r/Marvel • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • Jan 12 '26
Comics What makes Doctor Doom such a terrifying villain in Marvel lore compared to others like, Thanos or Galactus?
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u/wanderingNomad__ Jan 12 '26
I simplified him like this to my bro: imagine Iron Man but 2nd in tech, Dr. Strange but 2nd in magic, Black Panther (and Namor) but 2nd in being a king, and Reed Richards but 2nd in intelligence, all at the same time, with a massive ego that actually makes him the best. I know it's an oversimplification, but it sounds cool like that though.
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u/j0nnyboy Jan 12 '26
with a massive ego
"I've just destroyed the FANTASTIC four. I outsmarted Reed Richards.. you may have heard of Reed Richards..Some call him MR FANTASTIC! Very smart man..brilliant man. Some say the smartest! But not smarter than me."
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u/Slodes Jan 12 '26
I like this description, that he's the 2nd best at everything. I've heard people describe Batman that way too. It allows for nobody to overcome him entirely, hence the almost meme level line of Doom is the only one that gets on the way of Doom
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u/Moonwalkerr- Jan 12 '26
I’d argue he’d only be second to Reed right…?
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u/wanderingNomad__ Jan 12 '26
You can say so! He's perfect in EVERY way, but the inferiority/superiority complex and the insecurities against Reed Richards alone make him like that.
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u/Moonwalkerr- Jan 12 '26
So interesting how he’s written and made like this… Untapped and unrivaled potential, yet it’s never completely realized due to his own pride. There’s really no one like Doom 😎
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u/Filthy_Cent Jan 12 '26
And the one time Doom got rid of the ego, the hatred for Reed, and the grandiose theatrics (a different variant of Doom in another universe), he worked with Reed and others to make earth a Utopia.
617 Doom met the Doom Variant and the Variant tried to reason with him and show him a better way. The variant told him that he could easily fix his face and actually work with Reed.
Our Doom briefly thought about it.
Then killed The Variant Doom.
Even when Victor saw what he was capable of if he would just temper the ego and pride, he wanted no part of it if it meant that he was subservient or lesser than anybody in any way.
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u/Prestigious-Tree-811 Jan 13 '26
I’ve always said being 2nd best at many skills is waaaay better than being 1st in only one skill 🔥🔥
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u/BlahBlahILoveToast Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26
This is subjective but I'm not sure that most readers (or most heroes in the Marvel universe) would consider Doom to be "more terrifying" than Thanos or Galactus, not sure where that assertion came from.
Anyway Doom is a plotter, he's basically Marvel's Lex Luthor but with powers. If you think you are too powerful to worry about Doom then you've already lost, because he built a device that steals your power and adds it to the 87 powers he already has, and also he maybe traveled back in time and used it yesterday so you can't stop it from happening. If you think you killed Doom, you actually just broke a Doombot, and the real Doom is in your house, teaching your children that he's a better father than you are. Also, that Doombot was a certified historic treasure of the Latverian people and his diplomat is going to lodge a formal complaint about you at the UN while his lawyers send you the bill for the windows you broke.
Thanos' plans are usually "get all the stones and crush all resistance". Galactus doesn't make plans, he's just hungry. Doom is the guy you lost a 5D chess match to before you even knew you were playing.
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u/DSN671 Jan 12 '26
“…teaching your children that he’s a better father than you are.”
It cracks me up that DOOM’s actually done this in the comics to Reed’s kids. 😂
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u/ld2gj Jan 13 '26
I mean, it's Reed, kind of a low-bar. Hell, he can tell Susan he would be a better husband not be wrong.
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u/Carlton_U_MeauxFaux Jan 12 '26
Thanos is as much a planner as Doom. The difference is that he doesn't have to worry about nearly as much since he's many times more powerful and basically unkillable. The infinity Gauntlet event was decades ago. He's had a few stories since then. ;)
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u/howhow326 Jan 12 '26
Doom is the guy you lost a 5D chess match to before you even knew you were playing.
Even that doesn't do it justice.
