Doomsday's Doctor Doom hails from Earth-828, the reality inhabited by Marvel's First Family in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Read on for

Yes, that mysterious cloaked figure in Fantastic Four is indeed played by Robert Downey Jr. – as confirmed by the director himself.

First Steps” is the third Marvel movie to hit theaters this year, but it packs way more hidden references and nods than “Captain America: Brave New World” or “Thunderbolts.” It’s not on the same level of Easter eggs as last year’s “Deadpool and Wolverine,

It may take a few more years, as the fight with Doctor Doom is sure to take precedent, but The Thing’s meeting with a space dragon may happen after all. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is in theaters now. Did you catch the reference to a space dragon in ...

So yes, Doctor Doom does appear in First Steps. In the mid-credits scene, we jump four years into the future and see Sue Storm and her son Franklin reading together in their home in the Baxter Building.

First Steps" star Vanessa Kirby breaks down Sue Storm's birth scene and her mid-credits moment with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.

"We didn't consider making Doom the villain," the Marvel movie's filmmaker told me. "Mostly, because he's been the villain of every other Fantastic Four film. He takes up a lot of space and he's a wonderful character, but I wanted to be able to focus on this family [and] these four characters [over him].

These villains could challenge Marvel's first family in new and exciting ways not yet shown on the big screen.

It seems the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Fantastic Four needed one another. The creation of Marvel greats Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the latter quartet of heroes — Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic,