Ever since Marvel Studios announced that Dr. Doom would replace Kang as the next Avengers supervillain, the company has been trying to sell Victor Von Doom as the biggest Marvel big bad since Thanos, if not bigger. Given how much Marvel’s prestige has fallen in recent years, this was already a hard sell. And now Doom’s authority may soon be undermined even more if he’s seen to be backing down from a fight with a mere sandworm.

