Is Doctor Doom actually the hero we deserved all along? That’s the question that ends up on the table — and nobody has a clean answer.

Jason, Scott, and Steven dig into what makes Doom work as a character (and what breaks him). They get into *One World Under Doom*, Hickman’s Fantastic Four run, Doom’s unlikely relationship with Valeria Richards, his alliance with Namor, the "Doom would never strike a woman" John Byrne moment, and why RDJ has a lot to prove. They also make the case for why Doom sits somewhere between villain, despot, and reluctant hero — and why that’s exactly what makes him dangerous to get wrong in the MCU.

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0:00 Intro — Doomquest and the comedic turn
0:46 How Doom has to be written to work
1:35 One World Under Doom — are we better off?
2:30 John Byrne’s best Doom moment
3:15 Doom riding a bear
3:27 Doom and Valeria Richards — Hickman’s run
3:57 How Doom became Valeria’s godfather
5:00 Doom on Mephisto’s throne in Captain America
6:00 Doom vs. Darkseid — who can carry a story?
8:39 The MCU risk: don’t make him Ultron
9:34 Super Villain Team-Up and the Doom/Namor alliance
10:05 Dark Reign and the Cabal
10:44 "I’ll take the land, you’ll take the ocean"
11:14 Namor in the MCU
11:30 Buy all the Doom books
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