Doomsday!

In a big event near the end of Chris Claremont's time on the Fantastic Four, Doom returned with a full host of comic books to celebrate his presence in the Marvel Universe!  However, immediately following his battle with the Dreaming Celestial, he has disappeared, leaving Reed to walk around in his armor.

So everyone thinks that Reed is Doom because Reed cannot escape the armor.  Furthermore, Reed must keep up the pretense in order to keep Doom's army from stomping all over the planet and being pesky.  This doesn't make Reed very happy, particularly since instead of being able to wrap his malleable arms around his wife Sue, he has to get married to her as his worst enemy in order to make everyone but himself (and all of his allies) happy.

Whew!  That's a tall order!  But in the meantime, the Adventure Trail was abuzz with the question: "Where is Doom?"  Well, since Reed is facing down a nightmare (that he has, in essence, become Doom), Doom must be doing the same in the aftermath of the Celestial battle. Here was the Fantastic Four Adventure Trail's Top Ten Things That Most Likely Happened to Doctor Doom!

Top Ten Things That Most Likely Happened to Doom

10.  Returned to Planet Doom to find underlings had engraved his name backwards on all official statuary, thus forcing him to spend years correcting plaques that read "Mood Rotcod."

9. Confined in a small prison cell, playing "Risk" with Castro and Quadaffi.

8.  Now clad completely in leather, he's teaming up with Ian McKellan in the new X-Men movie.

7.  Banished to "comic book limbo" until the comeback of the Speedball solo series.

6.  Has lost his memory and become a day trader in South Carolina.

5.  Slipped and fell through the same plot hole where the Wakandan prince in Doom #1 went.

4.  Two words: Spider- Armor.

3.  Forced guest to the Watcher, spending all of his time watching alternate realities where the Mole Man quite easily conquers Latveria.

2.  Continually attacking Pier 4, only to discover he is battling "Fourbots" and not the real Fantastic Four.

1.  Discovering that being a character in a Roger Corman flick is far preferable to becoming the Statue of Liberty in FF movie film script!