Much has been said about Doctor Doom having a loyal group of followers in Avengers: Doomsday. The prevailing theory right now is that they’ll be masked Variants of familiar faces, potentially including characters like Peggy Carter and the Scarlet Witch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today, we have an update from insider\u00a0Daniel Richtman<\/a>. He’s reporting that Doom has a “wizard” as his second-in-command, and makes a point of noting\u00a0that this mystery person uses a Sling Ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n Joining the dots, this sounds a lot like Doctor Strange. There’s been some chatter online about the former Sorcerer Supreme being in cahoots with Victor Von Doom, which makes sense in the context of the MCU and lines up with the comics.\u00a0<\/p>\n In terms of the latter, when the Final Incursion happened, Strange was there when Doom stole the power of the Beyonders and reshaped the Multiverse’s remains\u00a0into Battleworld. With his friends and allies seemingly dead, Stephen spent years working alongside the God Emperor Doom, as what he’d created was the only thing left worth protecting.\u00a0<\/p>\n When we last saw the MCU’s Strange, he’d seemingly begun his descent into villainy, as a third eye opened on his head (similar to the evil Strange he faced on a world ravaged by an Incursion). He then set off into the Dark Dimension with Clea, and it surely won’t be too\u00a0hard for Marvel to reveal that he soon encountered Doom.<\/p>\n Benedict Cumberbatch previously revealed his reaction to learning of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom casting was to reach out to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. “I texted, ‘What the f***?’\u00a0and then quickly added, ‘Good what-the-f***. I mean, good what-the-f***.'”<\/p>\n The actor has gone back and forth on his Avengers: Doomsday involvement, saying his role changed when Jonathan Majors was dropped as Kang the Conqueror. He has, however, said he’ll be “in a lot” of Avengers: Secret Wars, with Strange “quite central to where things might go.”<\/p>\n How would you feel about Doctor Strange teaming up with Doctor Doom?\u00a0<\/p>\n In Avengers Doomsday Thor prays to Odin for help, and Odin answers by sending him an army! pic.twitter.com\/iLvCubDz5X<\/a><\/p>\n