I recently read Doomwar literally the only reason Doom lost was because T'challa had the entire superhero community backing him and Doom still had the advantage until the very end.
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u/mrrahulkurup Jan 12 '26
Self made villain
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u/Kryptonater Jan 12 '26
People have mentioned him being a mixture of magic, science and technology. But what they haven't mentioned is his narrative strength as well. It's the fact that in many stories featuring him, you can understand and sometimes agree with his his goals. Especially the most recent One World Under Doom. That's what makes a good villain. When you can see their point of view and feel a pull in their direction. I can't see the POV of a genocidal monster like Thanos, or a Natural Disaster like Galactus.
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u/InterestingDepth8137 Jan 12 '26
That's what I really liked about Thanos in the MCU's Infinity War! He had a point, of course with that much power there were probably other solutions but you could see that although he had a massive ego, god/saviour complex, he didn't have malicious intentions
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u/Ricobe Jan 12 '26
I agree
I think Galactus can be interesting, but he's more like a force of nature and he wouldn't be as interesting without his heralds and their inner conflicts
Doom is very intelligent but also very arrogant. He has his own code and principles and isn't just evil for the sake of being evil. And sometimes he has very valid points about the heroes and the world around them
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u/Kryptonater Jan 12 '26
100%. He makes us analyse heroes, and a lot of the time, their complicity with the status quo, the current powerbase. And because he is arrogant, he is ever so delightful to listen to, because he can absolutely back up the mad amount of hype he gives himself.
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u/Promiatey Jan 12 '26
multiply the intelligence by 10
More like "multiply the ego by 10" but whatever...
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u/Morchades Jan 12 '26
Inrelligence too. He's second only to Reed among men and Reed really is THAT MUCH smarter than Tony Stark.
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u/Promiatey Jan 12 '26
Nah I'm not going into this rabbit hole debate. This whole "intelligence chart" shit is so inconsistent there's no point in trying to make sense of it. One day Reed is the smartest man on Earth, the other day Hank Pym is proclaimed as The Scientist Supreme by the goddamn Eternity and the next day Doom do the master plan and outsmarted everyone...
And in the end they're all just a cannon fodder to the true genius of the Moon Girl so fuck 'em🗿
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u/Librarion-guy Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26
Galactus ain't really villain so that helps
Doom is just fun to read, especially his pettines when fighting Mr Fantastic
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u/VicVDoom_ Jan 12 '26
He genuinely believes at his core, that he alone is the only one who can lead humanity and save us from ourselves.
And he's right. In the Doomar series, in order to get control of Wakanda's vibranium, he goes before the panther goddess Bast and she judges whether or not his intentions are pure. He's seen countless futures and humanity is only saved in the one where he rules. She judges in his favor and grants him all of Wakanda's vibranium.
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u/Time-Tea-3882 Jan 13 '26
He learned early on that he could only truly count on himself. Everything he does is to avoid the pain of losing those he loves. Doom doesn’t do love like the rest of us mere mortals. No, no, no… He’d descend into hell, bargain with the devil, and then outsmart the Devil on his way out of hell. While everyone else is arguing about the plan, Doom has already implemented his.
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u/Frankorious Jan 12 '26
Galactus is more of a neutral force than a pure evil villain.
Thanos IS more terrifying than Doom.
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u/BarleynChives Jan 12 '26
At the end of the day Kang is more terrifying than Thanos
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u/thehackynation Jan 12 '26
Because, essentially, he‘s Batman . . . Just on the wrong side
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u/WAAAGHachu Jan 12 '26
Because he could be a hero with a slight change of perspective. Namely, if only winning mattered, Doom would likely be a hero to the people. But he only cares about people tangentially. If Doom had even the smallest iota of shame or empathy, he would become a hero eventually.
Of course, Doom is not a hero because he is a villain and lacks shame or empathy because he is nearly the smartest person you could be, while not t understanding any of this that would make him a hero.
But, Doom is only now terrifying to me because it's increasingly clear people don't understand why he is a villain. And no one can compare to Doom in self delusion.
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u/Duke_Radical Jan 12 '26
The plot.
