Doctor Doom Replacing Iron Man Can Rescue The MCU From Phase 4’s Issues
The MCU’s Phase 4 has many issues, but Doctor Doom could be able to course correct it if he fills Iron Man’s role. Through the MCU’s Infinity Saga, Iron Man acts as the central emotional focus across some of Marvel’s tentpole titles, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Avengers: Infinity War. Since the character died in Avengers: Endgame, however, Iron Man’s role as an emotional interconnective tissue throughout the MCU has not been filled.
The MCU’s Phase 4 has been a largely experimental age for the franchise to date since it doesn’t have much tying it all together besides establishing the multiverse. For instance, Black Widow was a weird choice for Phase 4 because it lacks a strong thematic connective tissue to stories like Eternals, Loki, and Wandavision. One huge strength the Infinity Saga has that Phase 4 doesn’t have yet is a central role or theme that ties its films together neatly. Iron Man tied together the Infinity Saga by being the emotional crux of the greater story; it’s Tony’s decisions and feelings that influence what moves that saga forward, and Phase 4 doesn’t have that kind of focus.
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Besides rumors that Doctor Doom’s MCU entrance is coming soon, Kevin Feige has acknowledged that Marvel’s Phase 4 story is soon becoming clearer — and Doom’s best role should align with Feige’s tease about the greater Phase 4 story. Doctor Doom provides the perfect opportunity to act as the figurehead for the MCU’s direction, especially since he’s already so similar to Tony Stark on a surface level. Doom is similar enough to Stark that his development can feel familiar while also emphasizing an important difference: he’s a
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