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Doctor Doomis widely considered to be theFantastic Four ’s most iconic scoundrel , boasting a memorable design that even occasional fans recognize . However , the mystery of what lies beneath his famous mask has plagued readers for decade . While it ’s know that Doom ’s masquerade party conceal a scar , the extent of that scarring is inconsistent throughout Marvel lore . Now , one of the Fantastic Four ’s writers has offered an explanation of what Doctor Doom really look like without his mask .
In an interview withPolygon , Fantastic Fourwriter Ryan North discusses his highly anticipatedOne World Under Doomevent- which debuted its first military issue earlier this hebdomad - as it takes the Marvel Universe by violent storm . On the topic of Doom , he also shares his insights on what on the button it is that the villain ’s masquerade conceals .
For me , you take that masque off — I mean it ’s what Kirby drew . The staring grimace with the one scrape , the blemish that he just ca n’t accept . If he could swallow that defect , he could bear Reed Richards , but he ca n’t do either .
North abides by the same idea thatJack Kirby , co - creator of the Fantastic Four , originate back in the day . To him , Doctor Doom wears an luxuriant mask as a means of hiding a tiny scratch that most would shrug off , serve as a testament to his ego and his despair to be pure .
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Jack Kirby ’s vision of Doctor Doom having minimum scarring is touch to inFantastic Four Annual#2 , in which he depicts Doom ’s chemical reaction to his face without show it . His perfectionism becomes evident in his insistence that he ’s become " horrifying " , and the blemish being insignificant would further the irony of the scene . year later , terrific Four#278 by John Byrne and Jerry Ordway canonizes Kirby ’s musical theme by revisiting that bit with a glimpse at the minor scar on Doom ’s impudence . North expands upon the reasonableness why he believes this to be an accurate take on the character :
I always liked [ Kirby ’s take ] . To me , Doom is someone who has all these gift , all these specialty . He ’s sassy , he ’s ram , he ’s splendid , powerful . It was never enough . He ’s never pleased . And I think the reason he is never proud of is because Reed Richards survive . I do n’t cogitate Doom thinks he ’s chic than him , but he ’s bloody close . And it frustrates Doom that he ca n’t prove once and for all that he is the well man here .
According to North , Doom is push back for the most part by a sensation of perfectionism that has instilled within him a desire to be the best at all costs . Thus , his animus towards Mister Fantastic stem from that same demand . Reed ’s intelligencesurpasses his , meaning he will always be 2nd to the Fantastic Four paladin , and that feeling intensifies when he ignores Reed ’s warning about the experiment that commit him his scar . The explosion being the result of his genius chum up in comparison to Reed ’s fuels Doom ’s loathing , and he in turn associates that imperfection with his scar- however modest it may be .
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Although many Fantastic Four author agree with Kirby ’s musical theme for Doctor Doom , there have been stack of other takes that speculation beyond his original concept . For instance , inSecret Wars#3 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić , Doom ’s cheek is revealedto be horrifically scarred to the point where he ’s pretermit most of his nose . Regardless of whether his scarring is intense or minimum , Doctor Doomremains equally infuriate by the result of his accident and keeps his visage obliterate due to his self-love , which is the aspect of his characterization that matters more than his real visual aspect .
One World Under Doom # 1is available now from Marvel Comics !
Doctor Doom , the egotistical baddie of the Fantastic Four , just discovered the blue true meaning of life , changing the Marvel Universe forever .
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