admonition : coddler for The Ultimates # 4Doctor Doomhas a report for being theFantastic Four’smost fearsome foe , but the Ultimate Universe just rewrote his origin , changing something fundamental about the iconic Marvel villain . The story of how Reed Richards became Doctor Doom has at last been severalise , and it gives the name " Doom " a glum new meaning .

InThe Ultimates#4 by Deniz Camp and Phil Noto , theorigin of Earth-6160 ’s Doctor Doomis revealed at last . Through glance into four stage of Doom ’s aliveness , readers - and Doom himself - get to watch his story unfold . In a grim turn of fate , Reed ’s friends and family face hideous , untimely deaths as a result of his mistakes . Eventually , the Maker capture Reedand tortures him , referring to him as Doom . When Reed repeatedly denies that he is Doom , the Maker insist that Doom is more than just his name . It ’s what he bring down upon others .

Through these ominous discussion , the name of Doctor Doom has been completely redefine in a tragical way , turn it into a constant reminder for Reed that he doomed his hump ones .

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark from Avengers: Endgame with Marvel Comics' Doctor Doom next to him.

Doctor Doom’s Haunting Backstory Redefines His Name Forever

Reed Richards Is “Doom” to Everyone He Gets Close To

ManyUltimatesreaders will know theorigin tarradiddle of the Fantastic Four , but event open other than in Earth-6160 . Due to the Maker ’s interference , when Reed Richards guide his teammates on their space expeditiousness , he becomes the sole subsister . As the Maker excuse throughout his torment , Reed doom his love ones by engage their delegacy despite repeatedly being urge against it , and so he wears the title of Doctor Doom as a distorted admonisher of his mistake . A name that ’s been known to come to fear has become a symbolic representation of guilt and sorrow , recontextualizing Doom .

Robert Downey Jr. will be impersonate Doctor Doom in the MCU , and above all else , there is one aspect of the character that RDJ NEEDS to get right .

The Maker may have spay the way of life of every Marvel Heron , but he understandably economise the worst torment of all for Doom .

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Grief over the loss of the Fantastic Four is what defines theUltimate Universe ’s version of Doom , and he is left feeling like something in his life-time is missing . hop to fill up the goggle hole inside of him , Doom experiments on rats by giving them theFantastic Four ’s mutations . His efforts have thus far been fruitless , with his experiment only kill rats over and over , but he turn down to give up . Doom ’s destination is to bushel what was taken from him , and he will reach that goal no matter the monetary value .

The Ultimate Universe Gives Reed Richards His Darkest Origin Yet as Doctor Doom

The Ultimates#4 Variant Cover by Rod Reis

The Maker may have altered the route of every Marvel hero , but he understandably keep the worst worrying of all for Doom . Hisrevenge against Reedtransforms him into his greatest foe , and the name Doom represent how his activeness doomed his family . This heartbreaking new take on Doctor Doom ’s origin is also a subversion of Reed Richards ' , with his guilt devour him rather than fuel the formation of the Fantastic Four . Now that he knows what the Maker carry from him , Doctor Doomwill blockade at nothing to revenge the life he consider he doomed .

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THE ULTIMATES # 4 ( 2024 )

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Reed Richards is tortured and disfigured by the Maker, who tells him that his name is Doom because everything he loves is doomed by him

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