Why does Doctor Doom hate the Fantastic Four?
During that oft-mentioned stint in the United States, Doom encountered a fellow student by the name of Reed Richards. The American offered to be roommates with the newcomer, but Victor demanded privacy. Instead, Ben Grimm took the spot and the two became fast friends. While stopping by Victor’s single, Reed looked at some of his papers and noticed that the equations in his matter transmutation and dimensional warp experiments might need double checking. Doom caught the snooper and chastised him, going through with the experiment anyway, which quite literally blew up in his face.
Doom’s enmity for Richards began then and was exacerbated years later when the rival began receiving international acclaim as Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four. Of course, each subsequent failure to defeat Ricahrds and his team have only made those fires burn more brightly in the deeply petty megalomaniac.
How did Doctor Doom become so powerful?
The simple answer is a combination of natural ability and intense study fueled by a massive ego. The experiment that changed Victor’s life was meant to pierce the veil so he could find his mother in the netherworld. When that avenue failed, Victor sought more arcane methods, searching mystical mountains for answers. He found some and learned even more along the way. He was also outfitted with his mask and had built an armor for himself. He also perfected the creation of near-perfect duplicates of himself called Doombots which have vexed his foes and associates ever since.