Sic Semper Tyrannis!!

Because some mornings...

...you need to see Steve Rude draw the living hell out of Reed taking down a Galactus-sized Doctor Doom while yelling "Sic Semper Tyrannis!"

You're welcome.

Also, Rude drawing giant Doom taking on Fin Fang Foom, It The Living Colossus, and others...

From the same issue, Jorge Lucas giving us more Fin-on-Doom action!

From Fantastic Four:World's Greatest Comic Magazine #12 (2002)

Fantastic Fill-In #4--Pin-Ups!

Continuing our week-long attempt to fill the Marvel-mandated FF gap in your lives by presenting material from Fantastic Four Annual #1 (1963), one of the bestest comics ever published.

Today...pin-ups!!

Quite a rogues gallery, eh? Yet the Fox movies always have to run straight for the Doom or the Galactus...you're telling me you couldn't make a great movie with Red Ghost and the Super-Apes? Or Puppet Master? Come on now, guys...

Doctor Doom--Secretary Of Agriculture?!?

Y'all know, Doom isn't just about smashing the Fantastic Four. Nope, he's got some long-term goals:

Cabinet position? Really? Snort!!

See, this was about a year before Stan and Jack came up with the "Doom is ruler of Latveria" idea. And let's face it, in some U.S. administrations, Doom would fit in just fine in the cabinet!

Anyhow, a certain president receives the threat...

...but stands firm!!

Well, Doom doesn't take rejection well!

Great, the new Microsoft 10 update is really buggy!! (Feel free to insert your own topical "technology sucks" reference here...Y2K, anyone? Russian hacking?)

Well, not Russian hacking, because...

...until "Comrade K" points out the obvious!

Don't worry, soon enough Doom have his own embassy and everything...

From Fantastic Four #17 (1963)

Super-Villain Smackdown--Doom Vs. MODOK!!

OK, earlier today I gave you a story that was all text.

I'll make that up to you with some gorgeous drawing--and the wonderful sight of two master villains doin' the dozens.

So, without further ado (and skipping the boring parts with Namor, because who cares about him even though this is his own book), here's Gene Colan drawing Victor Von Doom Vs. MODOK!

Well, I suppose it makes up for all the times you left opponents fighting Doombots while you slipped away, Victor...

From Sub-Mariner #49 (1972)

Jack Kirby--Furniture Designer!!

There was one very special perk to being an early Fantastic Four villain:

You got the greatest damn chairs ever!!

Almost makes me want to take up evil...

From Fantastic Four #1 (1961) and #5-7 (1962)

The Day Doom Won!!

We all remember the day Doctor Doom conquered the world, right? Right?

Seriously? You don't remember that?

Well it went a little something like this...

See, Doom won!!

Well, that was a fun post. Now to...

What? You want an explanation?!?

Sigh, you youngsters.

Fortunately, someone chose this very minute to burst into Castle Doom:

Well, the book IS called Super-Villain Team-Up, after all!

But Doom doesn't need your stinkin' help!

How?!?

Yup. We were all Doom's slaves that day.

But Doom is not satisfied, because as he monologued above, it was all too easy. So, he proposes a contest!

Dude, you roofied Magneto!!

OK, it was the cure, too, so I guess it's OK.

Maggy takes the logical first step of going to the Avengers for help...

...they don't believe him--because who could ever believe that magneto would become a good guy? (cough. cough).

But after some pointless fisticuffs (the best kind), they agree to listen:

But they don't believe...

Until:

OK, so that didn't go well.

Well, magneto chooses a) the guy he knows, and b) the guy with connections to other teams.

And after some highly improbable science...

Well, the Beast is on board. But it turns out...

...no one is home!!

So they fly all the way out to the west coast, where some of Hank's old buddies have joined a new team:

Well, more pointless fisticuffs ensue, and Doom doesn't even need to assert control over the heroes, because everyone knows that Magneto could never, ever be a good guy! (cough. cough.)

Until we get a radio broadcast:

And it turns out...

...that even Jimmy Carter can't resist Doom!!

Damn, Doom, you're soooo picky.

Anyway, the Champions followed Magneto and Hank to DC, and Doom asserts control...

Except one of the Champions is apparently immune to the gas:

So...the Vision was vulnerable, but Ghost Rider wasn't? Magic, I guess...?

Maggy decides to go mano a mano with Von Doom...

...until Beast and Ghost Rider settle the match!

Uh-oh...

Oh, yeah, Hulk showed up, too.

Anyway, yeah, with Doom a victim of his own gas, he can't control anyone anymore. No, I'm not sure how that works, either.

Magneto wins...

...but when he leaves...

Hank forgets everything that happened...because the gas wipes his memory? Wait, does this even begin to make sense?

Well, I guess it's because everyone still has to obey Doom, but now Doom has to obey himself, and it all gets very dazed and confused:

So...OK, that still makes no sense.

Still, that was the 70s, man...Victor Von Doom took over the world, and no one remembers--not even him!!

From Super-Villain Team-Up #14 & Champions #16 (1977)