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more fancomic WIP ("You should. You shall." quote is in a separate panel🫣🫣)

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more fancomic WIPs of Doom/Storm ( In the first two images, Storm is grabbing Doom)

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What's the actual deal with Doom's face? I keep finding different contradictory answers.

You’re finding contradictory answers because canon itself has waffled a lot on what the state of Doom’s face is when he hasn’t cured it. What is solidly canon, though, is that Doom’s face was damaged when he was conducting an experiment in college to contact his deceased mother from beyond the grave. He miscalculated but refused to accept that he could have made an error, so he convinced himself that his intellectual rival, Reed Richards sabotaged his experiment, and he’s hated Reed ever since.

As for what the damage is, that’s trickier. Most comic writers and artists agree that it’s best not to show Doom’s face beneath the mask because the mystery is part of the mystique of his character. But because of that, there’s two opposite extreme interpretations of Doom’s damaged face.

The original concept that Jack Kirby and Stan Lee had was that Doom only had a single scar but was otherwise a handsome guy. His vanity, however, was unable to accept even a small singular imperfection. The one time Kirby drew Doom taking off his mask, he looked like this:

The other interpretation is that is face is horrifically scarred beyond what medical science can do, and there’s legitimately a logical reason for him to hide his face.

(Thor #182)

Comics being what they are eventually consolidated both into a single interpretation: that the lab accident resulted in only a single scar, but in his haste to hide the scar, Doom put on his metal mask before it had cooled, resulting in horrific burn scars:

(Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment)

So the most canon answer is that it was just a little scar, but Doom made it so much worse by being impatient and brought horrible burn scar onto himself. However, because we rarely ever see Doom’s face, there’s not really a definitive canon answer for what he looks like under there so there’s a lot of room for interpretation.

Personally, though, I don’t like the horrific burn scar idea. I far prefer the original Kirby/Lee idea of the single scar, and so that’s what I headcanon and use whenever I write for Doom. I just find the psychology of the single scar infinitely more fascinating from a character stand point. Flawed though the 2005 Fantastic Four movies were, they had a really great exchange about that scar:

Victor: I have to do something about this scar. […]

Leonard: Actually, the scar’s tracking well. People seem to think it humanizes you.

Victor: *scoffs* And that’s a good thing?

That, to me, is Doom in a nutshell. Here is this guy who is so arrogant that he often refers to himself in the third person as just “Doom”. He’s a guy who sees himself as an idea, as more than a man, as a living and breathing story. Yet here’s this scar, this minor imperfection, that serves as the ultimate reminder that behind all of his power and brilliance, he’s nothing more than a mortal man. He wants to see himself as perfect, but he can’t as long as this imperfection exists, so it must be hidden away where no one else can see it. 

The psychology there is just so much richer to me than “He got burned, looks hideous, and now he hides his face.” Like, sure, that psychology is in play regardless, but it just works better, imo, if it pertains to an imperfection that others wouldn’t be so concerned about. Doom is extra af in everything he does, so why should the little things be any different? Plus, as it was Lee and Kirby’s original concept for the character who they created, I feel like it’s the version that should trump all others.

But Doom’s face has been “fixed” in the past. First in Secret Wars:

(Secret Wars #11)

Doom stole the Beyonder’s omnipotent powers and used those powers to heal himself.

It happened again during Children’s Crusade:

(Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #8)

Doom took the Scarlet Witch’s life force powers and again used them to heal his face. Both of these instances were quickly undone once Doom lost his stolen powers. Please also note the importance of the fact that Doom cures and shows off his face following two instances of making himself virtually omnipotent. The scar(s) are a sign of humanity, and when he truly leaves his humanity behind, so too does he leave behind the scars.

There’s also one other important instance of Doom’s face being fixed:

(Invincible Iron Man vol.3 #1)

At the end of Secret Wars II, Doom had his face healed “permanently”. During this time, Doom also “redeemed” and temporarily became Iron Man. Hiding the scar(s) was part of Doom’s inability to accept that he was just like everyone else. With his ego now somewhat in check and put to a productive end, he shows his face freely. It doesn’t last:

(Invincible Iron Man #600)

After a climactic battle against the Hood to save Tony Stark, Doom’s face is scarred anew, and with his scars returned, he reverts to his old ways just in time for Reed Richards coming back.

I have… less than favorable opinions on this whole era of “redeemed” Doom and then “snap back to status quo” Doom, but there’s definitely something interesting going on here… albeit something that’s a bit ableist. Either way, I’m personally glad that Doom is doing his villain thing again, and I need him to go grab classic Loki out of the time stream so that both of my favorite Marvel villains can be bad guys again XD

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Are there anything between Ororo and Doom? From your last post it seems like to me, but maybe I'm wrong. I just recall anything like this from the comics 😅

To be honest in the comics there isn’t anything more than the Uncanny X-Men (1963) #145 - 147 and whenever T’challa/Ororo clashed with Doom during DOOM WAR. However if you want some more DoomOroro then I would suggest reading the X-Men Chaos Engine novel, in which Ororo and Doom are married, have kids, and she is called Empress Von Doom. I have not read it myself yet but I will someday. I honestly love this ship because it’s great fun and also gives me “Beauty & the Beast” vibes.

Also the line “She does not fear me. She should. She will.” is echoed by Ororo when she breaks free of Doom’s control, “Do you not fear me? You Should. You Shall.” And I love when heroes echo back stuff to the villains, it’s a great trope.

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Doom never adheres to any rules so Storm, the fashion police, has to take him home (like she does every year). I drew this in response to these tweets haha.

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Fan comic WIPs so far - I have a long way to go.

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Strom and Dr Doom

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WIP Dr Doom VS Mephisto

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i dont draw victor enough

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STORM v DOOM

Out To Draw Blood.

Inspired by Storm #4 (2025) by Murewa Ayodele.

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Some 80s Storm outfits

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one thousand more issues of them please

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Apparently April is the 50th anniversary of Giant-Size X-Men #1.

April 1975.

The team always begins here, with Cyclops.

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Where else to find me...

Hi everyone, I'm Sunny! I just started drawing and posting marvel fanart this year after I came across a Doom variant cover from Storm (2024) comic issues. Since then I became obsessed with drawing Storm and Doom. I do have plans to post more art, fan comics, and selling merch in the future. Here are other platforms you can find me on. I would love to connect! :) Twitter - I post here very often, including sharing WIPs and personal pics.

Instagram - It is graveyard there, but I figure I should have an IG just in case. BlueSky - Not active there as much, but I will post every once in a while.

Pinterest - I post there very often.

Request are not open at the moment. ;_;

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Twitter meme dumps

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Dumping all of my fanart from Twitter to here! :)