Some had speculated (or nervous) that RDJ’s Doom costume can be much less basic Doom, extra evil Iron Man. See “Notorious Iron Man,” the place Victor von Doom turns into a brand new Iron Man and begins carrying Iron Man type armor with a hooded cape. The obvious Disney Expo artwork, although, exhibits a Doom who appears to be like like he walked proper off of a Jack Kirby or John Byrne drawing.
The massive element is the eyes. To cover his scarred face, Doom all the time wears a masks, however the masks has eyeholes that preserve his eyes seen. That’s important as a result of it is solely via these eyes that Doom’s face can visibly emote. Regardless of his masks, Doom isn’t a stone-faced dangerous man. Somewhat, he is a bombastic character liable to dramatic speeches.
When Downey Jr. performed Iron Man, that armor’s masks had glowing eyes and fully hid his head; the MCU’s motion pictures normally crosscut to pictures of Tony’s face contained in the armor to let RDJ act. As Doom, although, Downey Jr. ought to have the ability to categorical himself via his eyes whereas maintaining the masks on — the identical approach, as an example, that each one the actors who’ve performed Batman have.
Doom’s armor has all the time been misleading in its look. It is full of superior expertise, however from the inexperienced cloak to the knight-like construct of the armor itself, Doom appears to be like nearly medieval, à la the historic Man within the Iron Masks. It is telling that in “Marvel 1602,” that e-book’s seventeenth century Doom regarded nearly equivalent to the basic one.
This artwork honors that facet of Doom’s look; the small print of his inexperienced tunic, equivalent to the massive belt round his chest and the 2 round cloak clasps, make him seem like a king or a sorcerer from antiquity. Look intently, and you’ll discover that chainmail runs beneath his armor; this armor appears to be like prefer it’s composed of tactile, interwoven items like true armor, not nanotech just like the later Iron Man armors have been.
If this Doom look is the ultimate one, then “Avengers: Doomsday” has already gotten the floor stage of his character proper. Now let’s simply hope it may well nail the deeper layers of Doom’s character, from his complicated code of conduct to his resentment of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), too.
“Avengers: Doomsday” is at present set to launch in theaters on December 18, 2026.
