Why The Next Marvel Villain Is Actually A Hero.
Marvel is releasing Avengers: Endgame Encore in theaters this September, but this isn't just a nostalgic re-release. It is the direct prologue to Avengers: Doomsday.
What this issue actually reads
When Tony Stark snapped his fingers, he didn't just save his universe: he created a multiversal vacuum. Now, Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is stepping out of the incursions to fill it. This is exactly how the new Endgame footage connects to the comic event Time Runs Out, and why the Avengers' time heist in 2019 was the exact catalyst that doomed the multiverse.
Did the Avengers accidentally create Doctor Doom?
Timed to Avengers: Endgame Encore, in theaters this September, which puts four new minutes into a seven-year-old film. The re-release is the direct prologue to Avengers: Doomsday, and the issue reads the new footage back to Time Runs Out.
Everything here comes from the films themselves and the comics they are adapting. No theories, no leaks, no fan-canon.
- Avengers: Endgame Encore
- Doctor Doom
- Time Runs Out
- Secret Wars
- Avengers: Doomsday
The comics this issue reads
- 01Secret Wars #1, #2 and #92015 · Jonathan Hickman & Esad Ribić
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