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Doctor Doom had his armor break into countless pieces and launched them at the superheroes, taking them down, knowing it wouldn’t kill them but would show them his true power. What he didn’t realize was that the only person in the world he cared about would show up at just the wrong time. Doctor Doom accidentally killed his goddaughter, Valeria Richards, and it will likely mark the end of Doom’s reign of terror.
One World Under Doom Ending in Tragedy?
One World Under Doom #8 had a big moment early in the book when Valeria Richards reached out to her godfather to try to talk some sense into him. The series saw Doom almost kill Reed Richards, but he allowed his greatest enemy to live for one reason. He wouldn’t kill Valeria’s father, no matter how much he hated the man. In this issue, Valeria reached out to Doom and visited him in the Astral Realm.
Doom made three critical comments during this conversation. He said, “You remain the only one who holds Doom’s favor, Doom’s respect, and Doom’s love.” This is highly important because Doom cares about no one else. Valeria almost got through to Doom, saying he wasn’t doing this for the right reasons. She asked him to stop, but Doom refused and sent Valeria back home. He believed she would understand in the end.
However, the end of this issue featured the series’s biggest cliffhanger. After Doctor Doom finished off the heroes with his power as the Sorcerer Supreme, he turned and saw Valeria, injured, with one of her legs cut off at the knees. She said “Unc… Doom” and as she reached for him, her head fell off her shoulders, decapitated, and she died as Doom looked on in horror. The look in Doom’s eyes revealed everything, and it appears that Doom’s one biggest weakness – his love for his goddaughter – is what will finally end his reign of terror in the final issue of One World Under Doom.
