Doctor Strange 2: What Happened To Iron Man In Earth-838?
WARNING: This contains SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness visits Earth-838 and shows a number of its heroes, yet Iron Man is nowhere to be seen, prompting questions about what happened to him. Confirming rumors and speculation, Doctor Strange 2 featured big cameos, including both alternate versions of heroes the MCU already knew and characters that had never appeared in a Marvel Studios film before. The multiverse concept offered many possibilities in terms of storylines, but Disney's acquisition of Fox also ensured that Marvel Studios had access to most Marvel characters, something that Doctor Strange 2 benefited greatly from.
With so many possibilities in terms of cameos, Doctor Strange 2's Illuminati storyline was in danger of being a presentation of new heroes that were there solely to tease all the new characters the MCU now has access to. However, that was not what happened, as more than half of the team was made up of names that the MCU already knew. Captain Carter, Captain Marvel, Mordo, and Black Bolt are all alternate versions or slightly different takes on characters that had previously appeared in the MCU, which raises the question of why certain heroes, such as Iron Man, were not remembered on Earth-838.
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There is no mention of Iron Man during Doctor Strange 2's Illuminati scenes. Considering that Thanos was defeated by the Illuminati while still on Titan, Earth-616's version of Tony Stark's death never happened on Earth-838. Interestingly, Iron Man did not appear in the Illuminati's flashback shown as John Krasinski's Mister Fantastic and Patrick Stewart's
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