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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Bradley Russell

A reference to Doctor Doom is hiding in Fantastic Four's exceptional new marketing campaign – and I'm convinced we're getting a Robert Downey Jr. cameo soon

Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.

You may not have realized it, but Fantastic Four: First Steps has given a big hint to the inclusion of Doctor Doom in its own retro-futuristic universe – but you have to look extremely hard to find it.

As part of People magazine's Fantastic Four issue, a series of in-universe ads were created. Some, like Reed Richards' suit endorsement, would make Don Draper proud with its snappy Sixties copy, but offer nothing more than window-dressing instead of outright world-building.

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