10 Villains Who Need To Appear In MCU Phase 4

by Andrew Pollard

1. Doctor Doom

Doctor Doom
Marvel Comics

"Today, I make no demands... no threats! But, one day, I shall voice demands - and all shall obey them!"

In a nutshell, that quote pretty sums up the mindset of Victor Von Doom.

At times, Doctor Doom is happy to take a back seat to villainy, allowing the world to simply tick over as Doom does Doom things over in one of his Latverian castles. But when Doc Doom decides that he wants to stir things up, nobody stirs it up quite like Doom.

What makes Doctor Doom such a fantastic bad guy is that he is so close to having the heart of a hero.

With a unique sense of nobility to him, Victor has his own moral code and has even at times redeemed himself with heroic acts in the comics. Yet, at the end of the day, 99% of the time we see Doom have the chance to do something good but ultimately be the no-good villain we all know and love - opting to cause chaos, instead.

The fact that Doctor Doom combines technology and magic as part of his crazed schemes is enough to make him a prime candidate to appear in so many MCU movies.

With speculation rife that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness may well be Marvel Studios' way of introducing other Marvel heroes - as in, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men - having a sinister Doom make a fleeting appearance in that movie could be one of the major highlights of Phase 4 ahead of the character being fleshed-out down the line in Phase 5 and beyond.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.