welcome back nerd squad today we take a closer look at one of the greatest
villains in the Marvel Universe dr. Vaughn doom doom is a complex
character which is what makes him so fun to explore well he does some of the most
dastardly things in comics and has practically been a god twice he is also
one of those villains you can almost get behind what is Doctor Doom versus the
Fantastic Four you almost want to choose his side a lot of the time he is trying
to act for what he believes is the good of humanity sure he's prideful and he
has an insane ego but ultimately he doesn't hurt people to
hurt them he sees it as hurting others for the greater good
usually the crazy thing is that he actually is a pretty decent leader and
sometimes the most powerful person in the room definitely the smartest meaning
he gets called upon for all kinds of heroic tasks today that is what we are
going to be taking a look at as we count down the top 10 heroic things Doctor
Doom has done let's get counting number 10 killed
himself well more specifically killed his future alternate self in 2093 ad in
Camelot this scenario comes to us from Ironman volume 1 issue 250 Iron Man and
Doctor Doom must team up and travel to the future once there they team up with
Merlin by the way this Merlin has a beard that appears to have the end of it
wrapped in a an elastic blue rubber band why I don't know it's the future I guess
we're just 70 years away from that weird fashion trend during the course of their
adventure dr. doom crosses paths with his future self who is almost full
cyborg at this point dr. doom feels shame in his future self considering him
undignified and desperate living beyond his prime as a result of this he kills
his future self yikes but also I guess thanks future
self was really evil number 9 saved the world so admittedly he also sort of took
it over and made himself a god but during the 2015 Secret Wars event Doctor
Doom is the only one strong enough to save the existence of the world
granted it's kind of messed up it's not perfect but at least it still exists
comprised diverse sixteen ten and six one six as well as bits of other
realities it is a mash together reality split up
into different territories Doctor Doom rules over it as a god and Doctor
Strange even later confesses that he is actually really really good at it dr.
doom was the only one strong enough to take in the power of the beyonders and
use it to build this reality however in the end it is still mr. fantastic that
usurps him and resets the multiverse as we know it still you got to admit for a
last minute job dr. doom did an outstanding job of saving the universe
at least he held it together I don't know number eight saved his mom in the
Marvel graphic novel issue 49 we see dr. doom team-up with Doctor Strange to save
his mother so many dr. doom and Doctor Strange team ups I love it his mother
was trapped in how many years ago after a deal she made with Mephisto went
unsurprisingly sideways yet the only way to save her soul would be to make her
pure enough to no longer be able to reside in Hell and the issue is made to
look like Doctor Doom sacrifices dr. strange to secure her safety but it is
later revealed that this was actually most likely a ploy of the brilliant
victors something he had done simply to make his mother renounce him as a son
and hate him and thereby free her soul by making it as pure as it could be
don't ask me how that works whether or not this is true is not confirmed in the
comic though dr. doom was the person who gave dr. strange the device which helped
him to break free of Mephisto's grasp so mm probably planned number seven saved
the survivors of the zombie apocalypse well dr. doom doesn't survive in the
Marvel zombie vs. he certainly helps others to escape it he is one of the
last known survivors hiding out in his castle doom stopped in Latveria where he
also has as many non zombified refugees sure they all happen to be the kind of
you know attractive ones who are of a breeding age but still he's saving
people unfortunately the Horde eventually break through to doom stat
and dr. doom becomes infected but even while the zombie virus is fighting to
take hold of him he manages to get the survivors out through well basically a
portal gun traded a reckon more - revealed that is also in the castle the
time and dr. doom even resists the urge to
devour the wisecracking individual and also helps him escape he breaks the
teleporter device just as the word breaks in and the thing
threatens to clobber him pretty selfless stuff especially when at that point he
was almost full zombie number six defeats Thanos during the Secret Wars
event of 2015 god emperor doom defeats Thanos handily these few panels that we
find in issue 8 of Secret Wars were considered by many to be controversial
but ultimately God Emperor Doom has the power to single-handedly defeat the mad
Titan the mad Titan tries to intimidate doom and loses the weird thing isn't the
thinness use this tactic but then he used this tactic on someone so
narcissistic and powerful as doom Thanos mocks Jim telling him that when he
wielded the powers of a god the Infinity Gauntlet he used them better doom asks
if Thanos now possesses an infinity gauntlet but Thanos concludes he doesn't
need one for someone as low and a week as doom ouch
Thanos demands the doom bowed down to him Sethe a nose in his ordinary form is
enough to defeat doom and earn his respect disagreeing dr. doom kills
Santos not with the snap of his fingers but with one swift life disintegrating
blow to the chest turning Thanos into bones number 5 helps
deliver sues storms baby when Sue Storm is ready to give birth to her and
