9 Worst Things Doctor Doom Has Done

7. He Stole The Silver Surfer's Powers

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Despite the fact this moment led to one of the Fantastic Four's goofiest onscreen sequences (the less that's said about Rise of the Silver Surfer, the better), Doctor Doom's domination of Galactus' Herald, the Silver Surfer, still ranks among the Silver Age's best moments.

Taking place in yet another Kirby comic, the Surfer, sent to Earth by Galactus, encounters a Doom obsessed with his favourite past-time: gaining power. With Radd being among the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, it only made sense that their paths would collide, albeit not quite in the way the Surfer would've perhaps envisioned.

Sensing the Surfer's presence, Doom invites him to his own Latverian castle and proceeds to interrogate the cosmic newcomer on his power. Then, sensing a moment to strike, Doom steals the board and all the cosmic power it possesses, laying waste to much of the Fantastic Four before being toppled by The Thing in a wonderfully orchestrated comic drawn by the late, great, Jack Kirby.

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