A cosplayer just revealed a Doctor Doom this is literally so perfect that there is no way to improve it. Comic book characters are some of the most popular targets for cosplay, but they can also be some of the most difficult. Superhero costumes are often impractical and only made to look cool on the page, not necessarily in real life. Movies have struggled with portraying costumes for decades, but this cosplayer definitely pulls it off.
Doctor Doom may very well be one of the most difficult comic book characters to cosplay. While the green cape and cowl are probably easy, the iron armor should be difficult to make. Still, despite the difficulty, Instagram user @namorcosplay it achieved bring Doctor Doom to life in an incredibly accurate way. There is nothing that can be done to improve cosplay. This is what Doctor Doom looks like.
From the iron suit to the green cape with animal skin, it really looks like the ruler of Latveria has stepped out of the comics and into the real world. It's an incredible cosplay and one of the best for the character. Many characters don't translate well to real life, which is evident from the film's many failed live-action designs. Fantastic Four movies, but @namorcosplay solves what several billion-dollar movie studios still haven't solved.
Marvel Studios, pay attention: Doctor Doom has never looked so good
Doctor Doom will be coming to the MCU in the near future
One of the most important things about Doctor Doom is his vanity. He wears the mask due to the scars on his face that he considers make him imperfect. Even though the scars are tiny, Doctor Doom will still wear the mask just to hide them. Likewise, as ruler of Latveria, he would never be seen wearing anything but the finest cloth and the most polished steel. That's one of the most important aspects of this cosplay – that it looks not only accurate, but also good. If the materials looked cheap or dirty, it just wouldn't be Doctor Doom.
It's hard to overstate how great this cosplay is and how surprisingly easy it looks. There have been several attempts at Doctor Doom by major film studios and yet none of these Doom costumes look as good as this cosplay. Even the recent reveal of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom pales in comparison. It will be very interesting to compare Downey Jr.'s full Doctor Doom outfit to this cosplay when it is revealed. It's hard to imagine that Marvel would be able to create something that looked more comical than this cosplay.
Doctor Doom has struggled in live-action depictions
But this cosplay solves these problems
One of the best parts of comic book conventions is seeing all the different characters come to life. There have been a lot of amazing cosplays over the years, but this Doctor Doom is truly one of the best in recent memory. Fans will just have to wait and see if the ruler of Latveria will be equally as well, or somehow better, in the next few years. Avengers: Judgment Day film. But until that day comes, there should be no problem saying that this cosplay is the best Doctor Doom ever seen it in live action.