A DoomReed Recommended Reading List updated for Jan. 2026 and not exhaustive! (To get started on doomreed, a starter guide is here)
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DOOMREED Recommended Reading List
Doctor Doom/Mister Fantastic, Victor von Doom/Reed Richards by @doomrichards on tumblr, twitter, and archive of our own Updated 01/2026, originally compiled by @foeyeahboi
1960s Stan Lee & Jack Kirby: Fantastic Four #5, #10, Annual #2, Annual #3 1970s Marv Wolfman & Keith Pollard: Fantastic Four #196-200 1980s John Byrne: Fantastic Four #236, #260 & #288 1990s Walt Simonson: Fantastic Four #350 & #352
Tom DeFalco & Paul Ryan, et. al.: Fantastic Four #381 & Fantastic Four Unlimited #12 & Fantastic Four Unplugged #2 Jim Lee, Heroes Reborn/Return Era: Fantastic Four v2 (1997) #5-6 Captain America v2 (1997) #12 Chris Claremont, Larroca & Bogdanove: Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 (1987) Fantastic Four v3 (1998) #25, #29-31 Carlos Pacheco, Marin, Kesel, et. al.: Fantastic Four (1998) #54 Val's birth!
Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, et. al.: Fantastic Four v3 (1998) #70 & Fantastic Four #500, #503, #507 Dwayne McDuffie, Pelletier & Jones: Fantastic Four #551-553 Fantastic Four Special #1 "My Dinner with Doom" Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch: Fantastic Four #558, #562
Jonathan Hickman Secret Wars Era with Epting, Deodata, Ribic, et. al.: Fantastic Four #581 - #582 FF (2010) #1-14 (omit 6, 7, 10, 11); Fantastic Four #611 X-Men (2010) #16 New Avengers v3 (2013) #6, #7, #14 Secret Wars (2015) #2-4, #9 & Marvel 2-In-One (2017) Annual #1
Post-Secret Wars Era: Brian M. Bendis & Alex Maleev: Infamous Iron Man (2016) #6, #8 Chip Zdarsky, Cheung, Schiti, Dodson, et. al.: Marvel 2-In-One (2017) #4-6, Annual #1 & #11 DOOM 2099 (2019) X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020) #2-3 Dan Slott, R.B. Silva & Javier Rodriguez: Fantastic Four (2018) #25, #32 (B Story) "Duel Intentions" & #33 Christopher Cantwell & Salvador Larocca: Doctor Doom (2019) #9-10
2022-Present: Ryan North, Coello, Aburtov, R.B. Silva, et. al.: Fantastic Four (2022) #2, #7, #13, #28 One World Under Doom (2025) #6-9 Fantastic Four (2025) #3 Chip Zdarsky, Schiti, Martin, CAFU, et. al.: Captain America (2025) #1 The Will of Doom (2025) #1
Origin Re-tellings & Variations: Books of Doom #2 Before The Fantastic Four: Reed Richards #1-3 Fantastic Four #416 (B Story) "Roads Not Taken!"
Ultimates (Earth-1610) AU: Ultimate Fantastic Four #2, #7, #9-12, & #31-32
What If?: What If? (1977) #6, "What if the F.F. had different Super-Powers?" What If? (1977) #22, "What if Dr. Doom had become a Hero?" What If? (1989) #18, "What if the Fantastic Four battled Doctor Doom before they got their powers?" What If? (1989) #27, "What if the Sub-Mariner had joined the Fantastic Four?"
Bonus: Greene, Hickman: Doom (2024)
AU Versions / Other: Warlock (1972) #6-7 Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #42 100th Anniversary Special: Fantastic Four GeNext United #2 Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #39-40 Spider-Man & The Secret Wars #2, #4 Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #4 Marvel 1602 #4 Big Town #2 Earth X #2 & Universe X Special: 4 #1 Exiles (2001) #95-98 Fantastic Four: 1 2 3 4 #4 Fantastic Four: The Movie (2005) (comic adaptation) Fantastic Five (2007) #1-5 Fantastic Four 2099 (1996) #6-8 Spectacular Spider-Man (UK Magazine) #119-120 Shame Itself (2011) (B story) (satire) Marvel (2020) #2 (C Story) Timeless #1 (2021) The Super Hero's Journey (Marvel Arts) (2023) H.E.R.B.I.E. Infinity Comic (2025) #9 Marvel Holiday Tales to Astonish (2024) #1 Venom War: Fantastic Four (2024) #1 Fantastic Four Fanfare (2025) #2 (B Story)
Multimedia: The Fantastic Four (1967) (cartoon) ep. 7 Fantastic Four (1994) (cartoon) season 2 episode 9 Fantastic Four (1994) (film) Fantastic Four: Doomgate by Jeffrey Lang (novel) Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes ep. 1, 4, 17, 25 Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes season 2 ep 1 Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom by Mark Waid et. al. (podcast) & Marvel’s Wastelanders Marvels Chapter 4 (podcast) Avengers Ultimate Alliance (game) DLC, Shadow of Doom Marvel Superheroes Official Game Adventure: Gates of What If? by Roger Moore (RPG manual) Marvel Rivals Season 3, gallery card, "Stark Warning"