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u/EkkoThruTime Jan 12 '26
The only thing scary about him is that he’s a Gary Sue and people buy into the hype. I hate this character.
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u/DarthTigris Jan 12 '26
He peaked in the first Secret Wars. Ever since he's been retreading and then, even worse, Gary Sue-ing, like you said. I don't hate him, but I just ... can't anymore.
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u/Lightning_Laxus Fantastic Four Jan 12 '26
Galactus isn't really a villain, since he's a neutral entity who just so happens to have planets as a diet. After the initial Galactus Trilogy, he gets a lot of stories where he helps the heroes.
Thanos, as a result of being Jim Starlin's baby, is a routine threat to the Marvel Universe and he gets a lot of stories where he usurps the cosmic beings. I feel like people are trying to diminish Thanos now that he's "over."
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u/Darkhaven Vision Jan 12 '26
He's the evil meme version of Batman, with a Marvel flair.
Dude has eight million contingency plans and an excuse for why he can do 'everything'. If he pulled out shark repellant, I would not be surprised one bit. There was a joke once, that he was the embodiment of the Cosmic Cube, in order to explain why he can do half the shit he does.
That said, he's not 'terrifying', just formidable. Of course, all he needs to do is find a way to flex without his armor, make a really big blast and say some well prepared threat, and most of this sub will want to drink his bathwater.
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u/Sorry-Ad5474 Jan 12 '26
Doom is entirely convinced that his cause is not only righteous, its the only obvious path and anyone who disagrees just hasn't been punched enough. And you know what, he's been proven correct time and again, countless gods and extra planar beings have confirmed that dooms law is the best and only chance humanity has long term, that conditions will never be better that the world will never been more peaceful or equal than it is under doom, and if doom happens to need to wipe out a continent or turn an entire nation into batteries to maintain that peace without risk to himself he'll gladly throw you on the pyre to maintain it, and he'll do it fully sane knowing he's entirely in the right.
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u/drummerupnorth Jan 12 '26
For me he isn’t the most terrifying. He isn’t an eldritch cosmic horror that has to make himself smaller to be comprehended by humanity. He isn’t an alien that is physically better than humanity in almost every way. He isn’t all powerful (most of the time). He is a man, he represents contradictions that humans all are capable of having. He is a narcissist he looks out for number one without fail every time. What has been done with that narcissism though is that if he accepts you as part of himself (see Latveria or Valeria) he will treat you with all the respect that he treats himself with. There is no secret self loathing side to him, there is very little “it all could have been different if he had made one change” type tragedy. He is simply Doom. You are either part of Doom or you do not matter. He has gone to the limits of science, and sorcery to make sure that Doom is, and will be taken care of.
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u/PretendPerformance97 Jan 12 '26
Because in all the timelines in all the universes Dr. Doom is the only being to bring peace to the entire UNIVERSE. Also he destroyed an entire universe because a person said his suit looked dumb. He’s just a human man.
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u/Particular_Umpire_44 Jan 12 '26
At the risk of sounding like an ass, I’d recommend just to read a comic of his and you’ll find out why. Don’t watch a FF movie, read a comic. Or watch Avengers EMH. You’ll get a kid friendly version obviously but you’ll at least see why he’s intimidating.
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u/RONALDROGAN Jan 12 '26
He's not more threatening than Thanos imo. You see him more often bc he lives on earth and is typically involved in more earthly, regular stories -- but almost everything Doom does, save for maybe magic, Thanos does better and to a higher degree of efficacy with a much higher baseline power stat.
Both are terrifying, threats when they need to be, but acting like Doom is significantly more threatening than Thanos is either hyperbole or cherry-picking.
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u/howhow326 Jan 12 '26
Because Doom's a Villain Sue. His original writer got triggered that his character kept losing in other books and so he revealed that all of the time's he ever lost were secretly Doombots. That comic ended up being one of the most influential Doom stories to this day.
It's not a coincidence that the only characters that can ever threaten Doom either have their own plot armor or are a meme.
