Doctor Doom Epic Collection, Vol. 1: Enter…Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom Epic Collection

by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Cover Art), Steve Ditko (Artist)

Doctor Doom is one of the most monumental villains in comic book history, and this Epic Collection features his early appearances that cemented him as an icon!

The greatest comic-book villain of all gets his own Epic Collection at last — beginning with the Latverian monarch’s first battle with his accursed enemies, the Fantastic Four! Discover the truth behind Victor Von Doom’s bitter rivalry with Reed Richards and watch as he unfolds plot after plot to destroy the FF! Doom forges a powerful alliance with Namor, the Sub-Mariner, steals the Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer and sets his sights on world domination! But the Fantastic Four aren’t the only heroes standing in Doom’s way: He’ll also have early encounters with Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ant-Man and the Avengers! Plus: a villainous clash with the master of alchemy, Diablo — with the fate of Victor’s childhood friend, Valeria, at stake!

COLLECTING: Fantastic Four (1961) 5-6, 10, 16-17, 23, 39-40, 57-60, 73; Fantastic Four Annual (1963) 2-3; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 5; Avengers (1963) 25; Daredevil (1964) 37-38; Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) 20

Kindle Edition

Published November 12, 2025

About the author

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Reviews

[Michael Wowk]

This was a lot of fun. Enjoyed how comically evil and stupid some of dooms plots are yet we get a good sense of his character and see many other heroes in this as well. Solid stuff

[DD]

Preparing for Avengers: Doomsday

[Jeff]

This is good but a bit of a slog. You can see how Lee and Kirby worked and reworked the character. The earlier issues start with the repetitive troupe of luring the FF4 into a death trap. It’s gets old and boring. Thankfully things changed with the FF4 Annual 2. Finally Doom’s backstory is established as is Latveria and we’re off to the races. Doom is my favorite Maeve villain and this collection is great to have, even with the forgettable early issues. You can how the creators worked to define the character and meet deadlines of writing new stories for multiple books. It’s an impressive accomplishment.

[Julia Pika]

The funniest thing to me is how Dr. Doom is just "Haha Reed, I'm so much smarter than you, I KNEW you would escape from that trap so I devised a second trap. I also knew you would escape from the second trap so I set up a third trap. I knew you would escape from the third trap so I--"