HWM Singapore – June 2019

LEARN

1. 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.

2. 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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