Why The Future Of The MCU Has Always Been Secret Wars

After Marvel's Phase 4 ended, fans everywhere were eager to see where the studio would head next. Phase 5 is almost complete, and with mixed reviews. Now, Marvel CEO Kevin Feige has finally announced what the future holds for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it all ends with Secret Wars. But what exactly is in store for Marvel's upcoming Phase 6?

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Written by Dave Baker
Edited by Brian Nappi

[syedjawad]

You are not going to believe what happened at comic con 24

[hqhuy]

i think the biggest problem with phase 4 are the tv series and how they affect the movies, though Thor 4 had its own problems of tone as well. Wanda relying on Wandavision for character building, Moon Knight, Ms Marvel and She-Hulk's only introduction being those tv series and characters that should have a separate movie like America Chavez being shoehorned in as plot device in Multiverse of Madness...

[jsbeat]

I like the idea of the secret wars movie being a reset. The one thing I wish they would do but I know they can't do it now. Is as we build up to a secret wars in our current mcu, it would have been cool if they had made another universe of films to build up so when universe collide fans can root for current mcu and the new one. It would have been cool if our current mcu continued through movies, and the other universe grows along the mcu. The other universe would take place on disney plus as shows so we can get to know new characters quicker in new ways not worry about continuity in the past. But I guess that why we have secret wars.

[ajtaylor]

This was definitely all leading up to Secret Wars, but it'll be hard to top what happened in the first 3 Phases especially "Infinity War" and "Endgame." If the MCU ended with just those films being the end of it all, I'd be satisfied and that's why it seems as if Phase 4 hasn't been as great as the previous 3 phases.

[troytheobtuse]

Nice to see more of Jonathan Hickman's work outside of just Secret Wars being more appreciated. A lot of people don't read the build-up for this, and man are they missing out on some stuff.

[rustinerr]

Yeah, but i felt like i prefer the infinity saga because it's like 11 years of hardwork and storytelling, which is a great way to go, i'm nervous about the multiverse saga however considering that the saga will be like 5 years approx if i'm not wrong? Hope considering the short run time of this saga, they'll do them justice, and make this saga watchable, and worth investing

[zebdawson]

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[TheJadedJames]

I’m pretty sure Kang will remain the villain throughout the entire “Multiverse Saga” era of the MCU regardless of how “faithful” that is the comics. Marvel most likely set these plans in motion prior to the Fox buyout. We still haven’t gotten an MCU Fantastic Four movie yet, Reed Richards and Dr Doom could essentially be brand new characters by the time Secret Wars comes out

[prathamsethi]

For me Avengers Endgame felt like the true ending to the MCU. They ended on a high note even if it was flawed, but a satisfying conclusion nevertheless.

[PristineWhens]

It feels like the MCU is moving way too fast right now. Are they afraid they’re going to be forgotten or something?

[murphybwalker]

wow, i really underestimated how little i know about marvel comics; knowing the context of this makes the direction the movies are taking make a lot more sense!

[ItsTheGuy]

It's honestly just become like "homework" or a chore you have to do. That's one of the reasons I fell off of comics. You had to keep up with everything to enjoy the "New Event/Crisis". We got 18 films in 10 years, leading up to Infinity War. So far, We've got 13 projects in literally just the past year & a half. Not gonna speak for everyone but It just started to feel tiring to me.

[orkaydk]

I think one of the biggest problems with the more recent movies is that they devalue previous movies

[andyscipser]

I really hope they don’t mess up secret wars they were some of my favourite comics.

[GraViTyAboVe]

If Marvel Brings back Thanos to get one shot owned by DOOM I can die happy.

[garypoisson]

"Unlike every other tale in the Mighty Marvel Manner, our heroes... lose."

"The Dark Phoenix Saga", "The Korvac Saga", "Days of Future Past", and "Mutant Massacre" all have the heroes losing.

[louisvictor]

A story about Marvel's first hero, and first villain, Doom and that damn Richards, respetively.

[Dirpman]

They're gonna need to be doing a lot of work because the last few items have been very lackluster. I personally put a lot of eggs in Thor's basket and it was a failure in my opinion. I don't know if I care enough to come back. I gladly gave them 10 years from Iron Man to Endgame and they delivered there.

[averyeml]

I don’t think I ever had any question that they’d do multiverse/Secret Wars stuff eventually. I think anyone who knows anything about the big comic events (which are literally all I know about comics) knew it was in the pipeline eventually. But for me the struggle is aside from “multiverses exist, and sometimes they break, ” I don’t think there’s been a clear plot thread the way there was with the infinity stones. I mean, the avengers were hinted at almost instantly and by Captain America’s first movie we had the tesseract and explicit hints of it being connected to a bigger thing. Nowadays we get some lady in purple jumping out of nowhere in the post credits of Dr Strange 2 and being like “wanna go?” And without any explanation of who she is or why he’d trust her they’re off.

So basically, all this to say, we all knew it was going to happen but the problem is almost nobody knows how it’s going to get there.

[SpiritLife]

I'm excited for it but I feel they've already missed too many chances to hit the multiverse out of the park