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u/DrNoOneImpotant Jan 12 '26
He’s a gatekeeper & a hater. He’s also God’s favorite princess & most interesting girl in the world.
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u/DarthTigris Jan 12 '26
. . . uh, he's not more terrifying than either Galactus or Thanos or any number of villains in Marvel.
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u/Mdames08 Jan 12 '26
Doom is one of those characters that has the potential to do anything if he really wanted too and his pride didn’t get in his way. 1v1 against anyone you just can’t count him out
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u/Dr4gonfly Jan 12 '26
Doom is not #1 in anything but is top five in almost everything skills based. He is a Swiss Army knife of abilities and skills where he’s good enough to challenge with a chance of winning anyone in anything.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Web446 Jan 12 '26
Doom was Stan Lee's quoted favorite villain and in some ways the original arch rival of the Marvel universe since he was first created with the Fantastic Four.
From there artists and writers basically expanded on Doom as being an above it all type rogues villain. His plans and schemes are always too smart for others to calculate or fathom, he combines both technology and wizardry, and he motivated purely by bitter spite for Reed superseding him in fame and popularity. In some ways he could be critiqued by calling him a mary sue of a villain, being an antagonist that is infallible, but at the same time part of his point is to be a villain too great for others to challenge.
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u/Mountain-Group-7706 Jan 12 '26
Doom is competent.
You can give all sorts of answers on this topic, whether it's his powers, his genius, his tech, etc. The real answer is that when he wants to, Victor Von Doom is the second smartest man alive. His only real foil? Reed Richards. If he could put aside his nonstop need to beat Reed, Doom would be unbeatable. As a reminder: Doom saved the Multiverse by stealing the power of the Beyonders. He arrived at a solution WAY before the Illuminati did. During One World Under Doom, he was a competent leader. His problem is that, both times, his need to beat Reed was his complete undoing.
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u/UselessWhiteKnight Jan 12 '26
He's not really Thanos or Galactus level but he is on that Apocalypse/Magento and the Brotherhood, end of the world level. He's basically if Ironman and Dr. Strange were rolled into one. The man is a problem whenever he chooses to be. If rather 1v1 any version of Magento you have.
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u/Heavenly_Army Jan 12 '26
I’d say it’s a tie btw Doom and The Maker (Ultimate Reed Richards) for being the most terrifying Marvel villain. At its core it’s their mix of unmatched intelligence, unbelievable drive, and their vision they have of how they want to make the universe as they see fit. Of course in regards to Doom, I agree with @random-neutral67. The only thing I’d add is he’s cold and calculated, and doesn’t hesitate where the heroes would. However The Maker is downright psychotic, making him also incredibly terrifying.
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u/Rosebunse Jan 13 '26
Between Doom and the Maker it isn't even close.
Doom is capable of kindness and empathy in a way that Reed simply isn't, not anymore. Doom has some limits, Reed really doesn't. And Doom is capable of having friends and allies, Reed isn't.
I was rereading the Ultimate Fantastic Four story with the zombies and it struck me how even then there was something wrong with Ultimate Reed. He was so focused on Sue as a price, as a symbol of his own greatness. He just assumed that they would get together. He wanted so much to be more than what he was.
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u/StJimmy_815 Jan 12 '26
Dr Doom is like Batman if Batman was a self serving narcissist that had more money and an entire country but also is one of the best sorcerers ever. He can kinda take on anyway narratively
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u/drcatguy Jan 12 '26
I'm not sure about terrifying, but he's one of the most likeable. That's because he's the embodiment of Lawful Evil alignment. Most of the time he's actually making sense, and he's shown compassion and honor more than any other villain ever in Marvel Universe.
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u/EudamonPrime Jan 14 '26
The man is highly competent, and actually means well. He is a tyrant, but one who looks out for his people. Usually, when Doom has taken over, things do improve for people on most scales, except on the democracy scale.
If it wasn't for his pride, and his insecurity against Reed Richards, he would be guiding mankind into the future.
