History: (Solarman#2 (fb) (BTS)) - Dr. Doom developed a hard light hologram of himself to serve as his replacement when he was incapacitated, such as with the flu. This was probably remote-controlled and probably developed in Latveria.

(Solarman#2) - While standing at a control panel, the Dr. Doom hologram recognized the contribution that Dr. Schwanig had made to realizing the potential of Dr. Doom's Satellite of Death, which was an orbiting sphere that could fire a destructive ray to dissolve the Earth's ozone layer. However, the scientist was suddenly attacked with a neuron blast from the hologram, which watched as he was dragged away. The hologram then appeared on television and made demands of the Earth's nations before it would aid them in stopping the depletion of the ozone layer.

Suspicious, Ben Tucker traveled to Dr. Doom's Beverly Hills mansion on his motor scooter under the pretence of interviewing the exiled monarch for his school paper. Fooled by the boy's act, the Dr. Doom hologram permitted the teenager to enter his mansion. Ben Tucker did not take notes, and the hologram noticed the boy observing the advanced satellite launch equipment. Abruptly halting the interview, the hologram ordered that the student be restrained and he was incarcerated in a plush cell.

In the cell, Ben Tucker used the power of the sun to transform into Solarman, and escaped by smashing through the walls, but was soon pursued by several Servo-Guards on flight sleds, which he promptly demolished in mid-air. After quickly finding the satellite, Solarman found that he could not even dent the deadly satellite, and instead turned the destructive beam at Dr. Doom's mansion. The hologram activated the self-destruct button and the satellite blew up.

Solarman then rapidly returned to face the Dr. Doom hologram, but was instead quickly grabbed by two Servo-Guards. However, he destroyed them with ease. The hologram then activated the "weaponry of Dr Doom!", firstly a disorienter ray, which had little effect, then multiple metal tentacles that seemed to come from the walls, but these were ripped apart by the powerful solar hero. Smashing through a wall, Solarman then launched himself at the hologram, yet was repulsed, bouncing off the unaffected Dr. Doom hologram and through another wall. Dazed, Solarman recognized that it was almost sunset and his powers would be affected. The Dr. Doom hologram, presumably because its resources were low with many weapons destroyed, saluted the valor of the solar hero, but suggested a future strike, and the two left at a stalemate.

From a sickbed, the real Dr. Doom, stricken with the flu, watched the end of the battle on a large screen while holding a large remote, and threatened revenge upon Solarman when he recovered.

At no point did Solarman consider the Dr. Doom hologram to be anything but the real Dr. Doom.

With no further threats or news from Dr. Doom, a newsreader later suggested that Dr. Doom's broadcast might have been a media hoax.