10 Dumbest Supervillain Schemes You Won't Believe

10. Doctor Doom's First Scheme Is So Unnecessarily Complicated

When Doctor Doom debuted, readers could never have anticipated that he would become one of Marvel's greatest villains. No, really. They couldn't have expected it since his first plan sucked.

In his first appearance, Doom covers the entire Baxter Building in an electric web. He then transports the Fantastic Four in a cage to his castle. He uses Sue Storm as his hostage and orders the remaining members of the team to travel to the past using his time machine so they can locate Blackbeard's treasure.

As the the group travel to the 18th century, they are attacked by pirates. Ben disguises himself as Blackbeard by putting on a fake beard that was just lying around. Even though his skin is made of orange rocks, the pirates are fooled by his costume. Ben finds the treasure but empties the contents before the FF return to their timeline.

When they hand the treasure chest to Doom, he reveals that it contains the Gems of Merlin, which will make him invincible. Since the chest is empty, Doom's plan is foiled.

Okay, there are way too many steps to this plan. Doom is so overpowered, why didn't he go back in time himself to get Merlin's gems?