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‘RDJ’ is coming to save the Multiverse! Who is God Emperor Doom?


When not just a universe, but the whole multiverse is on the brink of destruction, the heroes who saved the worlds could only stand in despair. And so he came to save them when they were nearing destruction.  He wasn’t a hero, but he was the only one with the power to save everything. His name was Victor Von Doom… The hottest discussions all around the globe now are Robert Downey Jr. has been cast as the MCU’s next big bad: Dr.Doom. Doom will be just another typical villain for those who have only seen the Fantastic 4 Live Action movies. But in the comics, Dr.Doom is a character who has even once became the God of the Marvel Universe! We know that the epic conclusion of the Marvel Multiverse Saga is Secret Wars, which is slated to release in 2027. Coming to the comics, Dr.Doom is the most important character in the 2015 Secret Wars storyline written by Jonathan Hickman.

Robert Downey Jr all set to play ‘Doctor Doom’ in MCU

Incursions plays an important role in the building of the Secret Wars event. As we know through Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Incursion is the phenomenon when one Universe collides with another Universe. Coming to Marvel Comics, the multiverse is out of balance due to a particular universe becoming unstable. Due to this, many universes started to collide with each other. Earth is the incursion point of all Universe. Parallel Earths begin to occupy the same space-time coordinates. When the two Earths collide like this, both Universes will be destroyed within hours. If one Earth is destroyed before the collision, the other Earth will be spared. Due to this reason, Superheroes have no other choice to save their own world and have to put aside their own morals and destroy the entire lives of other universes. Behind these incursions are the Beyonders. The Marvel Multiverse was created as an experiment by the Beyonders, Extra Dimensional Beings. They created incursions to test the limits of the Multiverse and ultimately destroy it.

Doctor Strange witnesses the incursion caused by ‘Sinister Strange’ in Multiverse of Madness

So why do Beyonders destroy their own creation? Because Beyonders are not moral beings like humans. Their motive is to know about the fundamentals of nature which includes the creation and destruction of existence. That’s why they push the Multiverse to its breaking point and beyond. So many universes were destroyed due to these incursions. The Comics Main Universe 616 also has to face their fate at last. But Dr. Doom along with Molecule Man and Doctor Strange, confronts the Beyonders and eventually defeats them and acquires their powers. In other words, Doom destroyed the creators of the Multiverse and got their powers!! Doom, who started as a normal villain in Fantastic 4, has now become a God level being! Meanwhile due to the Incursions, most Universes have been destroyed, and some are still being destroyed. Doom uses his God powers to create a single Universe, which he calls “Battleworld”!

Doom destroyed the creators of the Multiverse and took their powers

Many parts of Marvel’s Multi-Universe’s is now existing on a single Earth, like countries. Various Universes includes Post Apocalyptic Old Man Logan’s world, an advanced futuristic world and even marvel zombies, all begin to exist in different parts on the same earth. Because of all this, Doom became Emperor of the Battleworld. Now he’s not just Doom, but God Emperor Doom! An army of several variants of Thor, the God of Thunder, now works under the God Emperor Doom. Stephen Strange, who once fought against Doom, is now his confidant.  Doom’s greatest rival Reed Richards’ wife and children, are now Doom’s own family. Doom gave energy to this new world by turning Johnny Storm a.k.a the Human Torch into a sun. But after a time, some survivors of the previous world that had been destroyed before were in the Raft made by Reed Richards. Rest of the story of Secret Wars is about their arrival at Battleworld and the events that follow.

Doom becomes the God Emperor of the Battleword

Coming to the MCU, the best option is to create Battleworld with the worlds we already know from screens. Spider-Man Universes, Fox X-Men Universe, Blade, Punisher, Daredevil & Elektra, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Fantastic 4, and lot more…. If Marvel execute this upto it’s potential, then Secret Wars could be the best conclusion a franchise would ever get. Afterwards, Marvel can start fresh with a reboot which could possibly focused on Mutants. Every Hero from Marvel Movie Multiverse we ever know will fight against only one: God Emperor Doom! We saw Robert Downey Jr. as the final credited actor of Avengers: Endgame as a hero, now we are going to see Robert Downey Jr. as the final credited actor of Avengers: Secret Wars as a villain!

Sree Nandan Chengannur