
Whereas in universe 838, Thanos was indicated to have been defeated by the Illuminati, using the Book of Vishanti. Thirdly, Strange indicated that Thanos was victorious in every one of the 14 million-plus alternate futures he viewed, except for the one he set into motion when he gave Thanos the Time Stone. Secondly, if Strange had seen universe 838, you'd think he'd recognise individuals like Peggy Carter, Blackagar Boltagon, Reed Richards, and Charles Xavier, which he seemingly didn't when he met them in Multiverse of Madness. Whereas universe 838 clearly had a different history extending at least as far back as 1941, when Peggy Carter (rather than Steve Rogers) received the Super Soldier Serum during Project: Rebirth. I think it's safe to say that Strange did not see universe 838 while viewing alternate futures in Infinity War, for at least three reasons:įirstly, the premise of an alternate future is a timeline which has the same history up until the present moment, and then a different future going forward.

Warning: this answer contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Were any (if not all) of the 14 million alternate futures, alternate universes or just branches of the MCU's main timelime/universe? Strange did not know of the existence of this book at that time, but when he went forward in time, did he witness this parallel universe? On Earth-838, the equivalent of Avengers (Illuminati), defeating Thanos with the knowledge of the Book of Vishanti, without the chaos and mayhem of letting him win and sacrifice half of the universe first. However, with the aforementioned movie now part of the canon, and the official confirmation that Multiverse exist, we see Strange in the Multiverse of Madness these were just that potential alternate realities. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict. Strange at some point used the Time Stone, to go forward in time and see all potential future outcomes of the conflict with Thanos.
