*Beneath the cold metal mask of the despotic Doctor Doom lies a terrible secret... for Doom's face is said to be as horribly scarred as his soul! Initially, Doom's face was injured in an explosion from a scientific experiment gone wrong. Supposedly his face only suffered a scratch, but Doom's tremendous ego would not allow anyone to see even the most minor disfigurement. He had Tibetan monks forge a mask from molten iron for him, but he donned the mask before it had cooled off. If Doom's face is horribly scarred, it was this rash act that probably caused it, but only he knows for sure for no one but he has gazed upon his face since. *Source: Back of Card