MCU Rumor Roundup: SECRET WARS Comic Inspiration, Original Plans For Doom, And Galactus' FANTASTIC FOUR Role

MCU Rumor Roundup: SECRET WARS Comic Inspiration, Original Plans For Doom, And Galactus' FANTASTIC FOUR Role

In this MCU rumour roundup, we share intel on the comics inspiring the next Avengers movies, plans for Doctor Doom before Doomsday, Galactus' ties to the Multiverse in The Fantastic Four reboot, and more.

By JoshWilding - Aug 07, 2024 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Secret Wars
Source: The Cosmic Circus

Deadpool & Wolverine might be in the rearview, but there are plenty of massive MCU movies still on the way and lots of huge rumours doing the rounds about what to expect from them. 

The Cosmic Circus has previously said "Time Runs Out" will be a must-read before the next Avengers movies (no great surprise as it depicted the Multiverse's final Incursion) but now names "Ultimate End" as another. In that, the heroes of Earth-616 and Earth-1610 clashed before assembling to battle Doctor Doom and bring an end to Battleworld. 

The site also confirms that before Avengers: The Kang Dynasty became Avengers: Doomsday, the plan was for us to see different teams battling several Kang Variants at the same time. Star-Lord, meanwhile, was likely going to form the Annihilators.

As for Doctor Strange, he was indeed being lined up for a big role in the Multiverse Saga, leading to questions about his status as a hero and whether his actions in the Multiverse were doing more harm than good. 

Now, though, it's said, "Marvel wants the Avengers and the X-Men to face off before the Multiverse Saga ends, and they really want for Wolverine and Hulk to have their fight scene moment."

This report also says Robert Downey Jr. is playing a Doctor Doom Variant and not the version from Earth-616 (if there even is one, which we doubt). It points out that there are conflicting rumblings about whether this Doom is a version of Tony Stark or Victor Von Doom but it sounds like he'll be a greater threat than Kang when this Saga ends.

The idea had been to recast the time-traveller and have Doom become a recurring threat post-Secret Wars (potentially even starring in his own spin-off). It's unclear whether that's now been scrapped. 

The site has also clarified recent claims about The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Galactus; he isn't the only Galactus in the Multiverse after all but does originate from another universe. The villain's story will end in the reboot but "sacrifices will have to be made," presumably meaning Marvel's First Family's home will be destroyed, leaving them to flee to Earth-616. 

Finally, Blade is described as "the Nick Fury of the Supernatural part of the MCU," there may be big plans for Mephisto and Lilith, and Marvel Studios hopes to bring back Scorpion and introduce the Maggia in future street-level stories.

There's a lot to think about after reading through these rumours and we'll see if they pan out. For now, let us know your thoughts in the usual place.

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JonC
JonC - 8/7/2024, 11:28 AM
"Finally, Blade is described as "the Nick Fury of the Supernatural part of the MCU"

... this i like.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 8/7/2024, 12:24 PM
@JonC -

Bring on the Midnight Sons!
phoenixvici
phoenixvici - 8/7/2024, 11:30 AM
Wolverine Vs. Hulk is all I needed to read! 👍💖😁
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 8/7/2024, 3:40 PM
@phoenixvici - Same, man. Same. :)
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 8/7/2024, 11:51 AM
Ok give me Black Panther, Iron Fist, Silver Surfer, Quasar, Hercules, Sentry, and Man Thing vs X-Men
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 8/7/2024, 11:58 AM
Wait, which Avengers? They talking about the discount Avengers or the real Avengers?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/7/2024, 11:59 AM
I honestly have no real interest in any version of Avengers vs X-Men whether it be Fox or not so I hope that doesn’t happen besides maybe a sequence before the latter eventually team up with the former to take on the bigger threat..

If you are gonna do it , save it for the future when you build the MCU X-Men and a Civil War-esque version where both sides have valid points.

Also if true then I did like the idea of the Kang variants we see at the end of Quantumania being the threat and that the various heroes from across the multiverse would have to fight them to preserve their realities at the same time (maybe we could have even gotten the reason as to why they banished the Kang we saw in that film to the Quantum Realm) but oh well..sigh.

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RedFury
RedFury - 8/7/2024, 12:07 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I'd have to agree. Kind of wish they wouldn't bother doing Avengers vs X-Men, especially this early in the introduction of the X-Men to the MCU. Sure it could be fun to see the old X-Men cast come up against the MCU's Avengers. But it just doesn't seem at all necessary.

I'm kind of tired of watching heroes fighting heroes.... I want to see a group of heroes, fighting a group of super villains for a change. To me that's far more interesting than watching another version of Civil War where we know they're all going to be buddy buddy again sometime down the road lol. And to your point, if they are going to do it, it should be something that's built up to rather than just using an opportunistic moment like the multiverse to do it.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/7/2024, 12:16 PM
@RedFury - I agree but oh well , we’ll see.

Wouldn’t be surprised if most of these rumors atleast are BS
RedFury
RedFury - 8/7/2024, 12:21 PM
@TheVisionary25 - it's a good point, gotta remind ourselves that most of these rumours turn out to be nothing burgers.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/7/2024, 12:23 PM
@RedFury - yummm burgers

I’m so hungry right now
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/7/2024, 6:29 PM

This is another instance of knuckleheads grabbing on to the vast number of characters now available and making logical guesses based on some comics and the wants of many comics fans.

A bunch of circle jerking weenies just rolling with whatever any of them makes up.
Chris827
Chris827 - 8/7/2024, 7:12 PM
@DocSpock - Yep thats all it ever is. Before it was oh they are gonna recast kang and now its full on Doom so nobody really knows whats going on. Its all guessing.

See I can guess too, Doom will show up in F4 post credit scene or maybe even Thunderbolts or Cap. But sites like this, the youtuber videos dont care if its right, wrong, real or not they get the views and move on.

DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/7/2024, 7:20 PM
@Chris827 -

Very very true.

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