Bro hear me out on this. Jeremy Renner just posted an IG story with a bunch of classic framed West Coast Avengers comics, and paired with what happened in the premiere it feels way too specific to just be nothing. In the premiere when JARVIS is bugging out in Vision’s head running protocols, he straight-up tells Vision to call Clint Barton. Vision shoots it down immediately because he doesn't want to get Clint involved, but why the hell would Marvel have JARVIS drop Clint's name out of nowhere in 2026? Connect the dots: First, the episode title is "No Strings", screaming Age of Ultron. Back in AoU Clint was literally the guy who kept everyone hidden from Ultron at the farm, and he’s the one who gave Wanda the speech. Vision and Ultron both tie right back to him. Second, in the comics, the entire White Vision memory-wipe storyline (Vision Quest) literally happens in West Coast Avengers #42-45. And who was running the West Coast team back then? Hawkeye. Third, Clint is the only OG Avenger left completely off the grid. Sam’s running the public team, but if White Vision is on the run and losing his mind, Clint's farm is literally the only safehouse that makes tactical sense. Marvel putting Clint on Vision’s emergency speed dial feels like a massive Chekhov’s gun. If Vision spirals later this season, Clint is 100% getting called. Are we finally getting West Coast Avengers set up or am I just coping?

I wanted to see if we could compile a general list of heroes that will be captured by Doctor Doom ahead of Avengers Doomsday, presumably leaving them out of commission for Doomsday but leaving them available for Secret Wars, as well as WHY Doom is "collecting" them.

We know for a fact that Hulk was captured, and the post-credits scene of Brand New Day seems to indicate that Spider-Man is one of them too. We only have them to go off of, so with that admittedly-limited information, the first thing I can think of is that Doom is capturing MCU heroes who have variant counterparts in the larger multiverse, hence what he is referring to when he mentions "stolen lives". That would be pretty limited though, since after that you only really have Daredevil, Punisher, and Jean Grey (unless they choose to introduce the other MCU X-Men in the film).

As for those who WON'T be captured, we can eliminate all the characters who will actually appear in Doomsday though, outside of maybe them getting captured in the middle of the movie. That should remove Thor, Mr. Fantastic, Ant-Man, Cap, Yelena, Invisible Woman, Thing, U.S. Agent, Gambit, Shang-Chi, Magneto, Loki, Cyclops, Professor X, Human Torch, Winter Soldier, Red Guardian, Shuri, Sentry, Beast, Falcon, M'Baku, Nightcrawler, Ghost, Mystique, and Namor.

After that, it's pretty much open season on which characters will be captured and which ones won't. Based on the leaks, it seems clear that Worst Wolverine, Tobey Spider-Man, and Deadpool will be safe, even if Deadpool is the only one who lives past the opening scene. If we're right about who the Latverian witches are too, then Doctor Strange, Clea, and Wanda should also be "okay". As for ones that do get captured, I could see other X-Men from Earth-10005 that are confirmed to not be in Doomsday (e.g. Main Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Jean Grey, and X-23) to have been captured. You then have the whole multiverse of possibilities for legacy characters, such as Andrew Spider-Man, the two earlier Fantastic Fours (except 2005 Johnny obviously), Blade, Elektra, and earlier Hulks.

Thoughts?