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References to and Quotes about
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)

Captain America (vol. 1) #165 (Sep. 1973): "The Yellow Claw Strikes!", page 9, panel 3:
Captain America: "...but THAT Claw turned out to be a ROBOT, operated by someone whose identity Fury never discovered!"
narration: "WE, however, know it was Doc Doom, playing a game with SHIELD in Strange Tales #160-167."

Captain America (vol. 1) #167 (Nov. 1973): "Ashes to Ashes", page 12, panel 7:
Yellow Claw (to Suwan): "...the robots used to impersonate us in the past... ...so too, do I desire the death of whomever designed those robots-- for HIS is the power of a potential enemy!"

Note: In this issue, there are at least 3 or 4 other references to the creator of the Yellow Claw and Suwan impostor robots, but no references to this creator (Doctor Doom) by name.

Fantastic Four: What Lies Between (2007), page 9:

"You still don't know what the situation entails."

"Are you going to visit Victor Von Doom?"

Reed blinked in confusion. "I . . . don't believe so."

"Then I'm not concerned. I'm certain that whatever you and Johnny encounter, you'll be able to handle it."

Marvel Knights 4 #3 (May 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 3", page 19, panel 1:
Invisible Woman: "What none of them could do. Not the puppet Master, not the Mole Man, not even Victor..."
Human Torch: "What, Sis?"
Invisible Woman: "Take our home from us..."

Marvel Knights 4 #4 (May 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 4", page 19, panel 2:
Martin: "But what if I call and you're fighting Dr. Doom... or the Frightful Four... what happens then?"
Reed Richards: "Doesn't matter, I'll be there, by your side."

Marvel Knights 4 #12 (Jan. 2005): "The Stuff of Nightmares: Part 3", page 20, panel 3:
Invisible Woman (to Reed Richards): "For awhile -- two seconds, really -- I thought: 'Maybe Victor's responsible. Maybe Doctor Doom's controlling Reed's mind, making him do these things...'"

Marvel Knights 4 #24 (Jan. 2006): "Impossible Things Happen Every Day, Part 2", pages 1, 16:
(pg. 1) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (narrating): "Note to self: Don't resurrect any obscure villains. Stick with, like, Dr. Doom.)"
(pg. 16) Human Torch: "After that time Doom took Franklin to Hades or wherever..."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #4 (Sep. 2004): "Down Among the Dead Men: Part Four", page 14, panel 3:
Vulture: "Worry about yourself, honey!"
Black Cat: "You're joking, right? You're not exactly Doctor Doom!"

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #6 (Nov. 2004): "Venomous: Part Two", page 22, panel 2:
Terrible Tinkerer (at auction for Venom symbiote): "This is not the Beetle moving up and selling up. This is not the Looter trying to make a little cash. This is a Class One super-criminal who's been featured on the FBI's Most Wanted more consistently than anyone outside Magneto, Red Skull, or Victor von Doom himself."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7 (Dec. 2004): "Venomous: Part Three", page 13, panel 2:
Angelo Fortunato: "Besides, you seen how many websites this thing [Venom symbiote] has out there? You seen how many chicks are writing fan fiction about him? Becoming the new Venom puts me in the Magneto or Doctor Doom class after eighteen years of getting the crap kicked out of me."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #8 (Jan. 2005): "Venomous: Part Four", page 12, panel 2:
Angelo Fortunato (as Venom): "Oh my God. I did it. I killed him [Spider-Man]. All those big guys out there... Green Goblin, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus and all those clowns... I just did what none of them could do... even when they all ganged up."

The New Avengers (vol. 2) #7 (Feb. 2011), page 5, panels 5-6:
"And I walked right up to Doom and I pulled that mask right off of his smug face!" [more]

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #122 (June 1979): "Cry for the Children!", page 15, panel 3:
Storm (contemplating plight of teen heroin addicts): "Is there nothing we can do?"
Luke Cage: "We're super-heros, Ororo, not God. We can save humanity from Doc Doom or Galactus-- but not from itself."