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Marvel Studios swapping out Doctor Doom for Kang offers the chance to jettison the Multiverse Saga

The villain has changed, but has the storyline of Marvel's big Phase 6 finale also undergone significant upheaval?

We know, from San Diego Comic-Con’s much-discussed Hall H panel, that Marvel has abandoned its original plan to make Kang the centerpiece of its current uber-storyline, The Multiverse Saga, in favor of the returning Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. We also know that the fifth Avengers film, which had been titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, is now titled Avengers: Doomsday. What we don’t know, is this: is Marvel still actually making The Multiverse Saga?

Okay, okay, let me explain that question a little. The Multiverse Saga, as it had been unfolding before Kang was quietly moved aside, was a story that had a very specifically focused arc: the multiverse as a concept in the MCU was something that was all about Kang — he was the character who had discovered its existence, he

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Graeme McMillan

Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.

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