Even if the Marvel movies do not adapt exact comic stories, they often serve as a template, as a rough guide. That’s how it was with » Civil War » and » Infinity War » and that’s how it could be with «Secret Wars». This 2015 and 2016 franchise (not to be confused with a 1984/1985 Marvel Comics story of the same name and the inspiration for an upcoming series, Secret Invasion), could set the stage for the next big MCU mega-event be.
Our video editor and Marvel expert Sebastian found at least some clues in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness .
That’s «Secret Wars» — and that’s how «Doctor Strange 2» refers to it
Put simply, the very complex and celebrated comic series by author Jonathan Hickman and illustrator Esad Ribić is about the great war of the different universes and the characters living in them. The entire multiverse is under threat and it’s up to heroes like Doctor Strange to save it…
Incidentally, Secret Wars comic writer Jonathan Hickman created the stories that served as the inspiration for Infinity War, so it looks like MCU mastermind Kevin Feige is a huge fan of Hickman’s work.
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A keyword for the «Secret Wars» are the incursions mentioned for the first time in the MCU in «Doctor Strange 2». Because these lead to the fact that the multiverse is in danger. In the comics, the first appearance of an incursion gradually leads to the «Secret Wars».
And that’s exactly what the end credits scene of «Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness» could allude to, in which Clea ( Charlize Theron ) visits Doctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) precisely because of such an incursion. In our opinion, it is no coincidence that the incursions in the MCU, which are so closely linked to “Secret Wars”, are suddenly mentioned in the comics.
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