appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "The Fantastic Mr. Frump", voiced by Shepard Menken.
• Doctor Doom appears in Fantastic Four (1994), voiced by Neil Ross in the first season and Simon Templeman in the second.^[1]
• Doctor Doom appears in The Incredible Hulk (1996), voiced again by Simon Templeman. This version was overthrown as leader of Latveria after being accused of war crimes.
• Doctor Doom appears in the Spider-Man three-part episode "Secret Wars", voiced by Tom Kane.

• Doctor Doom appears in , voiced by Paul Dobson. Similar to his 2005 film counterpart, this version sponsored the space mission that was bombarded with cosmic rays, leading to the creation of the Fantastic Four and his own transformation into Doctor Doom.
• Doctor Doom appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Charlie Adler.^[2] This version is the leader of the Lethal Legion who plots to obtain the Infinity Sword and the Infinity Stones.

• Doctor Doom appears in , voiced by Christopher Britton.^[3] This version's family was previously killed in the accident that scarred him. Throughout his appearances, he attempts to resurrect his family before being defeated and trapped in the demon Yogthul's dimension.
• Doctor Doom appears in , voiced by Lex Lang.^[4]
• Doctor Doom appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. This version is at the top of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most wanted list, and his armor is nuclear-powered, reinforced with Vibranium, and contains several concealed weapons.
• Doctor Doom appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced again by Maurice LaMarche.^[5]
• Doctor Doom appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,^[6] voiced again by Maurice LaMarche.
• Doctor Doom appears in X-Men '97, voiced by Ross Marquand. This version is an ally of Bastion.

Film

Live action

• Doctor Doom appears in The Fantastic Four (1994), portrayed by Joseph Culp. This version was a college classmate of Reed Richards who was nearly killed in an accident when both tried to capture the power of the Colossus comet. In the present, Doom fights the Fantastic Four before being killed after falling from Castle Doom.
• Doctor Doom appears in Fantastic Four (2005), portrayed by Julian McMahon. This version is a billionaire entrepreneur and head of Von Doom Industries who accompanied Reed and his friends on an outer space expedition, during which he is exposed to cosmic rays and gains metallic skin and electrokinesis.
• Doctor Doom appears in , portrayed again by Julian McMahon.
• Victor Von Doom, referred to simply as "Doom", appears in Fantastic Four (2015), portrayed by Toby Kebbell.^{[7] [8]} This version is an anti-social computer programmer who works for the Baxter Foundation and is mentored by Franklin Storm. He accompanies the Fantastic Four on an unsanctioned voyage to the dimension Planet Zero, during which he is mutated by exposure to a green liquid substance and gains telekinesis and force field projection. One year later, he escapes Planet Zero and attempts to destroy the Earth before being defeated by the Fantastic Four and killed after being launched into his own portal.
• A Doctor Doom origin film was in development, with Noah Hawley attached to direct.^[9] In an interview with ScreenGeek, Mads Mikkelsen expressed interest in playing the character, having previously auditioned for the 2015 film.^[10] In August 2019, Hawley told Deadline that the film is "done".^[11] In October 2019, following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Hawley revealed the film is "in limbo" due to Kevin Feige's plans to incorporate the character, alongside the Fantastic Four, into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[12]

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom will appear in the upcoming films (2025), (2026), and (2027), portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. (who previously portrayed Tony Stark / Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe).^[13]

Animated

• Doctor Doom appears in Marvel Super Heroes 4D, voiced by Paul Dobson.^[14]

Literature

Doctor Doom serves as the initial villain in the Chaos Engine trilogy, which opens with the revelation that Doom has rewritten history so that he is now the ruler of the world, having defeated other villains such as the Mandarin, married to Storm and hunting Magneto as his arch-enemy. Fortunately, a group of X-Men were outside reality when this rewrite occurred and are dispatched to investigate, which leads to them and the "local" Betsy Braddock (her memories restored by Jean Grey) learning that Doom created this reality through a Cosmic Cube. However, this cube turns out to be flawed in two ways; not only does use of it to maintain this new world drain the user's life-force so that Doom now appears to be in his eighties or older, but he didn't actually change the history of his world but just "superimposed" another Earth's history onto it. After Psylocke takes him out of reality after Magneto acquires the Cube, Doom is restored to his rightful age and attempts to stage a coup in the Starlight Citadel, only to be opposed by the X-Men and Magneto. He is ultimately returned to Earth with his knowledge of how to access the Citadel or create a new Cube removed so that he cannot attempt such a scheme again.^[15]

