The second half of Reed Richards and Doctor Doom's lifelong rivalry may have been sparked by Captain America . While the Marvel Universe if full of iconic rivalries and feuds between characters like Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, Daredevil and Bullseye, Hulk and Thaddeus Ross, and Wolverine and Sabretooth, none come close to the fiery animosity between Doctor Doom and Reed Richards . A big part of Doom's villainy comes exclusively from his spite.

Chip Zdarsky's 2025 Captain America run repositions Doctor Doom as a world threat earlier in history, with Steve Rogers waking up from the ice only a week or two before the US sends him to Latveria to topple the tyrant. By this point, Doom has already built an infamous legacy as a dictator . Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four are celebriti

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