Editing Doctor Doom (section)

===Creation and development===
Like many of Marvel's [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] characters, Doom was conceived by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. With the ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' title performing well, Lee and Kirby were trying to dream up a "soul-stirring...super sensational new villain" for the series.<ref name="bad guys 12">{{Cite book|title=Bring On the Bad Guys! |last= Lee|first=Stan |author-link=Stan Lee |year=1976 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location= New York|page= 12}}</ref> Looking for a name, Lee latched onto "Doctor Doom" as "eloquent in its simplicity — magnificent in its implied menace."<ref name="bad guys 12"/>

Due to the rush to publish, the character was not given a full [[origin story]]<ref name="bad guys 12"/> until ''[[Fantastic Four Annual]]'' #2, two years after his debut.<ref name="bad guys 13">{{Cite book|title=Bring On the Bad Guys! |last= Lee|first=Stan |author-link=Stan Lee |year=1976 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location= New York|page= 13}}</ref>

In a 1987 interview, [[jack Kirby|Kirby]] commented on Doctor Doom's design. "Dr. Doom was the [[Personifications of death|classic conception of Death]], of approaching Death. I saw Dr. Doom as [[Man in the Iron Mask|The Man in the Iron Mask]], who symbolized approaching Death. It was the reason for the armor and the hood. Death is connected with armor and inhuman-like steel. Death is something without mercy and human flesh contains that element of mercy. Therefore, I had to erase it, and I did it with a mask."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/07violaint.html | title=TwoMorrows Publishing - Ken Viola Interview - Kirby Collector Seventh Issue }}</ref>

Kirby further described Doom as being "paranoid", wrecked by his twisted face and wanting the whole world to be like him.<ref name=death>{{Cite book|title=The Silver Age of Comic Book Art | last = Schumer | first = Arlen |year=2003 |publisher=Collectors Press |isbn=1-888054-85-9 |page= 76}}</ref> Kirby went on to say that "Doom is an evil person, but he's not always been evil. He was [respected]...but through a flaw in his own character, he was a perfectionist."<ref name="kirby collected">{{Cite book|title=The Collected Jack Kirby Collector |last=Morrow |first=John |author2=Kirby, Jack|year=2006 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=1-893905-57-8 |page= 101}}</ref> At one point in the 1970s, Kirby drew his interpretation of what Doom would look like under the mask, giving Doom only "a tiny scar on his cheek".<ref name="silver kirby">{{Cite book|title=The Silver Age of Comic Book Art | last = Schumer | first = Arlen |year=2003 |publisher=Collectors Press |isbn=1-888054-85-9 |page= 77}}</ref> Due to this slight imperfection, Doom hides his face not from the world, but from himself.<ref name="silver kirby"/> To Kirby, this is the motivation for Doom's vengeance against the world; because others are superior due to this slight scar, Doom wants to elevate himself above them.<ref name="kirby collected"/> Stan Lee's writing typically showed Doom's arrogance as his constant downfall, and how his pride leads to von Doom's disfigurement at the hands of his own machine, and to the failures of many of his schemes.<ref name="Marvel Encyclopedia">{{Cite book|title=Marvel Encyclopedia vol. 6: Fantastic Four | last = Christiansen | first = Jeff |year=2004 |publisher=Marvel Entertainment Group|location=New York |pages= 63–66}}</ref>

While the Fantastic Four had fought various villains such as the [[Mole Man]], [[Skrull]]s, the [[Miracle Man]], and [[Namor|Namor the Sub-Mariner]], Doom managed to overshadow them all and became the Fantastic Four's [[archnemesis]].<ref name="greatest villains of the FF">{{Cite book|title=Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four: Introduction |last= Ashford|first=Richard |year= 1995|publisher= Marvel Comics|isbn=0-7851-0079-2 |pages=ii }}</ref> During the 1970s, Doom branched out to more Marvel titles such as ''[[Astonishing Tales]]'',<ref>{{Cite comic | Writer = [[Roy Thomas|Thomas, Roy]] | Artist =[[Wally Wood|Wood, Wally]] | Story =''Revolution!'' | title = Astonishing Tales | Volume = | Issue =#2-6 | Date =October 1970 – June 1971 | Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]| Page = }}</ref> ''[[Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]]'',<ref>{{Cite comic | Writer = [[Roy Thomas|Thomas, Roy]] | Artist =[[Dick Ayers|Ayers, Dick]] | Story =''Sanctuary!'' | Title =Incredible Hulk| Volume = 2 | Issue =#143 | date =September 1971 | Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref> and ''[[Super-Villain Team-Up]]'' (1975). Beginning with issue #42, he also had appearances in ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' (February 1976). Doom's origin was also a feature in ''Astonishing Tales'' when his ties to the villain [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]] were revealed.<ref>{{Cite comic | writer = [[Gerry Conway|Conway, Gerry]] | artist =[[Gene Colan|Colan, Gene]] | title = [[Astonishing Tales]] | volume = 1 | issue = #8 | date = 1971 | publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>

In the book ''Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre'', [[Peter Coogan]] writes that Doom's original appearance was representative of a change in the portrayal of "mad scientists" to full-fledged villains, often with upgraded powers.<ref name="Comics 166">{{cite web |author=Sanderson, Peter |author-link=Peter Sanderson |date=February 24, 2007 |title=Comics in Context #166: Megahero Vs. Megavillain |url=http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2007/02/24/comics-in-context-166-megahero-vs-megavillain/ |access-date=February 13, 2008 |work=QuickStopEntertainment.com}}</ref> These supervillains are genre-crossing villains who exist in adventures "in a world in which the ordinary laws of nature are slightly suspended"; characters such as [[Professor Moriarty]], [[Count Dracula]], [[Auric Goldfinger]], [[Hannibal Lecter]], [[Joker (character)|Joker]], [[Lex Luthor]], and [[Darth Vader]], also fit this description.<ref name="Comics 166" /> Sanderson also found traces of [[William Shakespeare]]'s characters [[Richard III (play)|Richard III]] and [[Iago]] in Doom; all of them "are descended from the 'vice' figure of medieval drama", who address the audience in monologs detailing their thoughts and ambitions.<ref name="Comics 165">{{cite web |author=Sanderson, Peter |author-link=Peter Sanderson |date=February 17, 2007 |title=Comics in Context #165: The Supervillain Defined |url=http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2007/02/17/comics-in-context-165-the-supervillain-defined/ |access-date=February 13, 2008 |work=QuickStopEntertainment.com}}</ref>