io9 Spotlights 2026 Comic-Con Finds, Including 1 New Avengers: Doomsday Character

Q: What 'unthinkable decision' will Doctor Doom force upon the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four to save a single universe?

Doctor Doom’s “unthinkable decision” is to force the Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four to choose whether to destroy another Earth — and the universe attached to it — in order to save their own from an Incursion. The reporting and trailer details point to Marvel adapting the core moral dilemma from Jonathan Hickman’s *Time Runs Out* and *Secret Wars* comics. In that scenario, parallel universes collide, and if one Earth is not sacrificed, both realities are wiped out. That is why the choice is framed as a multiversal survival test rather than a conventional battle. In practical terms, the heroes appear to be pushed toward deciding which universe lives and which dies, with Earth-616, the Fox X-Men universe (Earth-10005), and the Fantastic Four’s world all implicated in the crisis. Some coverage suggests this may be why the Avengers and X-Men come into conflict: they are not simply fighting Doom, but confronting the possibility that saving one world requires condemning another. The broader implication is that Doom presents himself as the only figure willing to make that sacrifice. That aligns with the film’s setup of him as a survivor of multiversal collapse who believes brutal choices are necessary to preserve reality, potentially paving the way for a merged or remade universe akin to Battleworld.

3 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Jul 23

A never-before-seen Avengers: Doomsday character was among the standout items io9 picked from the San Diego Comic-Con 2026 show floor.
Thousands of booths packed with artists, vendors, exhibitors, authors and shops made the floor difficult to navigate, so io9 narrowed its roundup to props, statues, T-shirts and other eye-catching displays.
The feature reflects io9’s on-site curation rather than an official convention list, with all photos shot by Germain Lussier for io9/Gizmodo.
Comic-Con runs through Sunday in San Diego, with io9 planning additional coverage of panels, cosplay and other pop-culture news from the event.

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