Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness: Who Are The Illuminati?

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Thanks to the 2022 Superbowl, Marvel fans got a new look at Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. A new trailer and TV spots debuted during the big game. The trailer, with a handful of new scenes and new looks at familiar characters, has given fans a lot to speculate about for the coming movie. One sequence in particular, in which Doctor Strange is seen in a pair of high-tech handcuffs similar to those seen in the Loki series on Disney Plus, has gotten a lot of notice in particular. That’s due in large part to Strange led right in front of a series of chairs by robots.

The question on most fans’ minds is just who is in those chairs since most of them are either empty or in shadow, leaving the answer largely a mystery. (Marvel fans also now know that characters might be digitally removed from scenes for trailers as well after major scenes in Spider-Man: No Way Home did just that.) Comic book fans have jumped to the conclusion that those chairs could be representative of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of the Illuminati. In the comics, the group is a secret one made of brilliant minds looking to prevent catastrophic events on the planet from occurring.

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The Illuminati first made their comic book debut in 2005. Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Steve Niven, the group appeared in a New Avengers comic with the reveal that they had actually existed behind the scenes for some time.

The group was brought together out of the consequences of the Kree-Skrull war that spilled over onto Earth. The war took place decades before the Skrulls began to come to Earth. Some superheroes pitched the idea of a counsel of superheroes to exchange information and help the