Among the questions that plague comic book fans, after “Who’d win in a fight?” and inappropriate queries about heroes’ romantic lives. comes in the expectation of what lies beneath Victor Von Doom’s steely mask. Some, including Jack Kirby himself favored the notion that a tiny scar caused perfectionist Doom’s rage against the various machines. Others (including Stan Lee, based my readings) implied that the face of Doom was terribly scarred in his college accident, and made even worse by donning his still-superheated metal mask. John Byrne seemed to imply that both were true back in the 80’s, with Doom preparing the mask because of a small imperfection, but suffering horrific burns when he donned it too soon after forging, leading to today’s dermatological query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) reminds Faithful Spoilerites that Dr. Doom was the original hipster; he put on his mask BEFORE it was cool, asking: The Face Of Doom: Ravaged mess or imperceptible scarring?
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Noticeable scaring but not extreme enough to justify wearing an iron mask
In my head, always thoroughly burned. I never thought Doom would be so vain it would be just a little scar. On the other hand, we are talking about a guy who refers to himself in third person…