“Behind That Steel Mask, There’s A Very Handsome Guy. Okay, He’s A Good Looking Guy. But There’s

“Behind that steel mask, there’s a very handsome guy. Okay, he’s a good looking guy. But there’s one thing wrong with him. He’s got a scratch on his chin. And he’s frustrated; he knows he’s extremely handsome. He knows he’s got the scratch on his chin, but you haven’t.

He doesn’t realize his own anger and frustration is mounting. He’s not a bad guy, as you saw in the Fantastic Four. He’d give the Fantastic Four a wonderful meal… before he’d kill them. Doctor Doom isn’t all bad. And he’s got a lot of class, he’s got a lot of culture. Doctor Doom is a college man, he’s a knowledgeable man. 

I can tell you that the gangsters in my own section lived very short lives, not because they were villains or different from anybody else, but because they wanted that $200 suit a little faster than the average guy. And they were willing to do things that would put them in jeopardy and put everyone else in jeopardy. But I can tell you they were good to their mothers.” 

- Jack Kirby on Doctor Doom, 1985.