10 Best Comic Book Characters That Went From Rival To Lover

I completely expected Thor to appear at some point as a playable hero regardless of the leaks, simply because Loki is already in the game, and the God of Thunder has been used in so much current Marvel media due to his increase in popularity with mainstream audiences over the years - most likely due to his portrayal by Chris Hemsworth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - that his omission would feel jarring. The character I was more excited to see, however, was Dr. Doom . Doom was announced in the press release that accompanied Marvel Rivals ' first trailer, and it was clear he would play a major part in the story, but this is the first we have seen of the character and his future variant.


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A clear fan-favorite character, Deadpool would be an addition to Marvel Rivals that would surprise nobody. The Merc With A Mouth has already appeared in plenty of other Marvel games, including the underrated Marvel's Midnight Suns and Ultimate Alliance 3 , with a movie trilogy to b


Wolverine was already a hugely prominent figure at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, largely due to the release of Marvel Studios' record-breaking _Deadpool & Wolverine _ movie, which came to theaters around the same time as the convention was on. Marvel Studios had a panel for the movie on Thursday night in which it screened the entire film to fans before bringing out an impressive panel consisting of Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, director Shawn Levy, actors Ryan Reynolds - who also served as a co-writer and producer on the film, Hugh Jackman and Emma Corrin, and several guest appearances that were kept secret as they were major spoilers for the f

Both iterations of the Fantastic Four movies - no, I am not including the 1994 Roger Corman one as it wasn't officially released - have botched Dr. Doom in many ways over the years. Not only did both the 2005 film and its 2015 reboot tie Doom's origins closely to the titular heroic team's - he blamed his disfigurement on The Fantastic Four's Reed Richards (aka. Mr Fantastic) in many iterations, but he wasn't involved in the mission in which the heroes got their powers - but they also removed many key elements that made Doom such a threat in the comics.

Admittedly, Dr. Doom has had a better track record in his game appearances than his movie ones and has featured in the Marvel Rivals Abilities Ultimate Alliance games, but barring the Nintendo Switch-exclusive third entry, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order - where he appeared as the titular antagonist of the DLC epilogue depicted in Shadow of Doom ​​​​​​ - the first two games aren't accessible to many current players anymore where they were delisted from digital storefronts along with the other Activision Marvel games and aren't available through backwards compatibility on modern platforms with a physical copy either. This is the case with so many past Marvel titles , and it's a real shame as so many of them told great stories that weren't influenced by the movie depictions - barring the movie tie-ins, obviously - and focused solely on how the characters appeared in their comic iterations.

While I am fully aware that more general players will be diving into the online battles to see iconic Marvel characters fighting and won't be as focused on Marvel Rivals ' storyline, I am glad that the game does have a story and that Marvel and NetEase Games have opted to put Dr. Doom so prominently within it. Dr. Doom is an extremely popular villain in the comics - and potentially an ally should the heroes' goals align with his own or benefit him in some way - but he has not been fairly portrayed in some of the more mainstream media.


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While the promotion of Marvel Rivals makes sense considering the Closed Beta is happening now , the omission of Insomniac's Marvel Universe surprised me , especially as fans already know Marvel's Wolverine is in development - even if after nearly three years since its announcement trailer, fans haven't seen anything official from Insomniac regarding the title - and the New Game Plus update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 accidentally revealed that story DLC was in the works and will focus on Janice Lincoln's version of Beet


Marvel Gaming revealed its new, Marvel Studios-esque branding at the convention to further synergize the overall Marvel brand alongside a new cinematic trailer for its multiversal third-person hero shooter, Marvel Rivals . The Marvel Rivals footage gave players their first look at the game's versions of Dr. Doom and came alongside the announcement of two new characters that are joining the game's current Closed Beta playtest, Thor and Jeff the Land Shark, the latter of whom stole the show in some adorable foot