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Gaming Marvel Picks The ‘Doomsday’ Hero That ‘May Be Able To Stop’ Doctor Doom By Paul Tassi ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Follow Author Jul 27, 2026, 11:18am EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . Avengers: Doomsday is going to be quite the experiment, assembling a brand new crew of Avengers that have to band together to take on Doctor Doom, possibly the most powerful foe they’ve faced, depending on what level of “God Emperor” he’s at.
This set of Avengers is just a bit…underpowered. But now Marvel (and uh, Hasbro) have picked a character that they say “may be the only hero powerful enough to stop the threat the Avengers face,” according to a new press release promoting Doomsday action figures. I mean, yes, it’s a toy-based press release, but it is also an official one from Marvel.
The hero is Shang-Chi and his Ten Rings, ones he learned how to master in his own movie before the MCU made him disappear for far too long. I think he’s lucky he made it into this movie with the way they’ve treated him.
Are the Ten Rings really that powerful? Well, that’s probably a debate for both CBM movie and comic experts, but out of everyone it does seem like Shang-Chi will be one of the most powerful.
Well, if we’re going with individual heroes, I know who I would pick. Maybe Sentry, provided he can control himself, though that seems unlikely. Given that this movie is missing heroes with enormous power, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch, Shang-Chi may actually be the best bet after all, which is certainly an interesting position for him to be in. After all this neglect, he probably deserves it.
This, of course, will be a huge team effort, but if we’re doing what we did with Infinity War and Endgame , it seems like the team will probably lose before finding redemption in Secret Wars . We’ll find out in December.
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