Within the wake of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” the MCU has shifted its focus from Infinity Stones to the ever-expanding Multiverse. Alternate variations of characters, branching timelines, and the collision of separate worlds have turn out to be the norm within the franchise. One of many productions to make use of the Multiverse idea probably the most is the animated Disney+ sequence “What If…?”, which sees the Watcher (Jeffrey Wright) — one of the crucial necessary characters launched within the MCU’s Part 4 — shine a highlight on timelines far, far-off from the principle MCU. A few of these worlds are enjoyable excursions from Earth-616, whereas others are a bit extra outlandish and downright terrifying.
On a present the place a universe overrun by a zombie virus has taken heart stage (and is quickly to get its personal spin-off that will not observe the “Marvel Zombies” comics), it isn’t out of the query that “What If…?” might function a daunting episode devoted to a “Darkhold: Iron Man”-inspired world. All the key items are already established within the MCU to make this story work. Iron Man, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and Completely satisfied Hogan (Jon Favreau) are main gamers within the MCU, and the Darkhold has appeared in such efforts as “WandaVision” and “Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity.” Maybe the Avengers and different heroes might additionally seem, doing their finest to fight Tony’s nightmarish, human-eradicating Iron Man fits.
Till the MCU decides to embrace the physique horror of “Darkhold: Iron Man” — assuming it ever does in any respect — followers can at the very least depend on the comedian itself to ship in that regard.