Avengers: Infinity War
Summary
With one line in 2018’sAvengers : Infinity War , the unbalanced Titan Thanos already confirm who would be the everlasting prospect to replace Tony Stark ’s Iron Man in theMCU . Robert Downey Jr. ’s Tony Stark was the cornerstone of the MCU ’s Infinity Saga , guiding audiences through a solo trilogy after kicking off the MCU in 2008’sIron Man , and belong on to appear in all fourAvengersmovies , and show up in other heroes ' projects , too . Along with Chris Evans ' Steve Rogers , a.k.a . Captain America , Iron Man helped to form and lead the Avengerson several mission , include their epic fight against Josh Brolin ’s Thanos duringAvengers : Infinity WarandEndgame .
2019’sAvengers : Endgamesaw the Avengers present their last pedestal against Thanos , embarking on the Time Heist to gather the Infinity Stonesand reverse the Mad Titan ’s snap before facing a young version of the supervillain in the Battle of Earth . Tragically , following Natasha Romanoff ’s death originally in their pursuance , Iron Man sacrificed himself inEndgame’sfinal battle , using the Infinity Stones to wipe out Thanos and his forces at the cost of his own life . Since then , legacy torpedo have been infix for the armored Avenger , but one moment inInfinity Warperhaps hints at an even moreperfect substitute for Iron Manalready having been established in the MCU .
Thanos' Cursed By Knowledge Line Makes Doctor Strange Iron Man’s Replacement
DuringAvengers : Infinity War , the separated team ( the Avengers disbanded duringCaptain America : Civil War)foughtThanos and his Black Orderin several small battles before the movie ’s finale . One of these pick out piazza on Thanos ' homeworld , Titan , a antecedently plushy and vibrant world that had been ravaged by the consequence of overpopulation and ecological alteration - as Thanos had predicted . On Titan , Thanos was faced by the Guardians of the Galaxy , Doctor Strange , Spider - Man , and Iron Man , but share a second of connexion with the latter , lay claim that both he and Stark were"cursed with knowledge . “In the MCU ’s Multiverse Saga , it ’s Doctor Strange who’s"cursed with noesis . "
While Tony Stark seemed appalled to ascertain that Thanos knew him by name , this is n’t too far - fetched . Iron Man obliterated Thanos ' forces that he sent to help Loki during the Battle of New York in 2012’sThe Avengers , and the Stark family not only dabbled with one Infinity Stone , but two , as Tony had experiment with the Mind Stone , while his beginner , Howard , was connected to the Tesseract , a.k.a . the Space Stone . For Tony Stark , however , his curse of knowledge perhaps consult to the imagination he experienced which show up all his friends numb and him as the sole survivor - something that Thanos would have fain seen come to pass .
While Doctor Strange can continue Iron Man ’s legacy , other panoplied bomber have been set up to replace the fallen Avenger , include Rhodey ’s War Machine , Riri Williams ' Ironheart , and potentially even the like of Harley Keener , Morgan Stark , and Nathaniel Richards ' Iron Lad , who has yet to debut in the MCU .
While several sub , such as War Machine and Ironheart , have been set up to be Iron Man ’s alternate in the MCU ’s Multiverse Saga , it makes sentiency that Benedict Cumberbatch ’s Doctor Strange would assume this persona , as he too is"cursed with knowledge . “Not only did he antecedently have the power to glimpse alternative future , yield him cognition of events he perhaps should n’t have had , butStrange has also learned a large deal about the multiverse and its peril in his more late dangerous undertaking . This could extend to Doctor Strange adopting a leading role in theMCU ’s New Avengers squad , carrying on Iron Man ’s legacy in a more subtle agency .
Every Way Doctor Strange Is Already Iron Man’s MCU Replacement
When Cumberbatch debut as Stephen Strange in 2016 ’s eponymousDoctor Strange , many noticed striking similarities between his lineage story and that of Tony Stark ’s Iron Man . Both were expert in their arena , but this acclaim fueled their massive egos and made them arrogant and abrasive mortal with falter beloved lives . However , a tragical accident and some metre in a far - away land do them both to reassess their lives and make wholesale change , transforming them both into bona fide Cuban sandwich . Despite seek to be heroic , however , both have made terrible decisions and have caused huge catastrophes , and they both routinely go bad to learn from their error .
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Iron Man and Doctor Strangemay have very similar backstories in the MCU , but the Multiverse Saga has ascertain Strange step into Stark ’s former office even further . Spider - Man : No Way Homesaw Strange mentor Tom Holland ’s Peter Parker , just as Stark had , whileDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesssaw him take Xochitl Gomez ’s America Chavez under his wing . While Stark always had his center on the Infinity Saga ’s large picture , Doctor Strange ’s new knowledge of the multiverse , incursions , and interdimensional superhero squad provide him with the Multiverse Saga ’s with child picture , prove that the pair who first touch inAvengers : Infinity Warmay be more intertwined than anyone realized .
