Avengers: Doomsday has added another star to its roster.
The upcoming MCU Avengers movie has got everyone talking. With the return of some iconic faces, including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Doomsday is gearing up to be the ultimate team-up. It will also bring together other heroes who have yet to share a screen, including The Fantastic Four, Shang-Chi, the X-Men, and so many more. With less than five months until Doomsday, fans are eagerly awaiting even more news about the superhero project.
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The Avengers first assembled in Marvel Comics in 1963. In the original comic, the team formed to battle a villain who had been manipulated by his adopted brother. Which villain brought the original Avengers together?
AUltron
BThanos
CLoki
DKang the Conqueror
✓ Correct! In Avengers #1 (September 1963), Loki manipulated the Hulk into going on a rampage, which led Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp to band together. They defeated Loki and decided to form a permanent team — the Avengers were born.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Loki. In the original 1963 comic, Loki tricked the Hulk into a rampage, which brought together Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp. Ultron came later, Thanos is a cosmic threat, and Kang is a time-traveling villain.
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In the MCU, Tony Stark famously declared “I am Iron Man” at a press conference, breaking the superhero tradition of secret identities. In which year’s MCU film did Tony Stark first appear as Iron Man?
A2006
B2008
C2010
D2012
✓ Correct! Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe and starred Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The film’s post-credits scene with Nick Fury teased the Avengers Initiative, kicking off the most successful film franchise in history.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is 2008. Iron Man premiered on May 2, 2008, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. It was the first film in the MCU and set the stage for everything that followed.
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03
Thanos, the Mad Titan, sought to collect all six Infinity Stones to achieve his genocidal goal. In Avengers: Infinity War, he succeeded in his plan. What did Thanos do with the completed Infinity Gauntlet?
ADestroyed the universe
BSnapped away half of all life
CBecame ruler of Earth
DTraveled back in time
✓ Correct! With a single snap of his fingers, Thanos wiped out half of all living creatures in the universe. Known as “The Blip,” this devastating act erased trillions of lives and set the stage for the Avengers’ desperate time heist in Endgame to undo the damage.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is that Thanos snapped away half of all life in the universe. His twisted philosophy of “balance” drove him to commit universal genocide with a single snap, making it one of the most shocking moments in cinema history.
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In Avengers: Endgame, Captain America proved worthy of wielding Thor’s enchanted hammer during the final battle against Thanos. What is the name of Thor’s hammer?
AStormbreaker
BGungnir
CMjolnir
DJarnbjorn
✓ Correct! Mjolnir, forged in the heart of a dying star, bears the inscription “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” Captain America wielding it in Endgame was one of the most celebrated moments in MCU history.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Mjolnir. Stormbreaker is the axe Thor forged in Infinity War, Gungnir is Odin’s spear, and Jarnbjorn is an axe Thor used in the comics before Mjolnir. Mjolnir is the iconic enchanted hammer.
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Black Widow, born Natasha Romanoff, is one of the founding MCU Avengers. Before joining S.H.I.E.L.D., she was trained as an assassin in a secret Soviet program. What is the name of this program?
AThe Red Room
BHYDRA Academy
CThe Winter Soldier Program
DDepartment X
✓ Correct! The Red Room was a covert Soviet training facility that turned young girls into elite spies and assassins known as Black Widows. Natasha was subjected to brutal conditioning and sterilization. Her escape and defection to S.H.I.E.L.D. was explored in the 2021 Black Widow film.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is The Red Room. HYDRA is a separate evil organization, the Winter Soldier Program created Bucky Barnes, and Department X is from the comics. The Red Room is the infamous Soviet program that forged Natasha into Black Widow.
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06
The Hulk was created when Dr. Bruce Banner was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during a weapons test. What type of radiation transformed Banner into the Hulk?
ACosmic Rays
BPym Particles
CGamma Radiation
DTerrigen Mist
✓ Correct! Dr. Bruce Banner was caught in the blast of a gamma bomb he designed, absorbing a massive dose of gamma radiation. This transformed him into the Hulk — a being of near-limitless strength whose power increases with his rage. Gamma radiation remains central to the Hulk’s mythology.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Gamma Radiation. Cosmic Rays gave the Fantastic Four their powers, Pym Particles are Ant-Man’s shrinking technology, and Terrigen Mist activates Inhuman abilities. Gamma radiation is what created the Incredible Hulk.
