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The Doomsday clock is ticking away. In just over a month, "Avengers: Doomsday” will land in theaters. The arrival of Robert Downey Jr.’s Victor von Doom promises to shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a big way. This could mean waving goodbye to some beloved MCU heroes, because it’s hard to see every single Avenger surviving Doomsday.

“Avengers: Infinity War” saw the Marvel roster ruthlessly culled in a snap of Thanos’ fingers. While most of the heroes were un-blipped in the epic follow-up “Avengers: Endgame,” some deaths have proved rather more permanent, like Black Widow and, of course, Tony Stark, aka Iron Man.

I’m expecting “Doomsday” to have a similarly sizable impact on the MCU, maybe even a bigger one as Marvel looks to get back on track following its wilderness years post “Endgame.” Speculation about who will live and who will die is reaching a fever pitch, so I’m looking at the odds (courtesy of Polymarket ) and making a few personal predictions.

Who…