How Loki Is Setting Up Avengers 6"s Secret Wars

Warning! This article contains general spoilers for Loki seasons 1 & 2.
Summary

• Loki season 1 paves the way for Avengers: Secret Wars by introducing the multiverse and setting up the Multiversal War.
• The Council of Kangs will play a major role in the second Multiversal War.
• Loki's multiverse story in the Disney+ series could lead to the arrival of various Marvel characters from other live-action projects, setting the stage for a grand finale in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Loki is paving the way for Avengers: Secret Wars in some key ways. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe consisted solely of movies during its most successful period, the Infinity Saga, Marvel Studios has started to diversify its output of content, delving deeper into the new formats that Disney+ allows. Several MCU series have since been released, and while some of them present major changes to the MCU, such as WandaVision setting up the Scarlet Witch's role in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness or Hawkeye re-introducing Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin, none of the MCU TV shows had as big of an impact on the franchise as Loki season 1.
Loki was the first MCU entry to really touch on the multiverse, opening many doors for other projects to explore in the Multiverse Saga. The Disney+ series saw the MCU debut of Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains, the first variant of Kang the Conqueror to appear in the MCU, with the actor then playing Kang himself in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Now, Loki season 2's villain Victor Timely, another of Kang's variants, has debuted in the series, with the character set to play a major role in the show's multiverse story. As Loki's multiverse plot continues to unravel, the series is laying the path for Avengers: Secret Wars.
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