Spoilers to come for the plot scene, the end and post-key in Thunderbolt*.
If you wondered about this annoying asterisk in the title Thunderbolts *The film’s closing credits explain why he is there – followed by a post -key scene that develops his implications. Last Stinger de Marvel, the one who played after Captain America: Brave New WorldImplied people who stood up and speculate on what team consolidation and multi -life shenanigans could occurs before the next Grand Crossover, Avengers: Doomsday. This time, we actually see the needle move considerably in this regard, in a three -minute sequence (the longest label of Marvel to date) which throws the MCU cards on the table and presents incredibly important players: Marvel’s first family, The Fantastic Four.
At the end of the film, the surviving Thunderbolts – Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bob “The Sentry” Reynolds (Lewis Pullman), the Congress Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbor), Ghost (Hannah John -Kamin) and John “Not Fell Walker (Wyatt Russell) – Fontaine (Julia Louis -Dreyfus) during an impromptu press conference. Valentina, who has been the subject of a dismissal procedure for her illicit operations – including members of the hiring of Thunderbolts missions for books outside the books – has sought a new successful defense project in the absence of Avengers to remove the government from her back. Meanwhile, the Thunderbolts looked for people to take them seriously. Thus, despite the Valentina which tried to kill the Scraggly B -Team to attach the loose ends – by unleashing the bad vacuum, the alter -ego of the sentry – they arrive at a worried compromise. The Thunderbolts decide to keep its involvement in the destruction of the silent vacuum, in exchange for their presentation of the world as “the new Avengers”. The film’s fence credits flash the original title on the screen, then tears the word “Thunderbolts *” as a comic page, giving way to the new nickname the team.
For comic fans, it was not difficult to guess that this brand change was going. After the 2005 comic book event Civil war – partially adapted by the MCU as Captain America Threequel – The Avengers separated into an “authentic” team (alias the new Avengers, although nobody calls them in the world), and the powerful Avengers sanctioned by the government. The post-key scene of Thunderbolts * Advice in a similar schism, although with the authoritarian group of Valentina, the CIA displaying the old title.
Several months after the events of the film, the group gathers in the former headquarters of Avengers (now the “Watchtower” belonging to Valentina) in their new black and red and red team uniforms to discuss their last enemy: violation of copyright. They say that Captain America / Sam Wilson asked for the rights on the name of the Avengers, allowing him to use it for any team he brings together. Who else would be in this team is not yet clear (apart from their faithful companion Joaquin Torres, the new Falcon), but in the meantime, the red Guardian has decided to bypass the problems of potential intellectual property by wearing a crying uniform with a “New Avengerz” logo – yes, with a “Z”.
But there is not much time to bicker. The team is alerted to a “spatial crisis” and an “extradimensional ship” entering the atmosphere. A satellite image flashes on the screen, showing a retro-futuristic rocket towards the earth. The rocket turns slowly, revealing a distinct logo “4” on its shell – a rhythm accompanied by the malicious orchestral partition of Michael Giacchino for the next The Fantastic Four: First steps.
Although we did not really see members of the Fantastic Four, it is sure that this scene depicts them by heading for the main Marvel universe (“Earth-616”, which we have been following since 2008 Iron) After the events of their solo film, which seems to take place in its own distinct and stylized reality in the middle of the century. The film Avengers of next year, Judgment Daywill set up the cross event Avengers: secret wars In 2027, which, like its homonymous of comics, will probably follow the collision (and possible destruction) of several universes. (These collisions – also called “incursions” – have already been established in films like Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness.) All of this is to say that the sight of the fantastic four entering the universe 616 probably spends Dom, word game, for the way their cinematic reintroduction will take place on July 25. They can go to Terre-616 to ask for help to fight against a multi-life threat-or perhaps even to seek refuge after the total destruction of their reality.
The arrival of Fantastic Four also complicates things on earth: how many superhero teams will run when Avengers: Doomsday begin? You have the new aforementioned Avengers / Z, as well as any Avengers Sam Wilson team could come together. We do not yet know who will be on the list of the latter, but with Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Shuri / Black Panther (Letitia Wright) and Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) to come back for Judgment DayThey seem to be probable contenders. In addition, the post-key scene of Shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings Saw Shang-Chi Strategy about a threat of unknown origin with Wong (Benedict Wong), Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) and a mysterious banner by Bruce (Mark Ruffalo). This can be another index of which we will see bickering on which can lead the load against multi -voting incursions.
That’s not all. There is also the question of the Avengers Junior League, which has slowly taken shape in the margins of the movies and streaming programs of Marvel – probably to the Dam of Nick Fury, as the man still in charge of the evaluation of the world response on the threat. This team is not yet completely concluded, but the end of Wonders sees the teenager heroes Mme Marvel / Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) approaching Hawkeye protected Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) in a clearly fury, with the offer of a team. She also potentially mentions the recruitment of Ant-Man’s daughter, Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), and it would not be too stretched to assume other young heroes like the son of the witch Scarlet Wiccan (Joe Locke) and the super soldier of Isiah Bradley Eli (Elijah Richardson).
These are three potential teams Avengers on the ground, as well as the fantastic four arriving from their own dimension, who searches the ground before even considering the many fox return characters now a quarter -century century X-Men Films, which will invent about a third of the Avengers: Doomsday Residents of their own universe certainly come up against 616 before a long time.
There is also an important chance that the characters still annual can come back to a certain extent Judgment DayAlso, from Spider-Man, to Doctor Strange, to the new guards of the Galaxy. We only hope that with the main comic book players such as mutants, fantasy oven, and some of the original avengers bulging the screen, the old Thunderbolts will have enough room to breathe – the anti -heroic team is really a new addition so delicious to the MCU.
