The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown into something enormous, thrilling, ambitious, and sometimes downright overwhelming. Over ten years of intertwined narratives, the post-Endgame Multiverse Saga has grown the MCU into shows, specials, animated anthologies, and films that stretch from cosmic chaos to street-level crime.
However, now that ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is coming and Doctor Doom is about to redefine everything we know, fans have a lot of questions about what they’ll need to watch to enjoy the spectacle. But there’s good news. Even though the MCU has created a mountain of content over the past few years, there are only three Disney+ series that are relevant. These episodes do not just give context, they give the fundamental basis of the Doom’s arrival.
These Disney+ Shows Are The Real Pillars Of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
The avalanche of MCU shows has given us some fantastic new heroes and touching character arcs, but when it comes to telling the big Multiverse story, three of them are miles ahead of the rest: ‘WandaVision’, ‘Loki’, and ‘What If…?’. They are not just good shows; they are foundational. ‘WandaVision’ was not only the most experimental show in the history of Marvel but also the emotional core of Wanda’s transformation.
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The series explains how Wanda’s sorrow alters the reality and how her transformation had huge effects on the Multiverse Saga. Wanda’s story is closely connected with cosmic instability, dark magic, and moral decay. All these conditions precondition Doom’s interest in the powers that can break reality. Missing ‘WandaVision’ is like missing the psychological and emotional base of one of the most dangerous players in the MCU.
Then comes ‘Loki’. ‘Loki’ is the only show that educates viewers about the way the multiverse functions. The show is the manual to everything ‘Doomsday’ will be based on. It is nearly certain that he will take advantage of the mess that will be caused by the collapse of the TVA and the re-awakening of infinite timelines.
Moreover, many fans treat ‘What If…?’ as optional. However, in the Multiverse Saga, it has become surprisingly essential. The show introduces: the ways variants behave, how timelines splinter, and how disastrous Doom-level threats can be developed in reality. It also introduces the audience to alternative versions of popular heroes, which ‘Doomsday’ is likely to capitalize on. ‘What If…?’ provides a powerful conceptual foundation.
Latest MCU Films That Directly Relate To ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
In addition to Disney+, there are a few must-watch phase-ending movies that directly relate to the impending danger of Doom. The newly released ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is as close as the MCU has gotten to teasing Doom head-on, with Franklin Richards being kidnapped by Doom, Latveria’s rising teased, and the initial study of cosmic storms associated with dimensional breaches.
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This movie is perhaps the most explicit prelude to ‘Doomsday’. Subsequently, ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ will be the last film before ‘Doomsday’. Peter’s encounters with multiversal anomalies and the new instability around reality are central to how Doom will exploit rifts between dimensions. It also includes important cameos related to Loki and What If variants.
Additionally, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ introduces incursions, collapsing universes, the danger of universal annihilation, and the corrupting influence of the Darkhold. This movie is foundational in explaining the stakes. Although more subtle ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania’, makes the Quantum Realm a multiversal nexus. It also prepares the groundwork for timeline manipulation. Moreover, the aftermath of quantumania leaves opportunities that Doom is bound to seize.
