Editing Doctor Doom (section)

===Warlock===
On the original [[Counter-Earth (comics)|Counter Earth]], Victor von Doom is a genius, but not a villain. He appears in the original ''[[Adam Warlock|Warlock]]'' series. Doom's armor is now represented only by the metallic mask. He is referred to as "the most famous egghead in the country",<ref name="Warlock #5">''Warlock #5''</ref> the "like spirit-brother"<ref>''Warlock #6''</ref> of Reed Richards, and "a man as dedicated to counter-Earth's survival as Earth's von Doom is to its enslavement".<ref>''Warlock #7''</ref>

He and [[Brute (Reed Richards)|Reed Richards]] are mentioned in passing in ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #2 and ''Warlock'' #2 as scientists without any sort of super-powers.
In ''Warlock'' #6, it is told how von Doom and Richards had been roommates, friends and lab partners in college. After von Doom's disfiguring accident, Richards' emotional support prevented him from becoming a villain. When Richards and his three companions hijacked a spaceship in order to be the first humans in space, von Doom unsuccessfully attempted to talk him out of it. Though all of the counter "fantastic four" were exposed to cosmic radiation, it was only Richards that was affected due to the interference of [[Man-Beast]] though the effects only became apparent ten years later when he became the [[Brute (Reed Richards)|Brute]] due to "latent cosmic radiation - and a mysterious guiding hand".{{Volume needed|c=y|date=February 2013}}

In ''Warlock'' #5-7, Victor von Doom was employed at the Livermore Valley Lab in California where he worked on "Earth-Corer-1", a vehicle designed to tunnel into the Earth. He warned the president of a massive earthquake that would be caused by a nuclear bomb test. The resulting earthquake accidentally activated "Antipersonnel missiles, nicknamed deathbirds"<ref name="Warlock #5"/> which began killing people indiscriminately. Doom was able to destroy them with Adam Warlock's help, using one of his inventions called the "deactivator". He died while helping Adam Warlock stop the Brute from absorbing all of Counter-Earth's geothermal energy, turning him back into Reed Richards.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=February 2013}}