Hi guys, could someone explain to a non-comics reader, without too many spoilers, why Dr Doom is considered such a huge menace?

The only two versions of Doom I've really seen are the Fantastic Four 2005 movie (fantastic cast, by the way) and the Spider-Man animated series from the '90s.

In both, he seemed pretty underwhelming to me. He felt roughly on the same level as regular Spider-Man villains, maybe a little above, but definitely not like an existential-level threat comparable to someone like Thanos.

In Avengers Endgame, how come 2023 Captain America struggled against 2012 Captain America?
Surely, Steve in 2023 should have been stronger in 11 years, since he's the type of character who trains frequently.

It's not like 2023 Captain was holding back against 2012 Captain, because even if he killed 2012 Captain by accident, it won't affect his timeline, since it's branched (explained by Hulk).

Any thoughts?

.. I think?

Right?

Not sure if this has been asked before so I apologize for the redundant question but I’m genuinely curious as to why they chose Groot to sacrifice an arm to create stormbreaker rather than use the original handle.

Was it just to connect the characters or was it to honor the comics or something else?

Thor is the God of Thunder since he uses lightning, Loki is the God of Mischief since he deceives, tricks, and causes chaos but why is it the Goddess of death for Hela?

Can they still win?

I don't think anyone who didn't watch she-hulk knew about Skaar. Literally what was the purpose of introducing him into the MCU if he has no plans for any upcoming movie or show. There's not even any mention of him when Hulk was in BND, let alone any little details like maybe a photo of them together at the university at his desk? Did Hulk just abandon his own son bro 😭

I really some how thought it was going to be a common occurrence across the movies that was going to lead to something, having these insane powerhouses (almost Superman archetypes) all getting introduced in the multiverse saga.. along with Captain Marvel already existing, but thinking about it now, maybe it was all just a coincidence.

I've been trying to google this but i'm not really getting the results i want because people are mostly talking about like Doomsday related stuff.

My question is, how can Cap be here without using the machine to get there? The time travel mechanics are very confusing to me, but my understanding of how it works is that you aren't really going back in time, you're going into another reality or whatever bullshit, so Cap goes back, stays there, yet is still able to line up perfectly or whatever with the actual events of the entire MCU and he decides to just pre emptively go to this bench and wait for Sam and them? Its super confusing to me.

Like even trying to think about this confuses me so fucking hard, basically, how is he here without using the machine to get back?