10 “Big Picture” Manipulators In Comics

10. Doctor Doom

Victor Von Doom was the King of Latveria and one of the most brilliant minds on the planet. He had long hoped to make the world a better place through conquest and has been at the heart of nearly every major event in the history of the Marvel Universe. The only things that caused him to consistently fail are his crippling arrogance, his gargantuan ego, and his obsession with Reed Richards.

After becoming Doom, he plagued the newly formed Fantastic Four to prove his superiority over Richards. He battled the team alone or with allies like Namor or the Terrible Trio, and in locales such as Sub-Atomica or the edge of the atmosphere. He met defeat at every turn, usually due to his own arrogance. Doom even forced a group of villains to attack the wedding of Reed and Sue, but these rogues were repelled by their other heroes like the Avengers.

Doctor Doom has had several instances of achieving his dream of winning everything but it slipped through his grasp. In the Secret Wars, he stole the powers of the Beyonder but the powers were so vast that they crippled him with their sheer scope and he lost them. Doom used the powers of the Beyonder and the Molecule Man to reshape reality after the Multiverse fell. He grew bored with the utopia he created, and Reed Richards eventually returned reality to its proper place.