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 fashion 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 large element is the eyes. To cover his scarred face, Doom all the time wears a masks, however the masks has eyeholes that hold his eyes seen. That’s very important as a result of it is solely by these eyes that Doom’s face can visibly emote. Regardless of his masks, Doom shouldn’t be a stone-faced dangerous man. Slightly, he is a bombastic character susceptible to dramatic speeches.
When Downey Jr. performed Iron Man, that armor’s masks had glowing eyes and utterly hid his head; the MCU’s films normally crosscut to pictures of Tony’s face contained in the armor to let RDJ act. As Doom, although, Downey Jr. ought to be capable of specific himself by his eyes whereas conserving the masks on — the identical means, for example, that every one the actors who’ve performed Batman have.
Doom’s armor has all the time been misleading in its look. It is filled with superior know-how, 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 main points of his inexperienced tunic, resembling the big belt round his chest and the 2 round cloak clasps, make him seem like a king or a sorcerer from antiquity. Look carefully, 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 advanced code of conduct to his resentment of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), too.
“Avengers: Doomsday” is at the moment set to launch in theaters on December 18, 2026.
