Doctor Doom was driven by three principal objectives: the destruction of Reed Richards, world domination, and the liberation of his mother's soul from the demon Mephisto?'s realm. He has so far achieved two of these aims. With the help of [Dr. Strange]?, Master of the Mystic Arts and Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, he wrested his mother's spirit from Mephisto's grasp; a vital step in this process turned out to be tricking his mother into renouncing her love for Victor, and though it was difficult for him he was able to make that necessary sacrifice.
He has also achieved world domination; when the world's mightiest heroes returned from the alternate Earth to which they had been shunted following their confrontation with the sentient psionic being Onslaught, Doctor Doom remained behind and conquered that planet, which he dubbed "Planet Doom." He was by most accounts an very good ruler, leading Planet Doom into a period of unparalleled prosperity. He eventually abdicated as ruler of Planet Doom and returned to Earth, finding the task of world domination to be tedious once it had finally been achieved. In a short-lived series of comics set in the year 2099, a man who claims to be the original Doctor Doom was transported to that time from some point in the past and upon seeing the decrepit state of Latveria he becomes the president of the United States in order to curb the power of the megacorporations that are opressing his people. As a side effect he begins improving the quality of life in the United States as well, reinstituting democracy and a non-corrupt police force.
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