Doctor Strange: Could The Main Universe Form Their Own Illuminati?

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The following contains spoilers for Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. Though the majority of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are solo projects for different heroes, the most popular movies are definitely the team-ups. Fans like to see numerous heroes work together to save the day, and they can’t be faulted for wanting to see those different character dynamics explored.

For most of the MCU so far, those team-ups have been of members of the Avengers. The Guardians of the Galaxy exist, but typically work outside the main storyline. In Phase Four, however, with so many of the original characters present in the MCU gone, it does beg whether or not the Avengers are still a team, or whether another group of heroes could replace them. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness even poses a potential alternative to the Avengers.

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The original six members of the Avengers in the MCU — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Hulk — were not the most cohesive of teams. Iron Man and Captain America rarely got along, Thor spent as much time off planet as on, Black Widow and Hawkeye had full time jobs as spies, and Bruce Banner didn’t even want to be the Hulk. While they could work together to save the world, and the group did create an Avengers training compound eventually, they might not have been the best fitting team.

Over the course of the MCU, several members of the team have now died or retired with new characters emerging to take on their mantles or make names for themselves. The last real team-up of the MCU was every superhero that could make it on screen teaming up against Thanos and his army, but the heroes have largely gone their