Young boy, Victor Von doom lost both of his parents his father died and his mother was killed Victor became a skill inventor and study black sorcery and magic until he became a college student and becomes rivals with Reed Richards Victor decides to invent a machine that allow him to communicate from the spirit world reed tried stop Victor and warn him that it was too dangerous but when Victor tested the machine, it exploded and left his face badly disfigured, causing him to be expelled from college. Victor blamed for what happened so he traveled to Tibet and was saved by a group of monks who taught him sorcery and black magic later the monks made Victor an armored suit and put it on his body. They also made an iron mask. It was still red hot, so the monks put the mask on Victor before it cooled down permanently bonding to his skin and Victor has emerged as the infamous doctor doom