A brilliant but arrogant scientist, Victor Von Doom conceals his scarred countenance beneath a metal faceplate. His body sheathed in nigh-impenetrable armor, he rules the small Eastern European country of Latveria with an iron hand. Not content with one nation, Dr. Doom's ultimate aspiration is world domination -- and the destruction of the fabled Fantastic Four, the greatest team of superhuman adventurers ever assembled But technological trappings do not the man make, and enemies alone do not define Doom. Stripped of his awesome armor and lofty station, the Latverian despot now finds himself stranded on the alternate Earth dubbed Planet Doom -- a world he once delivered from certain destruction by cosmic forces. It's survival of the fittest in the tradition of Road Warrior and Gladiator as Doom is captured and consigned to the slave pits of the evil Al-Khalad ... from which the only escape is death But one battle's end signals only a temporary respite for this stranger in a strange land, as Doom must dodge a revenge-seeking swarm of strangely familiar foes. And when a discovery regarding the very nature of Planet Doom's existence enables the armored autocrat to turn the tables on his tormentors, will he finally realize his dream of ruling and oppressing a world all his own?