LEARN
- CAPTAIN
AMERICA
CaptainAmerica’sshieldhas
beenpassedaroundinthe
comicsbefore,rstgoingto
BuckyBarnes(TheWinter
Soldier),andthentoSam
Wilson(Falcon).Buckyhas
assumedCaptainAmerica’s
mantlea coupleoftimes,but
it wasFalcon’sreignonthe
thronethatmadethemost
waveswithfans.
Burdenedwithgreat
responsibility,Sam’s
What are the remaining
Avengers up to after Endgame?
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mixed. He has big shoes to
ll, and we’ll see the new
Captain thrown into the
wringer almost immediately,
heading an all-new team
and trying his best to lead
them despite public opinion.
- ALL-NEW,
ALL-DIFFERENT
AVENGERS
Speaking of an all-new
team, in the aftermath
of yet another universe-
changing comic book event
(Secret Wars), the Avengers
found themselves in need of
rebranding and recruiting.
This is due to Marvel
deciding to rebrand and
freshen up almost all of their
running comic series. Tony
Stark decided to form an
all-new team of Avengers as
a result, consisting himself,
Captain America (Sam
Wilson), Vision, Ms Marvel
(not to be confused with
Captain Marvel), Spider-
Man (Miles Morales), Nova
and Thor (Jane Foster).
Almost every member of
that team is a new character
taking up the mantle of an
older hero, and this makes
sense for the future of the
MCU too. Actors can’t always
be kept for decades as the
same character. Chris Evans
and Robert Downey Jr have
already left the building,
and who knows what other
actors the MCU might lose
somewhere down the line.
Other characters can ll
those shoes, and this lends
the MCU some longevity it
wouldn’t have otherwise.
In the comics, there
are also many different
Avengers teams: West Coast
Avengers, Secret Avengers,
Young Avengers, A-Force
and many more. We’ve
By Tim Augustine (GameAxis)
Avengers:
Postgame
Captain America had to
prove himself worthy in
both society’s eye, and the
Avengers’ as well. In the
end, however, Sam never
really got that chance, as
Steve Rogers (at this point a
member of Hydra) had been
working against him to get
the shield back.
Now, I doubt the movies
will go that way, but ask
anyone right now how they
feel about Falcon getting the
shield and answers will be
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