Summary

The Marvel Universe has mint of highly level-headed individuals , but few stand up to the likes ofDoctor Doom . Not only is he a unsafe villain , he ’s wildly well-informed and clever . He already conflate legerdemain and skill into a unnerving reference of power , as well as running his own country . Yet , with a single wish , he take out the one thing bear him back : guilty conscience .

Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil#4 – write by Paul Tobin , with fine art by Patrick Scherberger , David Baldeón , and Chris Sotomayor , and varsity letter by David Sharpe – features Doom seeking the luck to make a powerful wish at the point where two Infinity Gems cross path . He insists he ’ll utilize that wish toeliminate Reed Richards from existence , thus ridding the world of his greatest enemy .

However , after a journeying filled with manipulation and betrayal , Doom makes an entirely different choice . or else of killing Reed , he frees himself from guilt , thus bump off the one thing holding him back .

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The Biggest Barrier To Doom’s Success Might Come As A Surprise

Since his introduction , Doom has done terrible things to achieve his ends , and there is plenty of blood on his hand . Still , he often seems singularly focussed on rid of Reed Richards . It was no surprise he floated using the indirect request to achieve that , but his quest for king ultimately overcomes everything else . Because he considers no opponent his true adequate , he reason out thathe was his own defective foeman . If he was think of to achieve his world - vary goals , he needed to get out of his own way and accomplish whateven Thanos could not asseverate .

Doom does not see himself as the baddie of the narrative . He names himself a hero , instead , and those who fight down him are the material bad guy . In a twisted elbow room , Victor ’s goal hasalways been noble . He seeks to stop the excruciation of the human race by contribute it all under his rule . It would terminate war , poorness , and many thing that ail humanness . Humans would supposedly flourish under his tyranny , and he uses any mean to reach the goal . Removing his sense of guilt feelings and thwarting his conscience is , in that sentiency , for the good of humans .

Doctor Doom Without Guilt is Incredibly Powerful

Victor von Doom is one of the few people in the Marvel Universe tomaster skill and magictogether . He has let on secrets that others would kill to obtain , including immortality . Being rid of his sense of guiltiness is so important that he willingly gives up living perpetually , which meansDoom believe he can accomplish more without a moral sense than he could with aeonian life . Given what he ’s already done with a sense of right and wrong in place , withdraw it paves the way for him to dominate the world . Doctor Doomis an accomplished baddie , but wish away his guilt makes him unstoppable .

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Doctor Doom with clasped hands, surrounded by green energy.

Doctor Doom makes a powerful wish to rid himself of any feelings of guilt.

Doctor Doom explains that a powerful wish is possible when standing in the path where two Infinity Gems crossed.

Doctor Doom stands triumphant and free of all sense of guilt.