Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom ( Victor von Doom, known in Germany as Dr. mischief, in The Avengers Comic Book # 7 ( US-Nr. 8) of the Williams - publisher, he was also known as " Dr. Downfall" ) is a figure of U.S. - American comic book publisher Marvel Comics, which was published first in the Fantastic Four comic # 5 in 1962 in the United States.

The figure

Victor von Doom is derived directly from the Romanian lord Vlad III. Dracula from. His parents forced him to memorize exactly through which branches of the family tree of the Dooms he is related to the prince. He is a brilliant mad scientist and later in its history and magician who hides his face and body with an iron armor because of a terrible accident, which is equipped with technical " gadgets". He is also the ruler of the fictional state Latveria, which is approximately between Hungary, Serbia and Romania. As an arch enemy of the Fantastic Four, he is often found in the comics, but he is also in many other Marvel Comics is a strong and intelligent opponents of the protagonists.

Physical appearance

Dr. Doom wears a long, flowing dark green cape with hood. His remaining body is enclosed with a mixture of iron armor and steel mask. The only human, what remains to be seen, are his eyes. Stan Lee got the inspiration for the character of images of death, where he replaced the bone by Metal. Dr. Doom likes to surround himself with Doombots, clones of metal, which fight for him, defend him and keeps his people, the Latviria, as state police under control. In recent media archenemy of the Fantastic Four often has its own super powers.

In other media

Live-action adaptation

In the movie Fantastic Four Doctor Doom is played by Julian McMahon, with the story of the film does not coincides with that of the comics. In the film, he gets by the accident also super powers: his blood is living a kind of metal, and he gets power over electricity.

In the sequel to the film called Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer from the year 2007, Dr. Doom occurs again, again played by Julian McMahon.

Animation

Dr. Doom also occurred in the following cartoon series where he plays the villain: The Fantastic Four (1967-1970), New Fantastic Four (1978-1979), Spider -Man (1981-1982), Spider- Man and his Amazing Friends (1981-1983), Fantastic Four (1994-1996), New Spider -Man (1994-1998) and The Incredible Hulk ( 1996-1997). Also in Fantastic Four (2007) and Ultimate Spider-Man (2012 ) he appears again and again as a skilled manipulator and an opponent of the superheroes. He is also the main antagonist in The Super Hero Squad Show.

Nickname

The Swiss stock market expert Marc Faber is often referred to in the media as Dr. Doom after he predicted several stock market crashes and economic crises of the last few years really.