Editing Doctor Doom (section)

===1980s–1990s===
In 1976, Marvel and [[DC Comics]] collaborated on ''[[Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man]]'', and seeking to replicate that success the two companies again teamed the characters in ''[[Superman and Spider-Man]]'' in 1981. Marvel [[editor-in-chief]] [[Jim Shooter]] co-wrote the story with [[Marv Wolfman]], and recalled choosing Victor von Doom based on his iconic status: "I figured I needed the heaviest-duty bad guy we had to offer — Doctor Doom. Their greatest hero against our greatest villain."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Eury|first=Michael|title=The Krypton Companion|publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing|year=2006|page=77|isbn=1-893905-61-6}}</ref>

In 1981 [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] began his six-year run writing and illustrating ''[[Fantastic Four]]'', sparking a "second [[Golden Age of Comic Books|golden age]]" for the title<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide | last = Plowright | first = Frank |year=1997 |publisher=Aurum Press }}</ref> but also attempting to "turn the clock back [...] get back and see fresh what it was that made the book great at its inception."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook | last = Mari | first = Christopher |year=2000 |publisher=H.W. Wilson, Co |page= 81}}</ref> Doctor Doom made his first appearance under Byrne's tenure with issue #236.<ref>{{Cite comic | Cartoonist = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]]| Story =''Terror in a Tiny Town'' | title = Fantastic Four | Volume = | Issue =#236 | date = November 1981 | Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]] | Page = }}</ref> Whereas Kirby had intimated that Doom's disfigurement was more a figment of Victor's vain personality, Byrne decided that Doom's face was truly ravaged: only Doom's own robot slaves are allowed to see the monarch without his helmet.<ref name="FF#258"/> Byrne emphasized other aspects of Doom's personality; despite his ruthless nature, Victor von Doom is a man of honor.<ref name=religion>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/DoctorDoom.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310022003/http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/DoctorDoom.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 10, 2006 |title=The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Character Victor von Doom|date=December 10, 2005|access-date=February 12, 2008|work=Adherents.com|author=Staff}}</ref><ref name="photobucket">{{cite web|url=http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo326/OneDumbG0/Doom%20Fights/DoomPowerCosmic0157.jpg|title=Image: DoomPowerCosmic0157.jpg, (1023 × 740 px)|publisher=i388.photobucket.com|access-date=August 31, 2015}}</ref> Returning to Latveria after being temporarily deposed, Doctor Doom abandons a scheme to wrest mystical secrets from [[Doctor Strange]] in order to oversee his land's reconstruction.<ref name="FF#258">{{Cite comic | Cartoonist = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]]| Story =''Interlude'' | title = Fantastic Four | Volume = | Issue =#258 | date = September 1983 | Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]] | Page = }}</ref> Despite a tempestuous temper, Doom occasionally shows warmth and empathy to others; he tries to free his mother from [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]] and treats [[Kristoff Vernard]] like his own son.<ref name="FF#258"/> Byrne gave further detail regarding Doom's scarring: Byrne introduced the idea that the accident at Empire State University only left Victor with a small scar that was exaggerated into a more disfiguring accident by Doom's own arrogance—by donning his newly forged face mask before it had fully cooled, he caused massive irreparable damage.<ref>{{Cite comic | cartoonist = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | Story =''True Lies'' | title = Fantastic Four | Volume =  | Issue =#278 | date = 1985 | Publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref>

After his debut, Doctor Doom remained a key villain in ''Fantastic Four'' throughout the 1980s, appearing in titles as ''[[Punisher]]'', ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', and ''[[Excalibur (comics)|Excalibur]]''.  During Steven Englehart's run on ''Fantastic Four'', Doom was exiled by his heir, Kristoff, but this storyline was left unresolved when Englehart departed. [[Walt Simonson]]'s ''Fantastic Four'' #350 controversially revealed that the Doom seen during Englehart's arc was a robotic imposter, with the real Doom returning in new armor to reclaim Latveria. Simonson's retcon suggested the last true appearance of Doom was in the "Battle of the Baxter Building," but later writers often disregarded his interpretations, leading to further revisions of Doom's character and history.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #357</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=October 2024}}