But first, an example of the genius of Dr Doom.


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Dr Doom is one of the classic comics villains, up there with the Red Skull, the Joker, Ming the Merciless. He's a Mad Science super-genius with a sideline in Black Magic, he wears powered armor packed with weapons, and he has a huge grudge against the leader of the Fantastic Four because he unfairly blames RICHARDS!! for the college experiment that ( Read more... )

One thing I love about Golden and Silver Age comics is their dreamlike, anything-goes quality. They're like fairy tales in that respect. The most outrageous events are regarded with a straight face. The Earth is sliced neatly in half or swapped with another planet, with no real disastrous effects; people can be frozen inside a block of ice for ( Read more... )

The original story was one of the highpoints of the Silver Age, FANTASTIC FOUR# 57. It provided most of the plot for the second Fantastic Four movie, as well. But it was not until NOT BRAND ECCH# 1 in 1967 that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby let us in on the real events behind the legends.


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First, the very first appearance of Doom ever. FANTASTIC FOUR# 5, July 1962 - scripted by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott. Doom's helicopter with the shark face painted on it may have been inspired by WW II's Flying Tigers. If he tried bopping around Manhattan airspace like that today, he'd be surrounded by Eyewitness News and police ( Read more... )