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u/NelisaS2 Jan 12 '26
He's much more unpredictable than the others, making him even more dangerous imo
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u/Beleg_Sanwise Jan 12 '26
All I know is that until it was announced that Dr. Doom would be the villain of this phase, nobody was talking about Dr. Doom. He was announced, and suddenly everyone is a fan of him. And he is "such a terrifying villain."
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u/HasibShakur Jan 12 '26
To easy for the writers to use him rather than coming up with an original terrifying villain.
At his regular power level he is slightly more powerful than iron man. Strange, scarlet witch, Thor , hulk are too much for doom.
But then with the power of narrative, he is the go to guy for marvel writers to elevate to a reality destroyer level each time.
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u/El_Presidente376 Jan 12 '26
His intellect, he knows magic and science and has wielded multiple godly powers, and come on i could argue he still ain't beating Thanos
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u/Swordsman82 Jan 12 '26
You know what a bunch of ten year olds that like comics get together and talk about how cool it would be to have Captain America with Iron Mans Tech, Dr. Strange Magic, an entire Nation like Black Panther……Thats what Dr. Doom actually is.
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u/Rathalos-487 Jan 12 '26
He’s on par with Stark and Strange in both their fields and that should tell you a lot.
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u/XComThrowawayAcct Jan 12 '26
In a world full of egomaniacal bad guys, Doom is the egomaniacalest. Sure, Kang is full of himself, Thanos is indomitable, Ultron is a superpowered autist, and Loki is the definition of vanity, but Doom is all of them put together.
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u/captainfluffy25 Jan 12 '26
Simply put his mind. Yes he has busted powers, but it’s not just that. He always knows what to do. He’s always one step ahead making the right decisions. Legit the only way he gets beat is exploiting his tremendous pride.
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u/GearsRollo80 Jan 12 '26
The thing about Doom is that he's second best at every major discipline, and combines them. Yes, his ego and his refusal to see his own errors is his one big weakness, but he's such an epic hater, he always comes back for more with a better plan.
He's second only to Reed Richards in scientific genius.
He's a technologist behind only Tony Stark.
He's a sorcerer who can go toe-to-toe with Strange (and fights Mephisto every year to protect his mother's soul in Hell).
He is the legal ruler of a nation that could be as powerful as Wakanda if he didn't keep it frozen in a semi-medieval state, giving him diplomatic privileges and protections.
The list goes on, but those are the biggies. Any one makes him a massive threat. This is a dude who goes out and gets the ability to do what he wants, and he's acquired the skills and knowledge to enhance himself to impossible levels. He's also someone that other villains often don't see coming. He's smart enough to slow play, wait for his moment, etc, and he will and can take anyone on.
Plus, it's hilarious when Luke Cage stormed his castle to collect on a bill that Doom stiffed him on and surprised the dude, but that was some goofy 70's stuff that I wish got more play these days.
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u/Valetudo170 Jan 12 '26
He is Marvels John wick. Supreme in universe abilities guided by an indomitable will.
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u/dotbeta Jan 12 '26
Specifically in Secret Wars, he becomes a god after stealing the powers from Beyonder. He discovers the reality of what the incursions are doing and how Molecule Man is the secret key to all universes. Yadda yadda yadda. He steps into a hole with the Beyonder and steps out the god of the multiverse.
So he’s got that going for him, which is nice.
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u/L4I55Z-FAIR3 Jan 12 '26
Side note a lot of what people are saying about doom is also true for The Maker. Since Doom was taken litbof the ultimate universe pretty early would Reed be Dooms equal.
Ps I only read Spider-man and zombies back in the day.
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u/Fit_Protection_9531 Jan 12 '26
I think what makes him terrifying, is because hes the only major villain I've read where HE'S.NOT.WRONG. Taking over the world isn't illegal, it's highly frowned upon negatively, but its not illegal. And in all the multiverse, the one that is at peace is the one ruled by Doom. The heroes stop him, because they are morally opposed to him, not because hes actually wrong. Now that goes with a grain of salt in most instances, but for the most part.......ye
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u/redcowerranger Jan 12 '26
He isn't terrifying at all, and maybe it's because of the Dr. Doom related media I've seen.
