Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for VisionQuest episode 8
Doctor Doom’s latest MCU appearances essentially confirm one of the biggest Avengers: Doomsday theories. However, there are still two fairly big question marks that are well worth discussing in the aftermath.
Between the multiverse’s growing instability and the return of several familiar heroes from across realities, there are plenty of unanswered questions surrounding RDJ’s Doctor Doom and his full plans for the multiverse. To that end, every new Doctor Doom appearance before Doomsday makes his plan all the more intriguing.
Following Doctor Doom’s incredibly exciting appearance at the end of VisionQuest, it now seems more than likely that the ruler of Latveria will have a major ally by his side: Wanda Maximoff’s Scarlet Witch. That being said, one still has to wonder who else might be supporting Doom’s bid for power in Avengers: Doomsday.
Doctor Doom Rescuing The Scarlet Witch Supports The Biggest Doomsday Theory
Scarlet Witch in the post-credits scene of VisionQuest
As seen in VisionQuest’s major post-credits scene, it was revealed that Doctor Doom revived and took Wanda Maximoff from Mount Wundagore after she brought the mountain down on herself at the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, sacrificing herself to destroy every copy of the Darkhold in existence across realities.
Commanding Wanda to awaken in VisionQuest’s second post-credits scene, Doctor Doom says that Wanda’s power will become his before reviving her. By all accounts, this is a pretty important scene across the board before Doomsday. Not only does it confirm that Doom is amassing all kinds of power (like claiming the Hulk in one of Avengers: Endgame Encore post-credits scenes), it suggests quite a bit, considering what we already know about Doctor Doom and witches. After all, various promotional materials have shown Doctor Doom backed by a trio of mysterious masked women known only as the “Latverian Witches” throughout Avengers: Doomsday’s marketing.
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The Avengers first assembled in Marvel Comics in 1963. In the original comic, the team formed to battle a villain who had been manipulated by his adopted brother. Which villain brought the original Avengers together?
✓ Correct! In Avengers #1 (September 1963), Loki manipulated the Hulk into going on a rampage, which led Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp to band together. They defeated Loki and decided to form a permanent team — the Avengers were born.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Loki. In the original 1963 comic, Loki tricked the Hulk into a rampage, which brought together Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp. Ultron came later, Thanos is a cosmic threat, and Kang is a time-traveling villain.
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In the MCU, Tony Stark famously declared “I am Iron Man” at a press conference, breaking the superhero tradition of secret identities. In which year’s MCU film did Tony Stark first appear as Iron Man?
✓ Correct! Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe and starred Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The film’s post-credits scene with Nick Fury teased the Avengers Initiative, kicking off the most successful film franchise in history.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is 2008. Iron Man premiered on May 2, 2008, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. It was the first film in the MCU and set the stage for everything that followed.
03
Thanos, the Mad Titan, sought to collect all six Infinity Stones to achieve his genocidal goal. In Avengers: Infinity War, he succeeded in his plan. What did Thanos do with the completed Infinity Gauntlet?
✓ Correct! With a single snap of his fingers, Thanos wiped out half of all living creatures in the universe. Known as “The Blip,” this devastating act erased trillions of lives and set the stage for the Avengers’ desperate time heist in Endgame to undo the damage.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is that Thanos snapped away half of all life in the universe. His twisted philosophy of “balance” drove him to commit universal genocide with a single snap, making it one of the most shocking moments in cinema history.
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In Avengers: Endgame, Captain America proved worthy of wielding Thor’s enchanted hammer during the final battle against Thanos. What is the name of Thor’s hammer?
✓ Correct! Mjolnir, forged in the heart of a dying star, bears the inscription “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” Captain America wielding it in Endgame was one of the most celebrated moments in MCU history.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Mjolnir. Stormbreaker is the axe Thor forged in Infinity War, Gungnir is Odin’s spear, and Jarnbjorn is an axe Thor used in the comics before Mjolnir. Mjolnir is the iconic enchanted hammer.
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Black Widow, born Natasha Romanoff, is one of the founding MCU Avengers. Before joining S.H.I.E.L.D., she was trained as an assassin in a secret Soviet program. What is the name of this program?
