Doomsday" promo debuts during Game 1 of the 2026 World Series
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Key Points:
- Marvel Studios released an exclusive World Series promo featuring a new scene from “Avengers: Doomsday,” where the Fantastic Four throw the ceremonial first pitch at Ebbets Field with MLB players appearing in the dugout.
- The scene is set in the Fantastic Four’s universe, introduced in 2025’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” showing Reed Richards wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers cap, suggesting an alternate history where the Dodgers and Giants never left New York.
- This marks another MLB reference in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following a nod to a 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers game in “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
- The promo culminates with the arrival of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom over the field, prompting a call for MLB’s best players to join the Avengers in facing a new existential threat.
