Somehow, Robert Downey Jr. has returned. But what should have been a moment of triumph and elation at Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con panel quickly turned into a social media tapestry of quizzical looks, raised eyebrows, and a general feeling that the MCU just jumped the multiversal shark.
Worse still, the Iron Man-turned-Doctor Doom actor announced his Avengers: Doomsday bow in Hall H off the back of a movie in Deadpool and Wolverine that gently poked fun at the redundancy of the multiverse and its endless recycling of variants and actors. In short, it was the right man at the wrong time.
