Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is after Franklin Richards for a major reason, and the new Fantastic Four member should be key to Avengers: Doomsday.

In Marvel Comics, Doom’s fixation on Franklin is legendary. He views the boy’s near-limitless powers as the key to creating and ruling Battleworld, a twisted reality of his own making as seen in Secret Wars.

Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom's motivation for potentially going after Marvel's first family might boil down to Franklin Richards' powers.