Revamped Dr. Doom Respect Thread
Revamped Dr. Doom Respect Thread
This is a new Respect Thread for one of the most iconic villains in comics lore. Dr. Doom is probably the most infamous and prevalent villain in Marvel Comics. His guest appearances more than make up for a lack of his own series. He has essentially fought everybody. Indeed, fighting Dr. Doom is like a special initiation or badge of honor for all Marvel heroes and villains to climb towards. What is most surprising, is that Doom rarely is humiliated or stomped on, even as the villain and antagonist of a story.
So while Doom's plans are foiled often, I don't have to resort to cherry-picking scans from his fights at all. Enjoy it and feel free to post more scans yourself. But do try to make sure you don't double up on them. To better help avoid duplication, every single scan cites an issue #. So if you're not sure whether a scan that you have is not displayed here, try running an advanced search with the title, issue # and posted by me to do a quick reference check. As the rules state, trolling and disrespect will not be tolerated. The feats are all canon and no alternate reality or alternate version feats are listed in the scans. It's pure Dr. Doom.
I've done my best to organize it into sections:
I. RESPECT
II. STRENGTH
III. AGILITY
IV. BLAST POWER
V. FORCE-FIELDS
VI. ARMOR'S DURABILITY
VII. WILLPOWER
VIII. SKILL
IX. SUPER-POWERS
X. SORCERY
XI. INTELLIGENCE
XII. DOOM'S INVENTIONS
XIII. DOOMBOTS
XIV. DOOM'S DRONES
XV. DOOM'S ARMOR
XVI. DOOM'S VARIANT ARMORS
XVII. ESSENTIAL DOOM
XVIII. FEATS
XIX. DOOM'S FIGHTS
XX. MISCELLANEOUS
XXI. KNOWLEDGE
XXII. NOBLE OR EVIL?
XXIII. DOOM PREP
XXIV. DOOM'S FUTURE
I. RESPECT
Dr. Doom strikes fear into many of his foes, but he also garners great respect. So what better place to start than with examples of the respect he gets from other characters. Here, Magneto even considers him a true Homo Superior, from Super-Villain Team-Up #14:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomRespect01SVTU14.jpg
Modok concedes he is the greatest robotics master in the world in Captain America #132:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Inventions/DoomGenius01Cap132.jpg
Thanos also respects Doom and is wary enough to keep constant surveillance on him, from Marvel Universe: The End #1:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomRespect02TheEnd1.jpg
Although they had never met, even Akhenaten considered Doom to be one of his most dangerous adversaries from the start, from Marvel Universe: The End #3:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomRespect03TheEnd3.jpg
II. STRENGTH
Now let's get physical. Doom doesn't have a whole lot of actual strength feats. Most times, his armor's strength is on display when he trades blows with the Thing. But there are some directly quantifiable ones. Here, Doom breaks out of a titanium net in Super-Villain Team-Up #7:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomStrength01SVTU7.jpg
And here, Doom shatters a diamond into dust in his palm, from Amazing Spiderman #350:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomStrength02ASM350.jpg
III. AGILITY
While Doom's armor doesn't appear to help his agility at all, it isn't to be underestimated. Here, he punks Beast in Avengers #156:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomAgility01Avengers156.jpg
Doom moves swiftly to stop a shrunken Invisible Girl's assault in Fantastic Four #236:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomAgility02236.jpg
Doom reacts quickly for a man in armor, because he can react in a split second, from Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomAgility03TriumphTorment1.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomAgility04TriumphTorment1.jpg
Out of his armor, he's agile enough to fight a lion with his bare hands:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomAgility05Doom1.jpg
IV. BLAST POWER
Doom kills the Molecule Man with a sneak blitz attack, Molecule Man eventually resurrects himself from death, from Fantastic Four # 318:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomBlasts01318.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomAgility05Doom1.jpg
They're also strong enough to put down both Magus and Warlock, from Infinity War #5:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomBlasts02IW5.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomBlasts03IW5.jpg
Unsurprisingly, he can destroy Sentinels with a single blast, from X-Men #56:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomBlasts04Xmen56.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomBlasts05Xmen56.jpg
V. FORCE-FIELDS
Doom has some of the strongest force-fields in comics. First off, they're just plain stronger than Invisible Girl's, from Fantastic Four #200:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields01200.jpg
Iron Man's repulsor rays can't even dent them, from Avengers #156:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields02Avengers156.jpg
And even Iron Man's strongest blast just makes him angry, from Iron Man #149:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields03IronMan149.jpg
His force-fields allow him to survive his first physical encounter with the Beyonder's power, which throws him and Galactus back to Battleworld's surface. Doom wakes up first, from Secret Wars #1:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields04SW1.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields05SW1.jpg
Doom manages to survive being thrown from Galactus' Worldship by Galactus personally, from Secret Wars #7:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields06SW7.jpg
Captain Britain sends Doom flying around Limbo and Doom scoffs at it's effect, from Excalibur #37:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields07Excalibur37.jpg
Doom manages to survive an encounter with the Infinity Gauntlet's power, from [/i]Infinity Gauntlet[/i] #4:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields08IG4.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomForcefields09IG5.jpg
VI. ARMOR'S DURABILITY
Even without force-fields, Doom's armor itself is quite durable. Here, he takes the explosive force of two missiles detonated at point-blank range, from Super-Villain Team-Up #3:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomDurability01SVTU3.jpg
Doom's armor blunts and absorbs the destructive capability of an atomic grenade, from Moon Knight #39:
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomDurability02MoonKnight39.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Stats/DoomDurability03MoonKnight39.jpg