Cynthia Von Doom

Cynthia Von Doom
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Astonishing Tales #8 (1972)
Created by	Gerry Conway Gene Colan Tom Palmer
In-story information
Species	Human
Abilities	Magic

Cynthia Von Doom is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the mother of Doctor Doom.

Cynthia Von Doom first appeared in Astonishing Tales #8 and was created by Gerry Conway, Gene Colan, and Tom Palmer.

Cynthia Von Doom was a sorceress in Zafiro, a group of Romani that reside in Latveria.

When it came to learning sorcery, Cynthia Von Doom was trained by a Latverian mystic who would later use the alias of "Dizzy the Hun."

Cynthia Von Doom later got married to Werner von Doom where Torval of the Zafiro played the fiddle.

Cynthia was later imprisoned in the tower by the Baron (the future King Vladimir). She had an encounter with a prisoner named Lucas Cross whom Cynthia recognized as being dangerous since the prison was overrun by vampires. Some decades later in the future, Doctor Doom (upon learning of his mother's history) sent Blade back in time to free her. Even when he frees her with the help of Lucas Cross, they work together to fight off a group of vampires. Afterwards, Cynthia made her escape.

Cynthia and Werner later gave birth to Victor Von Doom.

For a time, Cynthia led the Zafiro with a blend of power and compassion.

One midsummer evening, Cynthia cast a spell which summoned Mephisto. She made a deal with him in exchange for the power to give her people a deserving homeland unaware of what the pact with Mephisto would bring. She stormed into the Baron's castle telling the guards that the Baron has till sunrise to repay the people who he had committed crimes against or she will level the entire castle. When one of the guards mocked her about that, she fired an energy bolt at him with the other guards dying as well. Cynthia realized that she had no control over this magic. Cynthia was then wounded by a dying guardsman and fled into the woods. Werner later found her body and she told him what happened before she died. Werner buried her body in an unmarked grave.

Dizzy the Hun later spoke her eulogy.

At Cynthia's funeral, Boris and the other gypsies told Werner to take Victor and flee before the Baron found out what happened.

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