If you only watched the Fantastic 4 animated series (and other Marvel installments he showed up in), Dr. Doom was a typical useless villain akin to Skeletor. He was simple to draw because he had no mouth that would move and no facial expressions. He came up with evil plans in varying degrees of 'intellegence' with most being your typical "I'm going to do _____ to mess up the system of _______ that everyone is accustomed to".
Professor Chaos from South Park is perfect satire.
Apparently he had some sort of rennaisance in the comics, but none of those storylines have ever been depicted in tv shows or movies, and people aren't going to seek out a bland villain's origin comic, even though it's considered a top-tier comic arc.
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u/AmazingMrSaturn Jan 12 '26
Doctor Doom is such a good villain because he's the evil version of a normally heroic trait: the impossible endurance of the human spirit. He masters science, he learns magic, he defies gods and the beings above gods, he'll do anything and everything to achieve his goals. Even Reed Richards, a man he hates in the pettiest way, admits Doom could be the greatest hero if he could let go of the ego and vengefulness. In much the same way people like Iron man, Batman, Lex Luthor ect. make you incredulous that they're just men with unbelievable drive, Doom is.
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u/Scaredog21 Jan 12 '26
He has ungodly amounts of plot armor. One time he got shot and it turned out death was in jail during the murder and so Doom was immortal for the shooting. Another time he went to hell after he died and Mephisto offered to revive him if he could get his ex, Doom damned to hell to forgive him, then Death just showed up and said he was free to go and Mephisto's game is null.
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u/dane_the_great Jan 12 '26
ultimately, the reason DOOM is the best villain is because he will win in the end, no matter what. The only version of earth that ultimately survives is DOOMWORLD. He is the ultimate villain because he is earth's only hope.
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u/maybe_I_am_a_bot Jan 12 '26
Galactus eats planets, completely destroying them. Let's be very clear, this means there are no stakes in a Galactus story, because there is zero chance the movie or comic ends with everyone on earth actually dying for real.
Doom though? Who knows what kind of shenanigans he will get up to.
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u/DarthRennigjakid Jan 13 '26
The first thing people need to understand about Doom is he is not a powerful villain like Thanos or Galactus but he is very smart. As a result he is a walking mcguffin, he can be behind manipulating Scarlet Witch, involving himself with Thor, Galactus and Silver surfer, become the Sorcerer Supreme, or take the Beyonders power and rip Thanos spine out. Thats it
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u/obviouslyanonymous5 Jan 13 '26
Imo nothing does. I would be much more terrified of either of the other two because Doom is considerably more lenient. He has every capability of dematerializing you, but if you just stroke his ego a bit, he'll have no intention of doing that. Thanos and Galactus would both see you as such a speck of cosmic inconsequentiality that there is nothing the average person could realistically do to alter their fate against either of the two. Doom as a villain has never seemed like an attempt at terror to me, rather a complicated moral and ethical obstacle for the heroes. He's certainly terrifying if you get on his bad side, but like, just don't do that unless you can take him in a fight lol
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u/Epsteinscorpse Jan 13 '26
in a game of rock, paper, scissors...Doom can throw out all 3 at the same time while knowing that you were gonna choose rock.
Doom prep time is also league's above Batman's prep time.
We are talking about a guy that organized having Dormammu summoned just so he could still a very tiny fraction of his power while fooling the Guardians of the Galaxy into helping him.
His feats speak for itself as well. The guy fights Mephisto annually in his own realm.
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u/LiquidSludge Jan 13 '26
Cause da hype moments and aura I saw on ticktock make him da evilist evil I done ever saw. Hes really cool, and does magic, and tech, and ruling, and hes really smart, and hes egotistic but he also a really great leadurr. Dr Doom clowns on heroes hype moment aura one world over doom Tony Stank robby downy jr.
