The State of the World Before Doomsday
Doom is not attacking a strong world — he is attacking THIS one: no standing Avengers team, a toppled president, disputed naming rights, an unstable Sentry. The chain of weakening, film by film.
The path · 6 steps
1
Avengers: Endgame
The gap: Tony dead, Steve old, Natasha gone — nobody fills the vacuum.
2
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The chaos: Blip returnees, refugee crises, a failed Cap.
3
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The wound: New York experiences the multiverse — and forgets its hero.
4
Captain America: Brave New World
The scandal: the President becomes the Red Hulk, the adamantium race begins.
5
Thunderbolts*
The Void Day: half of New York swallowed — the 'New Avengers' are PR.
6
Avengers: Doomsday
The reckoning: a storm-ripe planet meets a god with a plan.