{"id":405710,"date":"2026-01-11T06:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/405710\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:48:09","slug":"avengers-doomsdays-4th-trailer-officially-resolves-an-mcu-cliffhanger-after-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/405710\/","title":{"rendered":"Avengers: Doomsday\u2019s 4th Trailer Officially Resolves an MCU Cliffhanger After 4 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fourth Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> trailer finally resolves the biggest cliffhanger from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/a>. Although Shuri accepted the mantle of the Black Panther, she had no intention of claiming the throne as well. It\u2019s not the first time the role of Black Panther and king have been separated in Marvel lore, but it\u2019s a new development for the MCU.<\/p>\n

But who was the new monarch? Wakanda Forever strongly implied it was in fact Winston Duke\u2019s M\u2019Baku, originally a rival for T\u2019Challa himself. M\u2019Baku is an incredibly popular character, and the prospect of seeing him step up on to a wider stage is absolutely thrilling. He\u2019d also add an enjoyable dynamic, because his philosophy is so different to T\u2019Challa and even Shuri\u2019s.<\/p>\n

We Now Know M\u2019Baku is King of Wakanda<\/p>\n

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The new Avengers: Doomsday teaser is set in Wakanda, featuring Shuri\u2019s return. Her voice-over confirms that M\u2019Baku is Wakanda\u2019s new king, and that his role is apparently to prepare his people for death. It\u2019s yet another indicator of the sheer scale of Doomsday, and it follows on perfectly from the previous X-Men Doomsday trailer<\/a>, which suggested the mutant reality too is facing death. Wakanda\u2019s role mirrors the comics that set up 2015\u2019s Secret Wars event, where T\u2019Challa was the first person to learn the multiverse was at risk.<\/p>\n

There are subtle signs that Wakanda has changed a lot during M\u2019Baku\u2019s reign. Shuri\u2019s Black Panther armor has changed a lot, incorporating a colorscheme that indicates Atlantean technology has been integrated with her own costume. It\u2019s clear the alliance between Wakanda and Atlantis has gone from strength to strength, with both benefiting from it. That\u2019s something of a surprise, because M\u2019Baku was always rather more isolationist than T\u2019Challa; however, both kingdoms have historically been withdrawn from other civilizations, so they have a lot in common.<\/p>\n

The interesting question is whether M\u2019Baku\u2019s Wakanda is continuing to share technology with the rest of the MCU. It\u2019s actually a little amusing seeing the Fantastic Four apparently arrive on Wakanda, because they\u2019ll likely assume the rest of the MCU is as well-developed as the nation they\u2019ve just stumbled across. In reality, Wakanda is probably the most technologically-advanced nation in the MCU, which means the country stands out from the rest. The question, though, is what Wakanda will do now the stakes are so high \u2013 especially under the confident and combative leadership of M\u2019Baku.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and\u00a0join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fourth Avengers: Doomsday trailer finally resolves the biggest cliffhanger from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Although Shuri accepted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[142421,64,63,22160,72526,134,22037,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-405710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-answer-feature","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-avengers-doomsday","12":"tag-black-panther-wakanda-forever","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","15":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}