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FF #5: [panel shows Doom in hospital bed with bandaged face] "HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITH HIS LIFE, ALTHOUGH HIS FACE WAS BADLY DISFIGURED!"
FF Annual #2: [panel shows Doom in bed with bandaged face] "HIS HELPER MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES! AS FOR VICTOR VON DOOM... HIS FACE WAS HOPELESSLY DISFIGURED!!"
On top of this, the annual also has Doom putting on the mask before it has completely cooled, with Kirby drawing steam coming off it as Doom places it on his face (though he doesn't show any visible discomfort, but then again the script tells us Doom thinks pain is for lesser men).
Stan's text tells us quite clearly that the initial explosion itself badly disfigured him. Maybe that's not quite what Kirby intended, or maybe Kirby changed his mind over the years (Kirby's take is a clever idea), but as JB says, what's canon is what's on the printed page not what Kirby later recounts in interviews.
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