Warning: Contains spoilers for Blood dog #5!Doctor Doom is the most ambitious character Marvel has ever created. He's not just the cunning villain of the Fantastic Four. He is the sole dictator of his own country, Latveria, and he has gone from ruler to God, all in the name of perfection and domination. Doom has plans upon plans to become the most powerful being in the universe, but one title has eluded him: that of the universe. Sorcerer Supreme.
A powerful sorcerer himself, Doctor Doom is sought by Doctor Strange and Clea while the Bloodcoven ravages the Avengers in the climactic fifth issue of Blood dogBy Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz. Once there, Strange and Clea learn that Doom will only perform the ritual to turn back the darkness if Strange agrees to abdicate his title as Sorcerer Supreme.
Victor Von Doom, newly transformed into just one of Doom's many powerful forms, does the unexpected - he saves the world from the vampire threat and brings the sun back to the world. And, it seems, the new "hero" is just getting started.
Doctor Doom is Marvel's new Sorcerer Supreme
Victor Von Doom Out-Magic's Doctor Strange
If Doctor Strange had truly been worthy of the title, he would have been able to stop the Bloodcoven's Eternal Night.
Enacting a magical ritual whose eventuality he had spent many years preparing for, Doctor Doom vanquishes the vampire's threat. Doctor Doom isn't just a supervillain who wants to destroy the world. He is a brilliant strategist with more contingency plans than Batman. He is also an honest character who takes his oaths very seriously. When Doom says he's going to save the world, the world better get ready.
The fact that Doctor Doom is able to save the world under the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme really shows that he has been owed the title for some time. If Doctor Strange had truly been worthy of the title, he would have been able to stop the Bloodcoven's Eternal Night. Doctor Strange makes a second mistake, however, in letting Doom play hero - Because once Doctor Doom starts saving the world, he doesn't stop until he wins completely.
Doctor Doom is Earth's Mightiest Hero
Victor Von Doom prepares the world to be saved - against his will
While Doctor Doom gets a taste of playing the hero, his ambitious goals have always grown well past his country of Latveria. Doom wants to rule the world and bring perfection to the universe. Using the mantle of the Sorcerer Supreme, He decided to do more than just save the world from vampires, but save it from all the chaos the Avengers cause. His goal is now world domination, in one world under doom.
Doctor Doom is not only one of the most powerful villains, however Blood dog #5 provides a glimpse into Doom's ability as the world's most powerful hero and savior. In his twisted mind, however, his saving of the world will carry out some carnage the heroes of the Marvel Universe are not ready for. As Victor Von Doom makes his preparations for his debut in the MCU, Marvel Comics Doctor Doom Explores his new title of Sorcerer SupremeAnd it will take an act of God to stop the villain - and the hero.
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