Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom is a threat to any character in comic books on many levels – physical, mental, magical, technological, political, financial and many more. The fact that all of that stems from his brilliant mind is truly frightening and puts him leagues ahead of Batman in terms of preparation.

Doom is merely human, but at any given moment he is ready to fight the most powerful beings in comics – thanks to his powerful (and extremely versatile) armour and his ability to cast spells on a whim. Said armour is a prime example of what he is capable of creating with his mind, as it is durable enough to survive hits from much more powerful beings, has the offensive power to immobilise equally powerful beings and contains hundreds of esoteric gadgets (time devices, force field devices, energy blasters, freeze devices etc – heck, it even contains splinters of the true cross to prepare for a potential attack from Dracula!). He can also cast spells as powerful as the Crimson Bands of Cytorrak – which are capable of containing the likes of the Hulk.

However, it is the plans he comes up with that truly make him dangerous.

Doom can create devices that siphon the power from beings as powerful as Galactus and his Herald the Silver Surfer – granting himself that power in turn.

He has also devised schemes that have allowed him to get his hands on powerful and highly-coveted objects like the Infinity Gauntlet.

One of Doom’s most impressive ongoing feats of preparation are his Doombots – of which there are thousands. They are robotic copies of Doom that even the most powerful of beings can’t differentiate from the man himself. They are identical in both look and intelligence – and even scans of them render them identical physiologically.