Doctor Doom is one of the most underestimated characters in all of comic books.

The Marvel villain’s intelligence can’t be denied – he has one of the most gifted intellects in all of fiction – but not many people realise just how formidable he is in battle as well.

His armour is full of incredibly powerful gadgets and greatly increases his general physical prowess, and he’s far better at using magic than most people think he is, which makes him a very versatile foe who is difficult to beat.

That being said, he still regularly performs above his pay grade, defeating more powerful foes with a mixture of skill, wit, intelligence and power.

To emphasise just how versatile Doom is, we’re going to run through ten different ways he has defeated opponents that he should really have no right defeating. Here are ten ways Doctor Doom has bested tougher opponents…

With His Bare Hands

There was an occasion when Doctor Doom was banished to a planet that was very similar to Earth. He was naked and without any gadgets or weapons of any description – but he would still prove himself to be a formidable opponent.

He found himself on that planet’s version of Africa – the Serengeti, to be precise – and encountered a lion. Now, no naked, unarmed man should ever be able to defeat a lion in combat – but Doom is no ordinary man.

With nothing but his bare hands, Doom killed the lion – and with a single blow, no less. One punch, where the brainstem meets the spine, killed the rogue male beast. And then Doom ate him and turned him into clothes and a mask for himself.