AVENGERS 5: Marvel Comics Artist Imagines The Marvel Cinematic Universe's NEW AVENGERS

AVENGERS 5: Marvel Comics Artist Imagines The Marvel Cinematic Universe's NEW AVENGERS

Civil War II: Choosing Sides artist Stephen Byrne has shared his take on what the New Avengers could look like in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Phase 4 and beyond, and this lineup is undeniably awesome.

By JoshWilding - Nov 17, 2020 02:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers

As we head into Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers are disassembled. Steve Rogers is an old man, and Iron Man - who funded the group - is dead and gone. There are hints that the Young Avengers are coming to this shared world, of course, but what about the main team?

Well, Marvel and DC Comics artist Stephen Byrne has now shared his take on what the "New Avengers" might look like post-Avengers: Endgame, and it's fair to say this is one hell of a roster!

As you can see, we have the new Captain America (Sam Wilson), Thor, Captain Marvel, Smart Hulk, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Shuri (as the new Black Panther), Doctor Strange, The Vision and the Scarlet Witch, War Machine, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Shang-Chi, and two versions of Spider-Man: Peter Parker and Miles Morales. 

Honestly, we'd be spoiled if we got a roster as good as this heading into Phases 4 and 5, and there's definitely a dream team to be found with these new and returning superheroes. 

When we'll get the next Avengers movie remains to be seen, but after the last instalment broke box office records, it probably won't be too long before Marvel Studios get the wheels in motion!
 


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10. The Beyonder

Beyonder

The Russo Brothers have made it clear that they would return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a Secret Wars adaptation, and that's where The Beyonder comes in. He was the one who assembled all those heroes and villains to face off on Battleworld for his own amusement, and is a massively powerful cosmic being who is bound to have heard about the Avengers defeating Thanos.

After all, the Mad Titan's defeat and destruction of the Infinity Stones is bound to have made an impact throughout the cosmos, and could perfectly explain why The Beyonder decides to come to Earth. 

Avengers 5 would be the best place to adapt this tale as it could throw the X-Men and Fantastic Four into the mix and do what we didn't think was possible: making a bigger move than Avengers: Endgame! It would be truly epic, and truly a superhero movie like nothing we've seen before.
 

9. Mephisto

Mephisto

With Marvel Studios seemingly embracing the supernatural as we head into Phase 4 and beyond, the big screen debut of Mephisto is definitely overdue at this point. Looking at the movies and TV shows on the way, there are any number of MCU adventures he could make his debut in, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Loki, and Thor: Love and Thunder.

A sadistic and dangerous villain, Mephisto is a powerful demon who resides in a Hell-like dimension where he often manipulates what's happening elsewhere for his own gain. He also steals souls, and in the comics, is responsible for Peter Parker and Mary Jane's marriage coming to an end.

That's probably best off not being adapted, but after an initial introduction in one of the aforementioned movies, just imagine how cool it would be to see Mephisto take on Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He would be unlike any other villain they've faced before, and a supernatural adventure like this could set the stage for the likes of Blade, Moon Knight, and Ghost Rider to join the team. 
 

8. Masters Of Evil

Evil

There have been many iterations of the Masters of Evil, and pitting The Avengers against a team of supervillains is something fans have been anxious to see for a long time now. With Baron Zemo set to make his return and embrace his comic book persona in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, surely Avengers 5 would be the perfect time for him to assemble his team? 

There are countless villains from the past Marvel Studios could use here, and plenty of bad guys who have yet to grace the big screen who have been part of Zemo's Masters of Evil. 

All of this could even lead to the long overdue big screen debut of the Thunderbolts too, and while there are bigger threats in this feature, the Masters of Evil could easily set up a long list of stories in the MCU moving forward. That would definitely be a good use of a fifth Avengers movie. 
 

7. Veranke

Veranke

Everyone was shocked when Captain Marvel portrayed the Skrulls in a heroic light, and failed to set the stage for the Secret Invasion adaptation pretty much everyone was anticipating. 

Rumour has it that will happen somewhere down the line, of course, but despite rumours of everything from a Disney+ event series to plans for Captain Marvel 2, Avengers 5 is arguably the best possible place for Queen Veranke to attempt to take over Earth with her fellow shape-shifting Skrulls. 

In the comic books, Veranke posed as Spider-Woman, but she could easily pretend to be everyone from The Wasp to Scarlet Witch in the movie before various other heroes are also outed as Skrulls. She's a great villain, and someone Marvel Studios could flesh out in a satisfying way. 
 

6. M.O.D.O.K.

MODOK

M.O.D.O.K. was a normal A.I.M. scientist before undergoing a procedure which transformed him into, well, the hideous villain you see above! With such a bizarre appearance, he could be used in a comedic way or as a horribly deformed threat, but the latter would work best for Avengers 5

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier teaser seemingly included the return of A.I.M., so it's possible the stage is already being set for this villain's big or small screen debut. 