Podcast

• The Marvel's Wastelanders podcast series features a version of the Old Man Logan Dr. Doom and his Doombots, both voiced by Dylan Baker.^[16] Doom is first mentioned in the 2021 Marvel's Wasterlanders: Star-Lord series, which takes place in Doomwood, a section of the American West under the control of Dr. Doom and heavily policed by Doombots. Doom himself makes an appearance in the series' final episode.^[17] In September 2022, the 10-episode series Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom began, with Baker returning to voice Doom.^[18] The series picks up where Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord ended and follows Doom as he teams up with Valeria Richards to seek revenge on those who betrayed him on V-Day.^[19]

Video games

• Doctor Doom appears as the final boss in The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! (1989).
• Doctor Doom appears in (1991).
• Doctor Doom appears as a boss and playable character in Marvel Super Heroes (1995), voiced by Lorne Kennedy.
• Doctor Doom appears as a boss in Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems (1996).
• Doctor Doom appears as a boss in Fantastic Four (1997).
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character in (2000), again voiced by Lorne Kennedy.
• Doctor Doom appears in Fantastic Four (2005), based on the Fantastic Four film. He is primarily voiced by Julian McMahon, reprising his role from the film, while Jim Meskimen voices him in unlockable bonus levels.
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character in (2005).
• Doctor Doom appears as the final boss of (2006), voiced by Clive Revill.
• Doctor Doom appears in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), voiced by Gideon Emery.
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character in / Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011), voiced again by Paul Dobson.
• Doctor Doom appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad (2009), voiced by Charlie Adler, reprising his role from the animated series.
• Doctor Doom appears in Fantastic Four (2010).^[20]
• Doctor Doom appears in , again voiced by Charlie Adler.
• Doctor Doom appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, once again voiced by Charlie Adler.
• Doctor Doom appears in , once again voiced by Charlie Adler.
• Doctor Doom appears as a boss and unlockable playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance.
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character in , voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
• Doctor Doom appears in LittleBigPlanet as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 6".^[21]
• Doctor Doom appears as a boss and unlockable playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Lex Lang.^[22]
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character and boss in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced again by Fred Tatasciore.^[23]
• Doctor Doom appears as an unlockable character in Avengers Alliance Tactics.
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character in .^[24]
• Doctor Doom appears as a playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.^[25]
• Doctor Doom appears as unlockable cosmetic outfits in Fortnite Battle Royale. His standard appearance was released as part of Chapter 2's "Zero War" season, while a second outfit was released for Chapter 5's "Absolute Doom" season, in which he serves as the central antagonist. Prior to the latter season, "The Wanderer" was teased throughout Chapter 5, which was later revealed to be Doom. He is also the villain of the "Fortnite x Marvel: Zero War" tie-in comics, allying with the Imagined Order to destroy the Zero Point.^[26]
• Doctor Doom appears in , voiced again by Maurice LaMarche.
• Doctor Doom appears as a collectible card in Marvel Snap.^[27]
• Doctor Doom appears in Marvel's Midnight Suns, voiced by Graham McTavish.
• Doctor Doom and his 2099 counterpart appear as NPCs in Marvel Rivals, serving as the main villains after enacting an interdimensional war with each other. This results in the creation of the Timestream Entanglement, the inciting event of the game and the reason heroes across the multiverse are fighting one another.

