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Empire's Doomsday drop was four covers and a 22-page feature
Empire's November 12 tease paid off at 3.59 p.m. UK time as four collectible Avengers: Doomsday covers and a 22-page feature, not a new trailer. The issue is due on newsstands November 19. The film, Empire says, comes to cinemas from December 18.
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Empire's tease for a new look at Avengers: Doomsday on November 12 has now landed. The magazine published the package online at 3.59 p.m. UK time on November 12, in an article by Ben Travis. It was four collectible covers and a 22-page feature, not a new trailer.
What Empire actually published
Empire describes "a world-exclusive deep dive spanning 22-pages," with interviews with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, directors Joe and Anthony Russo, and Robert Downey Jr., plus a long list of cast interviews including Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Ian McKellen, Florence Pugh, Anthony Mackie, Simu Liu, David Harbour, Vanessa Kirby, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Tom Hiddleston, Hannah John-Kamen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, and Winston Duke.
The four covers, as Empire describes them, are: Cyclops with Captain America, Magneto, and Shuri; Steve Rogers with Loki, Sue Storm, Gambit, and Shang-Chi; Thor with Reed Richards, Yelena Belova, and Bucky Barnes; and a solo Victor Von Doom cover. The print issue, Empire says, is due on newsstands on Thursday, November 19.
Feige's most-quoted line from the package — that Downey's Doom is Victor Von Doom, not a Tony Stark variant — and the Russos' comments on the character are covered in a [separate article](/blog/kevin-feige-empire-doom-not-tony-stark-variant).
What this was not
The November 11 promo graphic promised a reveal "tomorrow" at 4 p.m. without naming a time zone. The published timestamp, 3.59 p.m. on November 12, matches a late-afternoon UK posting. It does not make the drop a trailer. Marvel has not, in this package, dated a new official trailer.
The release date Empire is using
Empire writes that Avengers: Doomsday "comes to cinemas from December 18." That is also the date Marvel and Digital Spy use, and it is the date this article is using. Some later coverage, including GamesRadar, has listed a December 16 opening in the United Kingdom. This article is not independently confirming a regional date that Empire's own write-up does not state.
The takeaway
Empire's November 12 drop was four covers and a 22-page interview package, due on newsstands November 19. It was not a trailer. For Feige's and the Russos' quotes, see [the follow-up](/blog/kevin-feige-empire-doom-not-tony-stark-variant).
Cover image: The interior of the United Palace theater in New York, photographed by Beyond My Ken. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The image is not a preview of Empire's coverage or of Avengers: Doomsday.
Key facts
- Published
- November 12, 2026, at 3.59 p.m. UK time, by Ben Travis
- What dropped
- Four collectible covers and a 22-page feature, not a trailer
- Newsstand date
- November 19, per Empire
- Theatrical date Empire uses
- Comes to cinemas from December 18