Marvel Just Revealed RTD's Doctor Doom In The Strangest Way Possible

"It's been more than a year since Marvel announced Robert Downey, Jr. will star in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Since then, we've learned surprisingly little. There was a short teaser of Doomsday at the end of Thunderbolts, and then we saw the back of the iconic villain in the mid-credits scene of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. This was apparently actually Downey as Doom, but it was still a very nondescript appearance."

"At the Walt Disney Studios Marketing Expo in Shanghai, China, characters from Disney's upcoming major projects were shown outside the convention center. Buzz Lightyear, Judy Hopps, and Mickey Mouse appear on one side while Spider-Man, Dr. Doom, and The Mandalorian and Grogu appear on the other. This is the first official image of Dr. Doom's face (or, rather, mask) we've seen at all, and while it doesn't reveal much, it's still a welcome update."

Marvel announced Robert Downey, Jr. as Doctor Doom for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars more than a year ago, but official footage has been minimal. Early glimpses included a short Doomsday teaser after Thunderbolts and a silhouette/back view in The Fantastic Four: First Steps mid-credits scene. A marketing expo in Shanghai displayed the first clear mask image and an animated light show showing Doom on his throne in a green cloak alongside Avengers, Fantastic Four, Black Panther, and X-Men logos. The animations appear to be concept art rather than live-action footage of Downey. The sequence shows Doom wielding Shang-Chi's Ten Rings.

Read at Inverse