Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom's History

In an untampered version of history, the brilliant scientist Reed Richard would have led a space expedition alongside Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm which would have granted them super-powers due to exposure to cosmic rays, becoming the super hero team known as the Fantastic Four. However, Reed's reality had secretly become invaded by the Maker, a villainous alternate version of Reed himself, who had set out to reshape a world to his image. Using a time-travel device called the Immortus Engine, the Maker altered history to his whims, veering the world off its intended course. As part of his plan, the Maker delayed Reed's fateful space flight by hours, causing him and his crew to miss the cosmic storm, and robbing them of their fates.

The Maker further toyed with Reed, abducting his counterpart and imprisoning him within The City, his base of operations in Latveria. The Maker also fastened a metal mask to Reed's face, imitating a similar faceplate once worn by his nemesis, Doctor Doom. Seeking to replace the Immortus Engine after a battle with the future warrior Kang, the Maker introduced genius inventor Howard Stark to Reed, so that they could work together. Opting together to betray the Maker, Reed snuck into the City's mainframe and deactivated its temporal shield while Howard delivered the second Immortus Engine to the Maker, giving Kang and his army an opening to strike. Howard defeated both the Maker and Kang before the City closed itself off. Reed fled with a copy of the Maker's files that he used to quell the Age of Heroes, and the original damaged Immortus Engine to bequeath it to Howard's son Tony for repairs. Under Reed's guideance, Tony created his own armored persona, Iron Lad, and together they set out to reverse the Maker's influence in the world on Howard's behalf.