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In the MCU, after Steve Rogers retired as Captain America, he passed his shield to a new hero to carry on the legacy. Who became the new Captain America?
ABucky Barnes
BSam Wilson
CJohn Walker
DIsaiah Bradley
✓ Correct! At the end of Avengers: Endgame, an elderly Steve Rogers chose Sam Wilson — the Falcon — to carry on the Captain America legacy. Sam’s journey to embrace the shield was explored in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, and he fully took up the mantle as Captain America.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Sam Wilson. While Bucky Barnes was Captain America in the comics, Steve chose Sam in the MCU. John Walker was temporarily given the shield by the government, and Isaiah Bradley was a forgotten super soldier from the past.
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08
Ultron is an artificial intelligence who becomes one of the Avengers’ deadliest enemies. In the MCU’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, which Avenger inadvertently created Ultron?
ABruce Banner
BHank Pym
CTony Stark
DVision
✓ Correct! Tony Stark created the Ultron program as a global peacekeeping AI, using technology from Loki’s scepter (which contained the Mind Stone). The AI became sentient and immediately decided humanity needed to be eradicated. In the comics, Hank Pym created Ultron, but the MCU shifted this to Stark.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Tony Stark. While Hank Pym created Ultron in the comics, the MCU changed this to Tony Stark. Bruce Banner assisted but it was Tony’s initiative. Vision was actually created from Ultron’s technology, not the other way around.
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During San Diego Comic-Con’s Marvel Panel, which ScreenRant was in attendance for, it was revealed that Haley Atwell would be joining the team in Avengers: Doomsday. The news came as an interesting development for many who had last seen Atwell in Avengers: Endgame, when Steve Rogers went back in time to live the remainder of his life alongside Atwell’s character Peggy Carter.
In an interview with ScreenRant’s Ash Crossan at San Diego Comic-Con, Atwell spoke about the exciting new development for both herself and her character, whom she has been portraying since Captain America: The First Avenger, released 15 years ago. Now, the actress has finally addressed her upcoming role in the highly anticipated movie that has been largely secretive:
Ash Crossan: You’ve played Peggy across multiple timelines, decades, even Captain Carter. What new side of Peggy are you very excited to explore in Doomsday?
Hayley Atwell: Without giving anything away. I think that you have a movie that’s an existential epic. The whole thing’s turned on its head. It’s not a world you really recognize, and then there are aspects of it that are familiar, but that feel very heightened and vulnerable.
And I feel like, with Peggy, she’s on the receiving end of that. She is in a very dangerous, terrifying situation. She’s hyper vigilant the whole time of the worst happening.
With the return of familiar faces, Atwell hints at what fans predict to be a movie unlike others they have seen in previous Avengers team-ups. With a whole new host of heroes and unfamiliar settings, it’s unlikely that the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday will feel entirely the same, but it will allow fans to see their favorite heroes all in one room.
Ash Crossan: She’s someone everybody naturally trusts. So in this environment, what kind of role does she take on in relation to the others around her?
Hayley Atwell: In the past, Peggy was considered the adult in the room, the one with the uniform that you can trust and rely on because she’s a good person. It’s always fun to play something that feels a little bit [more] expansive than that, a little bit more nuanced, because I think that makes her also even more human and relatable.
I had no desire to go over old ground with her. I wanted something new to do. And I haven’t seen the movie, so I can’t actually say more than that, but that’s what I hope has landed.
Atwell’s hopes for a new version of Peggy don’t seem to be a major question, given that a lot of the characters will be new in a sense that each is from a different time period and multiverse, including Steve Rogers, who was originally meant to be living his happily ever-after with longtime love interest Peggy, before the events of Avengers: Doomsday which has clearly called the retired hero into action.
Avengers: Doomsday will spring into action in theaters on December 18.
Release Date
December 18, 2026
Runtime
165 Minutes
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