The Marvel Cinematic Universe: The First Avenger to Dr. Doom

October 21, 2026

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In 2012, Loki escapes the Battle of New York with the Tesseract, and instead of returning to Asgard, he is immediately snatched by agents of the Time Variance Authority (TVA). This single deviation from the "sacred timeline" opens a door to everything that follows: the multiverse, the collapse of reality, and the arrival of a new threat who looks exactly like Tony Stark. The MCU has spent over a decade building toward this moment, and the path from a frozen Captain America to a sorcerer-scientist named Victor von Doom is a story of cosmic stones, time heists, and the slow unraveling of a single timeline into infinite, warring branches.

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1 The Marvel Cinematic Universe: The First Avenger to Dr. Doom
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3 (01:00) **Episode Setup & Three-Era Framework** - Hosts introduce the plan: a chronological refresher of the MCU leading up to *Avengers: Doomsday*, covering the Infinity Saga, Multiverse Expansion, and the pivot to Doctor Doom
4 (07:44) **Cosmic Origin: Infinity Stones & The First Avenger** - The universe's creation, the formation of the six Infinity Stones, and Captain America's origin in 1942
5 (12:03) **SHIELD, Captain Marvel, and the Cosmic Expansion** - Post-WWII, SHIELD forms from the OSS, the Tesseract is recovered, and in 1995 Carol Danvers becomes Captain Marvel
6 (15:23) **Iron Man & Thor: The First Heroes** - Tony Stark becomes Iron Man (2008), and Thor is banished to Earth (2011), establishing the first two solo heroes
7 (20:35) **The Battle of New York & Avengers Assemble** - Loki makes a deal with Thanos, gets the Mind Stone scepter, and the Avengers form to stop an alien invasion

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Show Notes

Class, here's the deal...we usually don't condone cheating or shortcuts here at HHU. But we also understand trying to catch up on what the MCU has been up to the last 7 years (Yeah it's been 7 years, feeling old anyone) since Avengers: Endgame. Iron-man is Dr. Doom now? Wait I thought Jim from The Office was Mr. Fantastic in the movie with Patrick Stewart's Professor X. Yeah that did happen and a bunch of other stuff, tv series occurred, we had three Spider-men in one movie. There's a lot to unpack before you go see Doomsday. Let us unpack that for you. Welcome to Class.

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