Few narrative arcs are more satisfying than watching a former villain gradually become one of the story’s most important heroes. Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z are perhaps the defining examples. Both begin as powerful exiled princes relentlessly pursuing the heroes, only to become indispensable allies — and eventually heroes in their own right. Marvel’s best redemption story belongs in that conversation, and the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer has sent viewers rushing back to revisit it. Loki has shot up the Disney Plus streaming charts following Monday’s release of the first full Doomsday trailer. Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief only appears in a brief moment of the trailer while characters like Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) steal the spotlight, but anyone who’s caught up knows Loki is currently positioned as one of the most important characters in the entire MCU. That makes his streaming series, Loki, essential viewing before Doomsday, which is good news since it's also one of Marvel's very best shows. And its real achievement is completing the transformation of the MCU's nastiest Phase One villain into one of the multiver
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Chris Evans has described how Marvel kept Steve Rogers' return in Avengers: Doomsday a secret during filming, via the use of a codename that fans got a whiff of last year. Speaking during Fan Expo Boston, Evans said that his then-secret…
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Chris Evans has described how Marvel kept Steve Rogers' return in Avengers: Doomsday a secret during filming, via the use of a codename that fans got a whiff of last year. Speaking during Fan Expo Boston, Evans said…
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Chris Evans has described how Marvel kept Steve Rogers' return in Avengers: Doomsday a secret during filming, via the use of a codename that fans got a whiff of last year. Speaking during Fan Expo Boston, Evans said that his then-secret…
View source →Doom is seeking to remake the multiverse in his image Doctor Doom will pose a threat to the whole Marvel multiverse in Avengers: Doomsday, requiring heroes from multiple worlds to team up to stop him. If you’re eagerly awaiting the…
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