Marvel Comics is rife with villains who harness the power of magic or technological prowess. But few, if any, have a mastery of both like Doctor Victor Von Doom. The Fantastic Four’s great villain is a scientific genius and master of the dark arts with an insatiable lust for power. Despite being born into a poor family in Latveria, he has risen to establish his own kingdom and even achieved god-like powers.

A creation of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Doctor Doom was introduced in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962), which carried a cover price of 12¢. Eight years later when Robert M. Overstreet published The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #1 in 1970, a Near Mint copy of Doctor Doom’s debut was valued at $11.

In 1980, it took a significant jump to $135, and by the Guide #20, it had more than tripled to $475. When the Guide #30 was published in 2000, the first Doctor Doom was up to $3,000. It more than tripled again for the Guide #40 when it reached $13,000. In 2022, when the Guide #52 was published, Fantastic Four #5 was nearly six-times hire at $75,000.