Doctor Doom’s comics legacy is so much bigger than his Iron Man connections

Victor von Doom is one of Marvel’s most iconic characters for a reason, and his MCU debut could easily be Kevin Feige’s most fantastic or dreadful idea yet.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

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As San Diego Comic-Con attendees roared at the announcement of Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the 59-year-old actor assured his fans that while he’ll be wearing a new mask in Avengers: Doomsday, his (or at

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