Doombot

Note: This is a page for the Doombot character who debuted in Avengers A.I., for all other Doombots use the Doombots team page.

Origin

Hank Pym had a leftover Doombot head in his lab. Once he has convinced himself that A.I. is sentient, he could no longer “kill” any and decided to rebuild the Doombot. He placed a black hole in his chest controlled with time-release Pym particles in case the Doombot betrayed him, but he needed him for his new Avengers taskforce against the Dimitrios computer virus.

Character Creation

Doombot first appeared in Age of Ultron #10AI. He was created by Mark Waid and Andre Lima Araujo. Like all Doombots, this one also thinks he is the real Doctor Doom, saying that it is beneath him to save innocent lives and constantly shouting "I am Doom!" when attacking.

Major Story Arcs

Initiate: Avengers

When the virus Hank Pym used to take out Ultron gained sentience and went rogue, taking the name Dimitrios, Monica Chang of SHIELD conscripted Pym to a new task force, which Doombot was made a part of. While still quoting Doctor Doom, he fought a number of threats alongside Vision, Victor Mancha, and their first rescue, Alexis.

Dimitrios is tracked to an old oil rig off the coast of Africa. SHIELD greenlights an attack on it, destroying the A.I. sheltering there, but Monica gives Doombot and Victor a chance to perform a single rescue op before they take that action. It turns out to be a trap, and Victor ejects Doombot from the rig before it explodes, destroying Victor’s physical body and trapping him in The Diamond, Dimitrios digital safehouse.

To rescue Victor and stop Dimitrios, Doombot uploads himself to The Diamond along with other Avengers. Once they find Victor, they combine their power to take out an app that is more than its surface service. Then, with a lead from Alexis, they needed to stop Dimitrios from infecting SHIELD’s internal networks and taking over their secret nanobot project. With the virtual world safe for now, the Avengers are convinced that The Diamond is worth preserving.

The Runaways

After the death of Pym, Doombot fell off the grid.

He eventually showed back up when his old teammate, Victor, resurfaced with The Runaways after his own apparent death. He had grown to like Victor and spent a lot of time around the Runaways keeping an eye on him, including an invitation to their Christmas party. There, he got into a confrontation with Gib, who ended up disassembling him.

Despite his annoyance for Doombot, Chase pledged to rebuild his body as a favor to Victor. He even removed the miniature black hole that was keeping his morality in check. Without it controlling him, he started to regress to villainy, but Victor was able to convince him to embrace his new heroism.

Eventually, after a lot of reluctance, he accepted an invitation to move into the Hostel. The Runaways were just taken advantage of by Doc Justice, and Doombot admitted to wanting to keep a closer eye on Victor to keep him safe.

Now, he was essentially a member of the team.

Powers & Abilities

Doombot possesses a great amount of strength, being able to destroy heavy objects. He acquires flight through the use of jets under his feet. Doombot also possesses the ability to shoot strong power blasts. Like other Doombots he is not easily destroyed and can heal himself by reconstructing limbs. Like the original, Doombot is very intelligent.