'Avengers: Doomsday' Collectible Sparks Theory on Fantastic Four Fight
The absence of the Human Torch in a new Hot Toys product has fans speculating about the character's possible fate in the film.
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A new Avengers: Doomsday collectible is drawing attention from fans for a rather curious detail. Hot Toys has revealed a piece inspired by a confrontation between Doctor Doom and the Fantastic Four, but the product only features three members of the team: Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). The absence of Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) was enough to fuel a theory about the Human Torch's fate in the film.
Thus, fans began to speculate that Johnny may have been killed by the villain Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr.
First look at Hot Toys’ Doctor Doom vs The Fantastic Four figures for ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’. pic.twitter.com/oKtBTEROmI
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Everything you need to know about Avengers: Doomsday
The villain of the fifth Avengers movie will be Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr., the actor who portrayed the legendary Iron Man in the MCU's Infinity Saga and now takes on the role of the antagonist. Avengers: Doomsday will be directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (Endgame), with a script by Michael Waldron (Loki) and Stephen McFreely (Endgame).
Marvel has already confirmed the main cast members for the new film, in one of the biggest MCU star reunions ever assembled. Returning from previous Avengers films are: Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Winston Duke as M'Baku, and Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther.
Among characters introduced after Avengers: Endgame — in phases 4 and 5 of the MCU — we have Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Danny Ramirez as Falcon, the entire new Fantastic Four (Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing), almost the entire cast of Thunderbolts* (Florence Pugh as Yelena, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Hanah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Lewis Pullman as Bob, the Sentry), and Tenoch Huerta as Namor.
The film also features the return of the classic X-Men from the old Fox movies, including Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, James Marsden as Cyclops, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, and, introduced in Deadpool & Wolverine, Channing Tatum as Gambit.
Avengers: Doomsday opens on December 18, 2026.
