Avengers: Doomsday Star Robert Downey Jr. Hid a Secret Message on His Jacket During Marvel's Comic Con Panel — And Now Its Latverian Runes Have Been Translated

An eagle-eyed Marvel instrumentality has translated the concealed connection written successful Latverian runes seen connected the overgarment of Avengers: Doomsday prima Robert Downey Jr. during this weekend's Comic Con panel.

While the sheet featured plentifulness of Avengers chatter — and confirmation that Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool volition look successful the movie — Marvel's large Comic Con showing besides held a concealed hidden successful plain view: a drawstring of runes that covered Downey Jr.'s clothing, near for fans to decipher.

Brilliantly, these runes besides featured connected the Latverian java bags antecedently fixed retired to fans astatine different caller convention, SXSW London, and it's from these bags that Popverse's Grant DeArmitt was capable to statesman moving retired the connection to observe what precisely the caller runes were saying.

At first, the process seemed casual — arsenic the runes straight regenerate English letters 1-for-1. But the connection besides appears to spell immoderate words otherwise (the runes for "coffee" spell the connection "kavi", for example, requiring immoderate logic to enactment astir a much phonetic alternate spelling).

This tin beryllium seen successful 1 conception of the runes, which tin beryllium translated to "THERE IS NO PROMISE OF TOMORRO", with the missing missive of "tomorrow" conscionable seemingly however it is written successful Latverian.

Other runes elsewhere connected the overgarment spell retired the words "JUSTICE" and "REVENGE", portion much spell retired "TO THE VICTOR" (a amusive motion to Doom's name) and "GO THE SPOILS."

One runic connection inactive needs deciphering, arsenic Downey Jr.'s overgarment lone showed a glimpse of it. Still, though, astir of what was written has present been unearthed, and it's a bid of typically Doom-like proclamations that the Avengers would bash good to instrumentality heed of. Here's hoping he's wearing the overgarment erstwhile helium pops up successful Doomsday, and the Avengers are speedy to construe what it says.

Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters December 18, 2026. Here's the authoritative synopsis:

"Universes collide and the Multiverse Saga begins its last section successful Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday," the movie's newly-revealed statement reads. "Beloved heroes from 3 chiseled universes volition beryllium acceptable connected a deadly collision people and yet look an existential menace dissimilar thing they've ever encountered. This epic movie volition laic the instauration for the aboriginal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

Last week, Marvel Studios brag Kevin Feige revealed that helium had mapped retired the company's movie plans up to 2042, hinting astatine a "streamlined, simplified" beingness post-Avengers: Secret Wars, a large propulsion for the caller X-Men, and plans to yet unveil a live-action Miles Morales.

For each the quality and announcements from Hall H, drawback up with everything announced astatine Marvel Studios; Comic Con 2026 sheet close here.

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