However, with rumours swirling that we'll see him in Ant-Man 3, chances are he will be comic relief (to some extent) but still a character with the potential to make an impact across multiple franchises. We just have to hope that director Peyton Reed does a better job with M.O.D.O.K. than he did Yellowjacket and Ghost, as M.O.D.O.K. could easily go on to terrorise the Avengers in this fifth movie, especially as Ant-Man has become a big part of the franchise. 
 

5. Galactus

Galactus

It's no secret that Kevin Feige is a big fan of Galactus (he even offered Fox the chance to keep Daredevil in exchange for him and the Silver Surfer once upon a time), so it's now inevitable that the planet eating baddie will make his presence felt at some point in Phase 4. 

The Silver Surfer should probably show up first, of course, and if anyone should deal with Galactus, it's the Fantastic Four. Their arrival in the MCU can't be too far off, but there are still ways the villain can make his presence felt in this shared world, and if you thought Thanos was bad, it's fair to say that when Galactus arrives, he'll make the Mad Titan look like no sort of threat at all. 

How does this tie into Avengers 5? Well, the Fantastic Four movie can give us "round one," with "round two" coming our way in this film courtesy of a teamup between them and Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
 

4. Apocalypse

Apocalypse

We don't know when the X-Men will return to the big screen, but there already signs that Marvel Studios is making good use of the new characters and locations they acquired from Fox (Madripoor being part of the now-delayed The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, for example). 

With that in mind, Phase 4 could definitely lay the groundwork for En Sabah Nur's arrival, and while it wasn't that long ago we saw him in X-Men: Apocalypse, a Thanos-style CGI take on him would eliminate any concerns about fans being reminded of the cringe-worthy version from 2016.

Both Eternals and Moon Knight will presumably take a deep dive into the MCU's history, so even just a mention of this ancient mutant could set the stage for a lot of very exciting stories, and he could then be used in Avengers 5, presumably to bring together both the Avengers and X-Men.
 

3. Doctor Doom

Doom

Another great villain who should primarily be focused on in the Fantastic Four franchise, establishing Doctor Doom as a threat to the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in Phase 5 would be no bad thing.

Once again, he could bring Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Marvel's First Family together in a single movie (an effective way to establish them as a big part of the MCU after Fox's disastrous efforts), and there are countless comic book stories that could serve as inspiration for a clash like this.

Doom and Latveria need to become a big part of this shared world, and a new team of Avengers assembling to try and stop a world war orchestrated by Doom could make for an exciting premise. Plus, this movie could even be used to establish the rivalry between Doom, Black Panther, and Namor!
 

2. Kang The Conqueror

Kang

Rumour has it that Loki will lay the groundwork for Kang the Conqueror's big screen debut in the MCU, and that does make sense with the series set to heavily feature the Time Variance Authority.

The prevailing theory is that Owen Wilson's TVA agent will be transformed into Kang, and it would make sense for him to then target Earth's Mightiest Heroes, especially if he's manipulated by the God of Mischief into doing so; after all, this past version of Loki is still a full-blown villain! 

A fight with Kang could take the heroes throughout the MCU's entire timeline, and even to a desolate future...where we could meet the X-Men in an Age of Apocalypse-style alternate reality! Of all the Avengers baddies used by Marvel Studios, it's about time we get to see Kang appear.
 

1. Green Goblin

Green-Goblin

Norman Osborn played a key role in both Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and The Amazing Spider-Man movies, so Marvel Studios might be understandably reluctant to bring him back. 

However, there's still a lot that could be done with the character on the big screen, especially if those rumours about him one day leading the Dark Avengers are correct. More importantly, we just want a comic accurate version of the Green Goblin to grace the silver screen, as you just know that Marvel Studios would redesign him in an exciting and visually impressive way. 

We've established that there are plenty of big villains Avengers 5 could make good use of, but Norman taking on a supporting role and the Green Goblin being used as some sort of shadowy figure in Spider-Man 3 could be fun before he decides to take on Spider-Man - and the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes - in the next Avengers movie.
 

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Origame
Origame - 11/17/2020, 2:55 AM
Can we stop with miles for a while? He simply can't work in the mcu for a long while, since marvel just had to go back to Peter's high school years. And not only that but the mcu Peter took so much from Miles that they're basically gonna have to make a new character anyway.
JustALurker
JustALurker - 11/17/2020, 2:59 AM
@Origame - I agree that it is too early to include him, but he exists in the mcu Donald Glover appeared as his uncle in homecoming.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 11/17/2020, 4:31 AM
@Origame - Eh, MCU takes most of it's cues from Ultimate, and Peter was 16 when he died there so that's a bit of a nonissue. It's more that there hasn't been an event where he's become iconic to the civilians to really justify a copy-cat.
Origame
Origame - 11/17/2020, 4:59 AM
@JustALurker - i know he exists.
Origame
Origame - 11/17/2020, 5:03 AM
@Reeds2Much - 1) Ultimate Peter was a pretty established hero in his own right when he died.