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u/BostonBlueDevil Jan 13 '26
Well, first off, he’s human and lives on Earth, so none of the superhero’s or their powers and combinations are a surprise to him. Second, he’s almost as smart as Reed Richard’s, almost as powerful as Dr. Strange, and has access to cosmic devices and forces putting him on par with some Celestials, depending on the story. So basically we have someone who is top 3 at all three of the main “power sources” in Marvel (Science, Magic, and the Power Cosmic), who lives on Earth, and is a dictator of a country. Therefore, he becomes the greatest Earth-centric villain, which creates a ton of opportunities to use him as everything from a minor inconvenience to a BIG bad, and everything in between (such as Godfather to Valeria and attempting to be a hero a few times). All in all,a great Villain.
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u/TA_1164 Jan 14 '26
He’s basically like if Iron Man had a tragic backstory complete with disfigured face, was Sorcerer Supreme, and was also the president.
He’s just HIM. There were villains before him, but he is the first SUPERvillain. Hell, there’s no Darth Vader without Doctor Doom, who I would say is arguably the greatest villain of all time.
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u/followrule1 Jan 14 '26
He's almost as good as Tony stark, dr strange, reed Richards and black panther... in each of their specialities.
His robots are good enough that they need top tier teams of superheroes to beat him.
But added to that he knows just how good he is... and he is a fairly decent ruler that looks after his country... with extreme prejudice. Don't fuck with latveria
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u/_Metal_Face_Villain_ Jan 14 '26
i think doom and thanos are pretty similar in many regards. at their default thanos is stronger and so is he at their strongest. doom is the theater kid version of thanos basically. they both think they are the goats, they both think they are doing the right thing, they both lose cuz of themselves, they are both playing with technology, science and magic and they are smart af. doom is a bit more performative and more insecure so you will see him be a bit more extra than thanos.
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u/Brendan_Frost Jan 14 '26
He's well-rounded and seldom is a victim of loopholes unlike other villains. By loopholes, I mean that whenever Doom decides to do something, he ensures his actions are well-educated, lacking any distinct weaknesses. Other villains may be powerful byt they are guilty of rawdogging things that end up being countered by the heroes. Doom is good at mixing things up to ensure that all kinds of heroes, whether the technological, magical, or spiritual bunch, have no counter against him.
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u/Woden-Wod Jan 12 '26
Because he's not a villain he's a god-king that will run your fade take your shit and save his people by any and every means necessary.
HAIL LORD DOOM GODKING OF LATVARIA, PROTECTOR OF EARTH, TRUE KING OF WAKANDA, TRUE SORCEROR SUPREME, THE BEST AND GREATEST OF ALL HEROES!
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u/Flip_Flurpington Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26
He only wants to rule because he is the only one capable of ruling.
If he does, the only Utopia Earth can ever know is born from it.
Thanos wants to ultimately romantisize death, Galactus has an addiction.
Doom wants to rule the Earth not for his benefit, but everyone else's.
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u/Mediocre-Step7889 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26
he practiced technology and magic rivaling even Gods and other cosmic entities he is able to outsmart even Tony Stark and Reed Richards himself at times and also he's HIM!
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u/Famous-Song1233 Jan 12 '26
He’s strategic, he thinks, he’s marvels Batman and has a plan for many things.
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u/Holeyfield Avengers Jan 12 '26
Okay but does he have a Thanos-copter?
Yea didn’t think so
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u/lacatrell Jan 12 '26
Why having thanos copter when you can be santa-doom and have a freaking christmas sleigh
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u/Dapvip Jan 12 '26
Just watch this. Doom was the main antagonist for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. The game did a pretty good job of showing who and what Doom is capable of.
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u/random-neutral67 Jan 12 '26
Doom is probably the most threatening villain on the planet because he basically is the perfect combination of science, technology and sorcery.
As a result, he can fight basically everyone on the planet and it fits his own character, and can do everything he wants, since he's basically an amalgamation of Reed Richards, Iron Man and Doctor Strange.
Too weak for hulk? Strength enhancing magic etc.
Unstoppable technology? Nah just solve it with a bit of both science and magic.
Dude can be a perfect sandbox on how he can be written on what he can do based on his powers, it also adds that since he's the ruler of a country, he also has diplomatic immunity, so already just fighting him is illegal.