Empire Australasia – July 2019

Peggy Carter is

Captain America?!

And five other what-the-

hell developments we can

expect from the all-new

MCU multiverse

AMON WARMANN

Empire Contributor.

Has read comics since

childhood; hoping

to visit Wakanda in

the near future.

CHRIS HEWITT

Empire’s Associate

Editor. Has been

on more MCU

sets than he’s had

green vegetables.

HELEN O’HARA
Empire’s Editor-At-
Large. A comics nut,
she’s visited the set of
two Captain America
films and a Guardians.

MEET THE

EXPERTS

IN THE LATEST trailer for Spider-Man:

Far From Home (out 1 July), Nick Fury

casually drops a bombshell: new pal/

potential villain Mysterio has come from

another dimension. And while much of

what Mysterio claims should be taken

with a rather large pinch of salt, it seems

to confirm a longstanding rumour:

the MCU now exists in a multiverse.

A long-established feature of Marvel

comics, the ramifications for the MCU

are huge, and far-reaching. Infinite

universes mean infinite possibilities;

nothing is off the table. So what is on

the table, then?

spider-woman — and more!

The thing about multiverses, as illustrated

neatly by Spider-Man: Into The

Spider-Verse, is that it gives you options.

What if Gwen Stacy were bitten instead

of Peter Parker? Or Aunt May? (Aka —

seriously — Spider-Ma’am).

What if Jane Foster inherited the power

of Thor? What if Peggy Carter were

Captain America? (In fact, that last

scenario will be played out on Disney+’s

animated What If? series.) It’s a power to

be used lightly — this gets confusing fast

— but if you’re sick of the sausage fest

yet want the brand names, it’s a nifty

solution. HELEN O’HARA