Doctor Doom

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Doctor Doom, originally Victor von Doom, is the primary antagonist of the Fantastic Four comic book series. He is known for his intellect and his hideously scarred face, which he conceals behind an iron mask. Doom is a despotic mastermind and a former scientific colleague of Reed Richards, the Fantastic Four's leader, Mr. Fantastic. He frequently clashes with the Fantastic Four, engaging Richards in intellectual battles with dire consequences.12

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…menace was more persistent than Doctor Doom, whose hideously scarred face was hidden behind an ominous iron mask. This despotic mastermind—originally Richards’s scientific colleague Victor von Doom—habitually returned to plague the group and to engage Richards in intellectual battles, always with dire consequences.
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…menace was more persistent than Doctor Doom, whose hideously scarred face was hidden behind an ominous iron mask. This despotic mastermind—originally Richards’s scientific colleague Victor von Doom—habitually returned to plague the group and to engage Richards in intellectual battles, always with dire consequences.
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