Warning: Contains Spoilers for Blood Hunt #5!Doctor Doom is the most ambitious character Marvel has ever created. He's not just the arch-villain of the Fantastic Four. He's the sole dictator of his own country, Latveria, and he's gone from ruler to god, all in the name of perfection and dominance. Doom has plans upon plans to become the most powerful being in the universe, but one title has eluded him: that of the Sorcerer Supreme.
A powerful magician himself, Doctor Doom is sought out by Doctor Strange and Clea while the Bloodcoven ravages the Avengers in the climactic fifth issue of Blood Hunt, by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz. Once there, Strange and Clea learn that Doom will only enact the ritual to turn back the darkness if Strange agrees to abdicate his title as Sorcerer Supreme.
Newly transformed into just one of Doom's many powerful forms, Victor Von Doom does the unexpected - he saves the world from the vampire threat and brings the sun back to the world. And, it seems, this new "hero" is just getting started.
Doctor Doom is Marvel's New Sorcerer Supreme
Victor Von Doom Out-Magics Doctor Strange
If Doctor Strange were truly worthy of the title, he would have been able to stop the Bloodcoven's eternal night.
Enacting a magic ritual whose eventuality he has 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's a brilliant strategist with more contingency plans than Batman. He is also an honorable character who takes oaths very seriously. When Doom says he will save the world, the world had better prepare to be saved.
The mere fact that Doctor Doom is able to save the world under the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme really does show that he has been owed that title for some time. If Doctor Strange were truly 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 a hero - because once Doctor Doom starts saving the world, he doesn't stop until he wins completely.
Doctor Doom Is Earth's Mightest Hero
Victor Von Doom Prepares the World to Be Saved - Against Its Will
While Doctor Doom gets a taste of playing the hero, his ambitious goals have always been growing well past his country of Latveria. Doom wants to rule the world and bring perfection to the very universe. Using the mantle of the Sorcerer Supreme, he decides to do more than just save the world from vampires, but save it from all the chaos the Avengers cause. His aim is now world domination, in one world under Doom.
In What If? #52, Doctor Doom gets a chance to try out being Sorcerer Supreme, but this is the first time in the main timeline that Victor Von Doom has donned the magic cape.
Not only is Doctor Doom one of the most powerful villains, but Blood Hunt #5 gives a glimpse into Doom's ability as the most powerful hero and savior of the world. In his twisted mind, however, his saving of the world will enact some carnage the heroes of the Marvel Universe just aren't 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 Supreme, and it will take an act of god to stop this villain - and this hero.
Blood Hunt #5 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.
