MCU Has a Chance to Transform Ruffalo’s Hulk into the Most Evil Version Yet, Thanks to Doom Introduction

At this year’s SDCC, it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom. While the exact details of his introduction remain unclear, fans speculate he could play a completely different character or an alternate evil version of Iron Man.

Mixed reactions have followed, but if RDJ portrays an alternate reality Tony Stark who becomes Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man, it could pave the way for a depiction of one of the Hulk’s most sinister variants from the comics.

We’re discussing Maestro Hulk from the “Future Imperfect” storyline. In this future timeline, following a nuclear apocalypse, Hulk evolves into a tyrannical dictator ruling over the desolate land of Dystopia. Once a hero, Bruce Banner has lost all his redeeming qualities and even forsaken his love for Betty.

In this bleak world, Maestro Hulk allies with Doctor Doom to eliminate the threats posed by A.I.M and The Pantheon. After their defeat, Maestro betrays Doom, battling him and nearly killing him, which forces Doom to retreat.

This sets the stage for the MCU to explore an alternate universe where beloved heroes have turned into monsters—Iron Man as Doctor Doom and Hulk as Maestro.

This could also explain Doctor Doom’s arrival in Earth-616. With his expertise in time travel and technology, he might be coming to the main MCU to find a way to stop Maestro in his own reality.

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