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Will we get God Emperor Doom and Battleworld?
Will Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars adapt God Emperor Doom and Battleworld? The 2015 comic where Doom became a god, explained - and how the films could use it.
If you want to understand where Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars are heading, you need two comic terms: God Emperor Doom and Battleworld. This is the endgame the films appear to be building toward.
The comic it comes from
In Marvel’s 2015 Secret Wars (by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić), the multiverse collapses through incursions. In the ruins, Doctor Doom steals the near-omnipotent power of cosmic beings and uses it to stitch surviving fragments of dead universes into a single patchwork planet: Battleworld. Doom rules it as a literal god - God Emperor Doom - with Reed Richards’ family and the laws of reality bent to his will. Our full Secret Wars (2015) explainer covers it.
Why the films are likely to use it
- They’re named after it. Doomsday and Secret Wars aren’t subtle about their source.
- Doom is the lead villain. The 2015 story is the definitive “Doom wins” narrative - see will Doom win.
- It solves the saga. Battleworld is a natural way to smash timelines together and rebuild the MCU as one.
How a film version might work
- Doomsday: incursions accelerate; Doom manoeuvres to seize the power that reshapes reality.
- Secret Wars: the surviving heroes wake on Battleworld, ruled by God Emperor Doom, and must topple a god to restore - or remake - reality.
What might change
Films simplify. Marvel may streamline how Doom gains power, or reframe Battleworld for a broader audience. The spirit - Doom as god-king over a broken multiverse - is the part likely to survive.
Our verdict
Likely. God Emperor Doom and Battleworld are the most probable destination for this two-film climax. It’s the comic these movies are clearly saluting.