2) its so much more than general ultimate copying. Him being in a specialized school for science, having a fat asian best friend acting as his man in the chair, and having a story about struggling to live up to the legacy of an established hero is not only all areas that, prior to homecoming, used to be exclusively Miles traits. And all of them, even though they define his character, you really can't do because Peter already did them.
JustALurker
JustALurker - 11/17/2020, 2:57 AM
Too early for Miles, fantastic four would be a great inclusion, hype.
dracula
dracula - 11/17/2020, 2:59 AM
@JustALurker - also maybe one x men
JustALurker
JustALurker - 11/17/2020, 3:01 AM
@dracula - has to be either Jean Grey, Rogue or Storm, they didn't get enough time in the fox films.
dracula
dracula - 11/17/2020, 2:59 AM
No way Miles is happening anytime soon, hell unless Sony decides to make this arrangement permanent then we may never get him in the mcu.

Shuri isn't ready, need to recast T'Challa
Kyos
Kyos - 11/17/2020, 3:05 AM
Including Vision seems a bit optimistic, and I don't really see MCU Miles being a thing for quite a while. Otherwise I like this a lot.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 11/17/2020, 3:16 AM
That's pretty cool, but I doubt we'll so such a large team. My guess the main team will be Sam, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Strange, Wanda, Ant-Man and The Wasp, with Thor, Hulk, Rhodey, Shuri not having very active roles.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 11/17/2020, 3:26 AM
Um, why is Thor not Jane Foster?

Other than that I can dig it.
AC1
AC1 - 11/17/2020, 3:56 AM
That looks very cool but it would probably need to be streamlined unless they were going straight into another Infinity War-scale story. Realistically I'd say Miles would be cut because two Spider-Men is a bit much and he hasn't been established yet, I'm not sure how likely it is that Vision will actually come back after WandaVision so I'd probably cut him too.

I'd also probably cut Captain Marvel because she's way too OP and it's very easy to write her off as just being in another part of the universe, seeing as that was their excuse for her not being in the first three Avengers movies despite operating since the '90s. And as much as I love Doctor Strange he's always seemed like a bit more of an outsider or like he should belong to a different team rather than The Avengers, so maybe he could be a similarly part-time character. And I'd love to keep Thor and Hulk around as connective tissue to the original team but I don't know how likely it is for either to continue, considering Jane Foster is inheriting Mjolnir in Love and Thunder, and obviously Hulk was seriously injured in Endgame.

I could see a line up looking something like: Captain America (Sam Wilson), Shang-Chi, Ant-Man, Wasp, Black Panther (Shuri), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Ms Marvel, She Hulk, and maybe War Machine and Thor (Jane Foster). And then I'd save characters like Hulk, Thor (Odinson), Doctor Strange and Captain Marvel as occasional additional members who join when there's a huge, borderline Thanos-level threat. Maybe even keep Hulk as their 'guy in the chair' if they roll with his injuries being permanent.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 11/17/2020, 4:05 AM
Putting Shuri there is really awkward.
cocaegelo
cocaegelo - 11/17/2020, 4:25 AM
Nice art, but is too soon to have Miles and Kate Bishop would work better in the Young Avengers.
varoujane
varoujane - 11/17/2020, 4:59 AM
Isn't Kit Harrington playing Black Knight ? I guess we could imagine him or Cersei joining the team.
elcapitan
elcapitan - 11/17/2020, 5:26 AM
I don’t see why Miles couldn’t be in the MCU. If he survived during the blip he’d be 5 years older.
CplHicks
CplHicks - 11/17/2020, 5:33 AM
Where's Winter Soldier? I mean, since we're putting everyone in there.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/17/2020, 6:19 AM
Too soon for miles, Vision likely won’t be resurrected outside WandaVision, Shuri should not take over Black Panther mantle they should recast, and Professor Hulk was fun for a film but the duality is what makes the character interesting so Banner should have to deal with the ramifications of repressing Hulk.

Decent art. Bad lineup.
tripttwe
tripttwe - 11/17/2020, 7:17 AM
Not my EmmmSeeYouuu!!!! (In my drunk Randy Marsh voice).
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 11/17/2020, 7:33 AM
GLORIOUS
RolandD
RolandD - 11/17/2020, 1:23 PM
A lot of great characters, but I am still bummed over no Steve Rogers or Tony Stark. I know I'll have to get over it, but such important characters and perfect casting.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/17/2020, 1:42 PM
So I was right in speculating under the tweet that the character behind She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel was indeed Shang-Chi, glad to have it confirmed.

The artist's art style is excellent!
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/17/2020, 2:25 PM
Thor
Hulk
Spider-Man
Doctor Strange
Captain Marvel
She-Hulk
Scarlet Witch
Winter Soldier
Captain Falcon America

Moon Knight at a push,f*ck Ms.Marvel.
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