Originally Posted by
DrNewGod
Well, there was that thing where Dr. Doom was mainly hunted because he was running a series of scams on the aristocrats he (justly) blamed for his father's death, including one that made a dude go bald. And there's that thing where he can't live without proving himself Mr. Fantastic's intellectual superior, even when it knocks his glide-path to world domination off course.
Personally, I do see him as tragic, but I can see where there's room for debate. Ease of sympathizing with is not a necessary condition for being tragic.