- **Q: Will Doctor Doom appear in *The Fantastic Four: First Steps*?
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Movies / MCU
As anticipation builds for Avengers: Doomsday, a flurry of theories speculate on Doctor Doom's grand strategy against the Avengers. These theories interweave the plots of The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Thunderbolts*, suggesting a compl...
### Background Context Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is poised to make his MCU debut in Avengers: Doomsday, facing a united front of Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. The exact nature of his origins and motivations remains shrouded in mystery, fueling fan speculation and theories.
### Multiversal Incursions and Deception One popular theory suggests that Doom hails from an alternate timeline, potentially the same one as the Fantastic Four in *The Fantastic Four: First Steps*. According to this theory, the destruction of his timeline by a multiversal incursion could motivate him to seek control over other universes. Upon arriving in the main MCU timeline, Doom might feign being a refugee, gaining the trust of Earth's heroes to manipulate them for his own purposes.
### The Fantastic Four Connection Matt Shakman, director of *The Fantastic Four: First Steps*, has stated that Doctor Doom is not part of his film. However, fans remain skeptical, pointing to the Thunderbolts* post-credit scene, which was not part of the film it was attached to, as a potential misdirection. The post-credit scene shows the arrival of the Fantastic Four's ship on Earth-616, but some theorize that Doom may be aboard instead, setting the stage for his deceptive entrance.
### Parallels to the Comics The theories also draw inspiration from the Secret Wars comic storyline, where Doom gains immense power, only to be defeated by Franklin Richards, who ultimately rebuilds the multiverse. This suggests that Franklin's powers and Doom's ambitions are central to the upcoming Avengers films.
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