I research Doctor Doom – here’s why he could be the unlikely hero of Avengers: Doomsday

By Mark Hibbett, Head of Research Information Systems, University of the Arts London

Doctor Doom, Marvel comics’ greatest supervillain, is finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) later this year in Avengers: Doomsday. As moviegoers will soon discover, he’s a megalomaniac dictator who believes his genius is the only way to save the world – and the evidence suggests he might be right.

Doom is going to be played by Robert Downey Jr, who previously helped launch the MCU as Iron Man. Fans have spent the past two years speculating how he can be both characters, with all…

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