DOCTOR DOOM

 

DOCTOR DOOM

Real Name: Victor Von Doom

First Appearance: Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #5, July 1962

Powers: Traditionally, Dr. Doom has no super powers, although he has temporarily stolen the power of the Beyonder, the Watcher, the Silver Surfer, etc. By training with the alien Ovoids, however, he has developed the mental discipline to exchange minds with other people through eye contact. Thus, Doom takes possession on one person's body while leaving them trapped in his own. Occasionally useful, but not something he relies upon everyday. Doom is also well trained in the arts of magic, but his devotion to science has kept him from developing this potential to its fullest.

Doom's personal armor is powered by an internal nuclear reactor, and is equipped with a wide variety of devices. Doom upgrades and modifies the armor as needed, and so its features are constantly changing. An internal exoskeleton boosts his strength to at least Class 5 levels most of the time, and has a powerful force field capable of withstanding tremendous amounts of force and harm. The field operates by gathering the force turned against it, and displacing it extra-dimensionally, giving Doom an almost limitless amount of protection. The outer surface of his armor can be electrified on command, shaking off any opponent who touches it. The armor has an internal modem and database, as well as advanced sensors designed to gather, categorize, and store large amounts of data from Doom's surroundings.

His gauntlets are typically equipped with concussion blasters, gas projectors, and short-range pinpoint lasers for delicate work. He occasionally carries a matter projector gun, disguised as a normal 9mm Mauser holstered on his hip, which uses a variation of Pym Particles (which Doom discovered independently of Hank Pym) to enlarge dust molecules in the atmosphere into the size of boulders, battering an unsuspecting opponent with a spray of enormous rocks appearing from nowhere. Doom is also capable of flight, either through rockets in his boots or a collapsible jet-pack which expands out from beneath his cape.

Victor Von Doom is self-educated to graduate level and beyond in science and has self-taught knowledge of the mystic arts. He has extensive knowledge of all sciences; expertise in robotics, trans-Einsteinian physics, genetic engineering, weapons technology, time travel, biochemistry, and other fields.