Live performances

• Doctor Doom was one of the characters portrayed in the 1987 live adaptation of the Spider-Man and Mary Jane wedding performed at Shea Stadium.^[28]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doctor Doom Voices (Fantastic Four) . February 17, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
2. Web site: July 28, 2009 . Comics Continuum: Marvel Super Hero Squad . August 16, 2010 . Comics Continuum.
3. Web site: Marvel Animation Age – The Marvel Animation News Resource . Marvel.toonzone.net . 2016-03-09 . 2016-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160412034147/http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=538 . dead .
4. Web site: Collura . Scott . October 15, 2011 . NYCC: Spidey, the Hulk and Agent Coulson Walk into a Comic-Con... . dead . https://archive.today/20120710002821/http://m.ign.com/articles/1200539 . July 10, 2012 . January 3, 2012 . IGN.
5. Web site: Bricken . Rob . March 8, 2013 . First look at Disney's new Avengers Assemble cartoon . June 3, 2013 . Io9.com.
6. Web site: Listings | TheFutonCritic.com – The Web's Best Television Resource . TheFutonCritic.com . 2013-11-24 . 2016-03-09.
7. Web site: Exclusive: Toby Kebbell reveals Doctor Doom's radically new origin in the Fantastic Four movie. Goldberg, Matt. 10 November 2014. Collider.com.
8. Web site: Comic Con interview: Fantastic Four's Toby Kebbell. Superhero Hype. Douglas. Edward. July 12, 2015.
9. Web site: Doctor Doom movie in development from Legion's Noah Hawley. Leadbeater. Alex. Screen Rant. July 20, 2017. July 20, 2017.
10. Web site: Exclusive: Mads Mikkelsen interested in playing Doctor Doom . ScreenGeek . July 31, 2017.
11. Web site: Patten . Dominic . August 13, 2019 . 'Legion's Noah Hawley talks tonight's series finale, 'Fargo', 'Doctor Doom' movie & 'Cat's Cradle' adaptation . Deadline.
12. Web site: Noah Hawley says Doctor Doom movie is in limbo at Marvel . . October 3, 2019 . January 24, 2019 . Robbins, Jason.
13. Web site: Patches . Matt . Goslin . Austen . July 27, 2024 . Avengers 5 now called Avengers: Doomsday, will introduce Doctor Doom to the MCU . July 28, 2024 . Polygon . en-US.
14. Web site: Madame Tussauds and Marvel Team Up to Bring Superheroes to Life in 4D . Entertainment Designer . 2013-12-16 . 2016-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406102329/http://entertainmentdesigner.com/news/experiences/madame-tussauds-and-marvel-team-up-to-bring-superheroes-to-life-in-4d/ . 2017-04-06 . dead .
15. Book: Roman, Steven A. . X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy . 2004 . 0-7434-9774-0.
16. Web site: Marvel Entertainment and SiriusXM to Premiere First Original Scripted Podcast Series, 'Marvel's Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord' on June 1. Marvel Entertainment.
17. Chapter 10: Dawn and Doom. Marvel's Wastelanders: Starlord. Marvel & SiriusXM. 2021-07-27. 2022-11-02.
18. News: Schreur . Brandon . 2022-09-12 . Spider-Man's Dylan Baker Stars as Doctor Doom in Marvel's New Wastelanders Project . CBR.com . 2022-11-02.
19. Web site: Marvel's Wastelanders: Doom . 2022-09-12 . Apple Podcasts . 12 September 2022 . en-US.
20. Web site: Fantastic Four Pinball . Marvel.com . 2014-03-15.
21. Web site: Marvel Costume Kit 6 . . January 10, 2013 . January 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130112202743/http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/add-ons/littlebigplanet-2-marvel-costume-pack-6.html . live .
22. Web site: 3 June 2015 . It's Time for DOOM! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027055754/https://marvelheroes.com/news/news-articles/its-time-doom . 27 October 2016 . 26 October 2016 . MarvelHeroes.com . Gazillion Entertainment.
23. Web site: Miller. Greg. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Characters and Cast Revealed. 20 July 2013 . IGN.
24. Web site: Marvel Games Welcomes Marvel's First Family with Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Week.
25. Web site: Adams . Tim . Doctor Doom Torments the Fantastic Four in Marvel Contest of Champions . . February 24, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810210049/https://www.cbr.com/doctor-doom-marvel-contest-of-champions/ . August 10, 2023 . November 14, 2019 . live.
26. Web site: Fortnite's new season pits Marvel's biggest heroes against Galactus . Andrew . Webster . August 27, 2020 . August 28, 2020 . .
27. Web site: Doctor Doom - Marvel Snap Card Database - marvelsnap.io. Marvel Snap Card Database.
28. Web site: Gross, Michael. SPIDER-MAN TO WED MODEL. June 2, 1987. The New York Times.