Marvel Studios is barreling towards the two-part conclusion of its Multiverse Saga, with Avengers: Doomsday arriving on December 18th, and Avengers: Secret Wars following on December 17, 2027. Each films are anchored by Physician Doom (Robert Downey Jr.), a fan-favorite Marvel Comics villain who famously rewrote actuality itself and dominated over a patchwork planet constructed from the wreckage of a collapsed multiverse, in one of many tales that offers Avengers: Secret Wars its title. President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige has additionally spoken a number of occasions about how the film is a structural reset for the franchise, drawing inspiration from the 2015 saga that merged totally different timelines within the comedian books. Which means we are able to count on Avengers: Secret Wars to be a large spectacle that may fold alternate timelines, forgotten variants, and dangling plot threads whereas additionally clearing the trail for all that’s coming after the Multiversal Saga.
Marvel has saved Secret Wars’ forged virtually completely beneath wraps, a alternative meant to keep away from probably spoiling Doomsday and to protect the secrets and techniques of the saga. Which means, thus far, Downey Jr. is the one forged member formally connected to the film, though stories and even interview hints level to a bigger ensemble. That’s what makes the current casting of Noah Jupe stand out, for the reason that star is becoming a member of a large film with none prior attachment to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in an unnamed function that’s solely described as a key a part of the story. Whereas that’s little to go on, it already offers us sufficient to boost a few of the most definitely candidates.
4) Beyonder
The Beyonder debuted in 1984 as an unseen, just about all-powerful cosmic entity who initiated the unique Secret Wars comedian e-book crossover. Possessing absolute management over actuality, the character kidnapped Earth’s most distinguished heroes and villains, teleporting them to a patchwork planet named Battleworld. The entity orchestrated this huge battle merely to review the idea of human want, observing the warring factions as an off-the-cuff sociological experiment, detached to what occurs to the universe and its inhabitants. In subsequent storylines, the Beyonder ultimately adopted bodily human varieties, continuously manifesting as an emotionally stunted being struggling to understand the fundamental limitations of mortal existence. Many years later, Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers and New Avengers runs retconned the character, revealing the unique Beyonder as one member of a whole alien race known as the Beyonders.
The Beyonders are the preliminary villains of Jonathan Hickman’s 2015 Secret Wars, as they’re answerable for the Incursions tearing the multiverse aside. Working in secret with Physician Unusual and Molecule Man, Physician Doom hunts the Beyonders down and steals their absolute energy, utilizing it to weld the ruins of infinite collapsing universes into Battleworld. In fact, Doom crowns himself the ruler of Battleworld, reigning over a large planet divided into many factions. Whereas we don’t know if the Beyonder shall be part of both Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars, the character’s significance to each comedian occasions means Marvel Studios may use him by some means.
3) Molecule Man
Owen Reece, referred to as the Molecule Man, was initially launched as a mild-mannered villain who gained the power to manage all matter and vitality following a laboratory accident. Nevertheless, author Jonathan Hickman drastically expanded the character’s mythology main as much as the 2015 Secret Wars occasion. The storyline revealed that the Beyonders engineered Reece’s origin throughout the multiverse, planting a variant of the Molecule Man in each single actuality to function a organic time bomb. If a Molecule Man dies, his respective universe detonates together with him, a mechanism the Beyonders designed to annihilate all of existence.
To thwart the Beyonders’ plan, Physician Doom groups up with the Earth-616 model of Reece. Collectively, they journey throughout dimensions to search out different variants, ultimately weaponizing a set of Molecule Males to destroy the Beyonders completely. As soon as Doom steals the Beyonders’ all-powerful energy and forges Battleworld, he retains Reece hidden inside a secret bunker on the heart of the planet. All through the 2015 Secret Wars narrative, the Molecule Man features because the dwelling conduit channeling the stolen cosmic vitality, making him the literal anchor holding Doom’s patchwork actuality collectively. We all know Doom is attempting to avoid wasting the multiverse in Avengers: Doomsday, and there are clues about Physician Unusual (Benedict Cumberbatch) serving to him, which might mimic the comics. Maybe Jupe was introduced on board to play Molecule Man.
2) Steve Rogers’ Son
The primary teaser for Avengers: Doomsday confirmed the return of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). Following the ending of Avengers: Endgame, the place Steve danced with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) within the closing scenes, the teaser revealed Steve had a baby with Peggy. Since a lot of the Avengers: Doomsday advertising and marketing entails kids, Steve’s little one could be related to the film’s most important plot. The bigger Marvel mythology gives us hints of who that little one could be. For example, launched within the 2008 direct-to-video animated function Subsequent Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, James Rogers is the son of Steve and Natasha Romanoff. Though Subsequent Avengers is geared toward a youthful viewers, James Rogers was later launched in the primary comedian e-book continuity as a hardened survivor of a dystopian future, which is one thing the MCU can adapt when utilizing Battleworld.
In the case of Battleworld, Steve Rogers has one other little one showing within the 2015 Secret Wars occasion, Ellie Rogers, his daughter with Sharon Carter. Rick Remender and Roland Boschi created Ellie Rogers for Hail Hydra #2, a Secret Wars Battleworld tie-in miniseries. She comes from Earth-85826, a actuality the place Hydra conquered the USA and put in Arnim Zola as its ruler. In that timeline, Steve Rogers served because the regime’s personal Captain Hydra earlier than turning towards it to guide an underground riot, and Sharon Carter fought at his facet in the identical motion. Whereas it might be controversial to gender-bend Ellie within the MCU, the character background may very well be meshed with the James Rogers story.
1) Franklin Richards
Franklin Richards is likely one of the strongest mutants in Marvel Comics historical past. The son of Mister Implausible and the Invisible Girl, Franklin has the omega-level capacity to create completely new pocket universes by means of sheer thought, whereas additionally being able to control actuality to a sure extent. In Jonathan Hickman’s 2015 Secret Wars occasion, Physician Doom adopts Franklin into his twisted royal household on Battleworld, manipulating the kid’s skills to assist keep the patchwork planet. Finally, Franklin companions together with his organic father to reconstruct the destroyed multiverse, serving because the cosmic architect of the reborn continuity.
Franklin Richards was born on display screen in 2025’s The Implausible 4: First Steps. On the film’s climax, Franklin revives his lifeless mom (Vanessa Kirby), exhibiting a glimpse of his huge powers. He’s additionally one other little one concerned in Avengers: Doomsday, as Physician Doom himself visits the boy in First Steps. Identical to Rogers little one, Franklin may probably age in Avengers: Secret Wars, particularly if the film options any sort of time bounce to point out how Doom has solidified his energy throughout dimensions. For the reason that character can be key to resolving the 2015 Secret Wars storyline, it might make sense if Marvel Studios did the identical.