Another suggestion for what should be behind Doom's mask is to show a silly kitty face just going "Meow!".

I think that Wolverine needs to become the next person that the elders of the universe want to see mated with a Cotati. Or he could become a herald of Galactus. Think of all the action figures!

Then we could have Kang find out that he is really Henry Pym and have him go mad in an Atlantean amusement park where he battles with the Corrupter, Maelstrom, and the U-Foes. 

Then someone could just turn the lights off and lock the door.

Thanks, George Peter Gatsis!  Jason Fulton went out of his way to hide that particular revelation as spoiler text, while you just barge in an let it all hang out.  I missed the first couple issues of the book, so I was going to wait and get the trade so I could read the whole story.  Good job!

I thought in the old Dr. Doom origin by Lee/Kirby that Doom's face was not so mutilated by the lab explosion, but when he had the Tibetan monks forge his armor, he was so desperate to conceal his face that he had the mask attached "red hot". Essentially, it was a sado-masochistic act in a time before the word really even existed in the general populace.

How many nails does Marvel get for that coffin? All the Kirby/Ditko/Steranko/Adams/Buscemas/Colans in the world don't make up for what the arsehole hairs running that show have done to the characters and the company.

Going back to the earlier post about FF # 200. That was the entire point that defeated Doom completely in that issue the sight of his own face when Reed Richards ripped his mask off. The sight of his own face multiplied over and over again in the Solatron complex drove Doom in to a state of madness.

If he can't stand the sight of it why should anyone else be able too?

Plus can we not at least leave certain things open to the readers imagination thses days or are too many fans wanting to be spoon fed everything by people producing comics who have forgotten Len Wein's golden rule?

That was my version of the "origin", not Stan and Jack's. I combined what they had done with a couple of extra-textural "legends".

This reminds me of an interview Quentin Tarantino did about twelve years ago on Tom Snyder's show, when PULP FICTION was all the rage. A caller got through, and with his one chance to ask QT ANYTHING, what did he throw out?

He wanted to know what was in the briefcase.

Why are so many people so effing stupid?

I've been saying that M***** is dead from some years...unmasking Doom is as stupid as giving Wolverine back his memories or unmasking Spider-Man....

Ouch....i broke another nail!!!

Of course, once the fanboys are in charge. . .

I remember reading an interview (which is still available on the net) regarding Larry Hama's treatment of Snake Eye's in the GI Joe comic, and him being asked about revealing Snake Eye's past, etc.

Larry Hama went along the lines of revealing a small amount, and then just letting it be, with little snips of dialogue coming out that would be left up to the reader to interpret whatever way they wanted. Larry talked about how having a mystery man like that gave the series its appeal and if you took away the mystery were was the appeal.

incredibly stupid for him to have "lost" his memories

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Now, I started reading Uncanny X-Men at issue 117 and read it for way too long after...Thinking about it, when did we become privvy to Wolverine having 'lost/false/implanted/whatever" memories?  For the life of me, I am not sure...Maybe I have lost memories too.  But, seriously, I can't think when this became canon for Wolverine.

The whole point upon which any thought of revealing Doom's face turns, tho, is that whatever's under the mask is supposed to be so horrible even he cannot bear to look at it. I can't imagine any artist being able to pull off a rendering of something that bad, something that you wouldn't get used to after a while -- in the same way Ben Grimm has gotten used to (mostly) his disfigurement.

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Yeah, there are really two schools of thought on this (Lee and Kirby's schools, basically):

1. (Kirby) Doom has only a tiny scar on his face from his accident, but his massive ego causes him to feel that his face is so horrible that he cannot even bear to look at it.

2. (Lee) Doom's face was badly damaged in the lab accident, and really is a horrible mass of scar tissue (which has long since been proven to be the case).

As I've said in the past, I think your fusion of those two great ideas was a masterstroke JB. It really was the best of both worlds.

If I tried to do that story today, I'll bet 500 people would post that original image to prove I was futzing around with the "creator's intent".