Marvel Multiverse: Doctor Doom's Epic Journey to Avengers: Secret Wars

Marvel Studios is working on Avengers: Secret Wars, inspired by Marvel Comics' events of 1984 and 2015

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Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, confirmed the movie's development in 2022

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The Secret Wars narrative explores the multiverse concept, with Doctor Doom becoming a powerful guardian

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Doctor Doom, known as God Emperor Doom, shapes Battleworld using fragments from destroyed universes

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Speculation grows about Doctor Doom's role in the MCU's Avengers: Secret Wars

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Despite Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Doctor Doom has not appeared in the MCU

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Fans anticipate Doctor Doom's debut before the May 2027 release of Avengers: Secret Wars

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Doctor Doom's magnitude in the limited time of MCU's Multiverse Saga

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Rumors suggest Doctor Doom might debut in Fantastic Four, allowing time for proper character development before Avengers: Secret Wars

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