✓ Correct! The Red Room was a covert Soviet training facility that turned young girls into elite spies and assassins known as Black Widows. Natasha was subjected to brutal conditioning and sterilization. Her escape and defection to S.H.I.E.L.D. was explored in the 2021 Black Widow film.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is The Red Room. HYDRA is a separate evil organization, the Winter Soldier Program created Bucky Barnes, and Department X is from the comics. The Red Room is the infamous Soviet program that forged Natasha into Black Widow.
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The Hulk was created when Dr. Bruce Banner was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during a weapons test. What type of radiation transformed Banner into the Hulk?
✓ Correct! Dr. Bruce Banner was caught in the blast of a gamma bomb he designed, absorbing a massive dose of gamma radiation. This transformed him into the Hulk — a being of near-limitless strength whose power increases with his rage. Gamma radiation remains central to the Hulk’s mythology.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Gamma Radiation. Cosmic Rays gave the Fantastic Four their powers, Pym Particles are Ant-Man’s shrinking technology, and Terrigen Mist activates Inhuman abilities. Gamma radiation is what created the Incredible Hulk.
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In the MCU, after Steve Rogers retired as Captain America, he passed his shield to a new hero to carry on the legacy. Who became the new Captain America?
✓ Correct! At the end of Avengers: Endgame, an elderly Steve Rogers chose Sam Wilson — the Falcon — to carry on the Captain America legacy. Sam’s journey to embrace the shield was explored in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, and he fully took up the mantle as Captain America.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Sam Wilson. While Bucky Barnes was Captain America in the comics, Steve chose Sam in the MCU. John Walker was temporarily given the shield by the government, and Isaiah Bradley was a forgotten super soldier from the past.
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Ultron is an artificial intelligence who becomes one of the Avengers’ deadliest enemies. In the MCU’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, which Avenger inadvertently created Ultron?
✓ Correct! Tony Stark created the Ultron program as a global peacekeeping AI, using technology from Loki’s scepter (which contained the Mind Stone). The AI became sentient and immediately decided humanity needed to be eradicated. In the comics, Hank Pym created Ultron, but the MCU shifted this to Stark.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Tony Stark. While Hank Pym created Ultron in the comics, the MCU changed this to Tony Stark. Bruce Banner assisted but it was Tony’s initiative. Vision was actually created from Ultron’s technology, not the other way around.
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It stands to reason after VisionQuest that one of these Latverian Witches is Wanda herself, especially when you factor in the comics precedent with the “Children’s Crusade” storyline, where Wanda went missing following her major House of M breakdown, only to be taken in by Doctor Doom who planned to marry the amnesiac Scarlet Witch in a bid to claim her power. Keeping that in mind, perhaps Wanda will similarly find herself serving Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, willingly or otherwise. However, there are still some pretty big questions about whom the other two Latverian witches might be.
Who Are Avengers Doomsday’s Other Two Latverian Witches?
Doom standing with Latverian witches in Avengers Doomsday
Even before VisionQuest, Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch was a major candidate for one of Doctor Doom’s masked Latverian Witches alongside Charlize Theron’s Clea and Sophia Di Martino’s Sylvie, especially with their differently colored (perhaps corresponding?) red, purple, and green robes. While Wanda is practically a foregone conclusion at this point, neither Clea nor Sylvie has been officially confirmed as a Latverian Witch.
Then again, an even wilder possibility is that all the Latverian Witches could be variants of Wanda Maximoff from across various realities. Perhaps Doom is collecting more than one Scarlet Witch in an effort to amplify his own power to absolutely massive levels.
That said, the distinct costume colors and the possibility of recruiting even more established magic users in the MCU make Clea and Sylvie the far more exciting/compelling answer.
Ultimately, Marvel Studios has yet to reveal who’s beneath the other masks. Even so, with Wanda Maximoff’s Scarlet Witch seemingly confirmed as one of Doom’s witches, the mystery behind the other two mysterious magic wielders in Avengers: Doomsday just got way more exciting. All in all, it’s going to be absolutely fascinating to learn what Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom intends for the collapsing multiverse, and how these witches in his service will factor into those plans. Thankfully, we won’t have to wait much longer, with Avengers: Doomsday being just a few weeks away.
Avengers: Doomsday releases in theaters on December 18th from Marvel Studios.