Richards the second child she almost loses the baby granted before she had
actually lost it but that is a story for another time the baby which was
originally stillborn the first time around got a heart reset but sue is
stuck with the same problem that she was last time namely that her unborn
daughter is throwing off waves of radiation that are harmful to sue and
the unborn child itself last time every conceivable brilliant mind was called
upon including even Doctor Octopus and despite Reed Richards best efforts he
could not save their child now Reed Richards is occupied and unable to be at
his wife's side as she goes into labor and Johnny Storm calls upon the only
person that he can think of Doctor Doom for some reason he is brilliant but I
feel like calling upon your arch nemesis is kind of a risky move dr. doom
actually agrees to help and manages to use Johnny storms external energy Johnny
at this point could not flame off due to his excess energy without the
help of technology to save Sue Storm and her baby this actually also fixes
Johnny's problem as well so now he's able to flame on flame off again when
Reed Richards made it back to his wife she was already successfully delivered
dr. Dumas price was that he would simply get to name the child he named her in
valaria and bestowed her with the full protection of Latveria
and his own powers should she ever need it it's kind of cute he then leaves
gloating that he did what Richards could not but still seeming to be a pretty
great Godfather all things considered like I want dr. Newman to be my
godfather cheese number four Latveria speaking of Liberia it is the nation
that doom rules but then his nation he is like a king but although his rules
are somewhat strict any rules with a literal iron fist he is actually a
pretty decent leader sure he demands your undying devotion to him and sure
you you may not have all the freedoms you would have in another country but
the people of Liberia do seem to truly love dr. doom even Doctor Strange seems
to believe that this is true and that the show of love that his citizens give
him is sincere under his rule Latveria prospers they have a good economy
healthy citizens no one seems to go hungry or suffer from undue ailments it
is a relatively peaceful and calm place to live sure he sometimes uses mind
control on his citizens but hey mind control for a peaceful existence seems
like a not so awful trade-off number three prevents a war dr. von doom joins
up with Winter Soldier and Black Widow in the Winter Soldier 2012 series what's
more amazing is he does so after Bucky breaks into his castle Doom almost kills
him thinking he's some kind of vile spy as well as cap sidekick who he thought
had already died but before he can amend Bucky's existence
Bucky confesses they're only there to help Doctor Doom they share the Doctor
Doom is actually being framed and the one of his doom bots programmed to look
and behave just like Doom is being manipulated into attacking the United
Nations manipulated this attack would result in a war potentially even a world
war who knows to avoid such events coming to pass dr. Newman Gries to help
them and with Bucky and Black Widow they work together to defeat the villainous
plot and save the world number two made
peaceful world and the Marvel graphic novel series from the 80s in issue 27 we
see Doctor Doom becoming Emperor doom when he conquers the world he does this
by harnessing purple man's mind control abilities and magnifying them with the
use of a giant psycho prism when he takes control of the world he actually
proves himself to be a relatively astounding leader apart from the mind
control that is he uses his powers for good not evil sure he makes himself
leader of the world but he also ends war works towards eliminating world hunger
and improves the economy he basically turns the world into a paradise
unfortunately this is short-lived as although Doctor Doom enjoys being
Emperor he soon finds that mind control makes everything kind of safe and boring
you know too easy there's no gratification in it no
struggle which makes it kind of strange that he would later use mind control on
his own nation in Liberia so he doesn't like mind control but he also kind of
likes mind control number one infamous Iron Man no I'm not talking about Tony
Stark's Iron Man here I'm talking about dr. doom as Iron Man he became infamous
iron man in his own 12 issue series in 2016 when he adopted iron man's mantle
and decided to pursue a life of heroics operating under the name infamous iron
man that's right dr. doom did for a time want to be a hero and aspired to it the
best thing about him as a hero is he still has the flaws we know and love he
is still prideful to a fault making him appear rather flippant but he's also
very powerful and shows remorse even in the villainous deeds he is formally
perpetrated he even manages to defeat a ton of villains as they plot to kill him
saying that he was worse enough as an ally but as a hero he would be
unstoppable thank you so much for watching nerd squad I hope you enjoyed
this list do you think Doctor Doom would make a good hero do you want to see him
join the MCU do you think he needs the Fantastic Four to do so or could perhaps
stand alone as his own character slash villain let me know in the comments
below he is personally one of my all-time favorite villains because he is
so complex and frequently helps others just to prove that he can and to prove
that he is smarter I also just love that even while being a villain he can easily
perform noble actions and it is still can
in character for him so complex well you're on your way down to the comments
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