The MCU Can Make Doctor Doom Perfect (Without Ruining Kang)

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With the Fantastic Four set for their long-awaited MCU debut in Phase 6, the introduction of Doctor Doom to the continuity is inevitable, but he won’t necessarily overshadow Kang the Conqueror. Doctor Doom is by far one of the most dangerous supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, so his MCU iteration could easily become a clearer danger to the heroes than Kang the Conqueror, who will supplant Thanos as the MCU’s next saga antagonist. Thanks to Willem Dafoe’s role as the Green Goblin in Spider-Man: No Way Home, however, Marvel Studios has proven that they can introduce the comics’ deadliest villains without stealing the thunder of their saga villains, which is the perfect setup for an MCU Doctor Doom.

The MCU has adapted numerous Marvel Comics supervillains to the big screen, but the overarching antagonist of the first three phases (now known as The Infinity Saga) is Thanos, whose quest for the Infinity Stones drove the saga’s ultimate conflict. The next three MCU phases are now called The Multiverse Saga, and Kang the Conqueror will be its equivalent to Thanos. Meanwhile, Phase 4’s No Way Home brought an extremely comic-accurate iteration of Norman Osborn into the MCU for a single appearance, where, despite his threat level reflecting his comic counterpart, he did not overshadow Thanos nor Kang.

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The Marvel villain Doctor Doom is one of the most brilliant minds in the mainstream continuity as well as one of its most powerful sorcerers. While the Green Goblin is certainly not the most powerful Marvel Comics villain, his sheer capacity for cruelty and his uncanny ability to break the spirits of his opponents as well as murder them make