![]() ![]() The mid-credits scene in Multiverse of Madness introduces Charlize Theron’s Clea and suggests that Incursions will be a long-term problem for the MCU. ![]() Secret Wars only happens because the Illuminati fail. The latter focuses on the Illuminati’s efforts to stop the Incursions from spreading throughout the multiverse, forcing them to resort to ever more desperate methods to stave off the inevitable. The Incursions are one of the main driving forces of Hickman’s Avengers and New Avengers comics. When an Incursion begins, the only way to stop both universes from being annihilated is to destroy one of the two Earths. Multiverse of Madness introduces the concept of Marvel Incursions, a phenomenon that occurs when two parallel Earths stop vibrating in cosmic harmony and instead begin to collide with one another. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness already strongly hinted that the MCU is building towards Secret Wars. ![]() While the announcement of Avengers: Secret Wars was a welcome one, it wasn’t necessarily that surprising. How Phase 4 Has Been Setting Up Secret Wars Secret Wars is Marvel's chance to do what DC did with the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. Secret Wars could also bring back Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire's Spider-Men, the cast of 2005's Fantastic Four, Eric Bana's Hulk, Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider, Wesley Snipes' Blade and any number of other familiar faces. If we're ever going to see X-Men movie veterans besides Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool in an MCU movie, this is it. Because Battleworld is a hodgepodge of many alternate realities, it's entirely possible that Marvel will take the opportunity to bring in actors from a number of non-MCU movies. One of the many appeals with a movie inspired by 2015's Secret Wars is that it opens the door for all manner of Marvel movie cameos. And as we’ll explore next, Phase 4 has already introduced another key concept from Hickman’s Avengers comics. His Secret Warriors comic introduced Leviathan, the clandestine organization that plays a key role in Agent Carter. Hickman’s 2013 comic Infinity introduced Thanos’ Black Order. For one thing, the newer Secret Wars is by far the more critically acclaimed comic, whereas the original was basically just a toy commercial masquerading as a comic.īut more importantly, Hickman’s Marvel work has already been a major source of inspiration for the MCU over the last few years. That said, it’s probably safe to assume Avengers: Secret Wars is drawing more from the 2015 comic than the original 1984 series. If the history of the MCU has taught us anything, it’s that Avengers: Secret Wars will borrow elements from many different comics without serving as an adaptation of any one, single story. Marvel may have told us the name of the next two Avengers movies, but we don’t know for sure which Secret Wars is being adapted in Phase 6. All that remains is Battleworld, which in this story is a hodgepodge world built from broken fragments of dozens of different alternate realities. The series opens with the complete collapse of the Marvel multiverse, as a series of Incursions have wiped out every universe. This Secret Wars serves as the climax of writer Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers saga. The two books aren’t directly connected, but the newer Secret Wars does feature some of the same characters and concepts. While Marvel revisited the events of Secret Wars several times through limited series like Spider-Man and the Secret Wars and various What If…? comics, that crossover didn’t get a true follow-up until 2015’s Secret Wars. Jonathan Hickman’s Reimagined Secret Wars even if it did give us The Beyonder’s incredibly ‘80s makeover. Marvel also published a sequel in 1985, but Secret Wars II is widely regarded as one of the worst Marvel crossovers ever published… *shudder* Secret Wars proved to be one of Marvel’s best-selling superhero comics in decades, even if the reviews didn’t quite live up to those sales numbers. For example, Secret Wars is where Spider-Man first donned his black costume, not realizing at the time that it was actually an alien symbiote. Ultimately, these characters are returned to Earth, but not without some lasting repercussions. ![]()
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