10 Doctor Doom Moments That Prove We Need Him In The MCU
4. That Time He Sacrificed Himself To The Marvel Zombies - Ultimate Fantastic Four
The Ultimate universe was a more realistic take on the main Marvel universe, with a grounded approach to the majority of the Marvel roster. Doctor Doom received this treatment as well, going from Victor Von Doom to Victor Van Damme (no relation to Jean-Claude).
Van Damme might be a bit more grounded than usual but that doesn’t stop him being a lovely dose of overkill. During their adventures, the Ultimate Fantastic Four managed to bring back their zombie counterparts. When the zombies break free and the Human Torch is infected with a celestial parasite, Reed Richards turns to Van Damme for help.
After some classic body switching, Van Damme finds himself honour bound to carry the parasite and the Zombies back to the their home dimension and trap himself there. The arc ends with Victor Van Damme squaring off against the recently powered up Galactus Zombies, finishing on the line “Well this should be a challenge”. He isn’t wrong.