![]() ![]() ĭoom is released from prison due to the influence of H.A.M.M.E.R director Norman Osborn. The country was yet again devastated and Doom was taken into custody for crimes against humanity. sanctioned Avengers invaded Latveria after discovering Doom's (unintentional) involvement in the release of a symbiote virus on New York. S.H.I.E.L.D., under the leadership of Iron Man and his team of U.S. Much of Latveria was destroyed and the population severely reduced by an attack executed by the Marquis of Death (a.k.a. Agent Daisy Johnson while trying to blow up New York with the armor of the various villains she employed. While von Bardas survived, she was horribly disfigured and sought to destroy Fury and the heroes responsible. Commander Nick Fury took action.ĭuring Secret War, Fury and a number of superheroes invaded Latveria without permission of the US Government and attempted to assassinate von Bardas. ![]() However, when it was revealed that von Bardas was employing the Tinkerer to use Doom's technology to arm various tech-based villains in the United States, S.H.I.E.L.D. The Countess Lucia von Bardas was elected as Prime Minister. In the process, Richards relocated Doom from Hell into a pocket dimension of his own design, and although Doom used his consciousness-switching abilities to escape, the death of his host body seemingly caused him to die as well, and the Fantastic Four pulled out of the country.ĭoom survives this and rules Latveria for a time with a 'puppet' Prime Minister and robotic enforcers.Īfter the Fantastic Four left, the United States attempted to fill the void left by Doom by establishing a democracy for the nation. This forces Reed Richards to seize control of the country, attempting to pry the populace out from under the thumb of Doom, while at the same time disarming all of Doom's weaponry and technology, so if he ever returned, he would come back to absolutely nothing. After Doom's descent into Hell, the nation became a target for conquest by the neighboring countries. Latveria under the Fantastic Four ĭue to Doom's undertakings that drive him away from Latveria, the monarch is often absent. Īt some point, Doctor Doom had his army of Servo Guards invade Rotruvia where he was successful in its annexation. Located in southeast Europe, Latveria was formed out of land annexed from southern Hungary centuries before, and possibly land from Serbia as well as Romania. In one story he is able to activate a force field around Latveria which prevents anybody leaving, though apparently it can be a defense against nuclear attack. His slightest whim is Latverian law!" It is shown Doom has devices throughout the Kingdom to watch his people and even has hidden weapons to prevent them leaving without his consent. ![]() In Fantastic Four #536 in 2006, he killed his own Prime Minister for claiming control of Latveria in his absence and threatened to kill two other ministers if they failed to find the landing spot of Thor's hammer.ĭoctor Doom's style of rule can best be described as an absolute monarchy, as it was revealed that there is no legislature, and one minister boasted " Doctor Doom decides everything. Victor also has a council who obey him entirely. Though he has been dethroned a number of times, Victor has invariably managed to return to the throne of his country within a matter of months. Victor Von Doom is the ruler of Latveria. Latveria first appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #2, published in 1964. It is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains, and also borders fictional Symkaria (home of Silver Sable) to the south. It is depicted within the storylines of Marvel's comic titles as a small, isolated European country ruled by the fictional Supreme Lord Doctor Doom, supposedly located in the Banat region. Latveria is a fictional country appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. ![]()
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