10 Lies You Always Believed About The Fantastic Four
3. Their Nemesis, Doctor Doom, Has Never Shown His Disfigured Face
While the Fantastic Four's arch-enemy, Victor Von Doom, was in college, an experimental machine blew up in his face, scarring him. He was so horrified by his deformed appearance, Doom has worn a metal mask ever since. Anytime the Latvian monarch takes his mask off, his face is obscured in some way, enticing readers to speculate upon his appearance.
However, readers forget that we saw Doom's face immediately after his accident in Fantastic Four #278. In this issue, we can see the burns that the egomaniacal dictator suffered were nowhere near as bad as one would presume. Unfortunately, Doom was so narcissistic, he ordered his followers to seal a metallic mask over his head before it cooled, charring his face beyond recognition.
In the 2015 saga, Secret Wars, Doom unmasked himself to Susan Storm, revealing that the burns on his face have become so severe, his nose had rotted away. Although his appearance was healed in the story's conclusion, he was scarred again soon after. In Christopher Cantwell's mini-series, Doctor Doom, Victor seemed to embrace his appearance for once since he showed off his face to multiple people including Morgana Le Fey and Kang the Conqueror.