THUNDERBOLTS* Images Reveal Closer Look At [SPOILER]'s AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Costume (And It's Dividing Opinions)

THUNDERBOLTS* Images Reveal Closer Look At [SPOILER]'s AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Costume (And It's Dividing Opinions)

Newly leaked images from Thunderbolts* have revealed the costume one member of the team will wear in Avengers: Doomsday next year, but is it a step in the right direction for the fan-favourite character?

By JoshWilding - May 03, 2025 12:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

In Thunderbolts*'s post-credits scene, we catch up with the movie's New Avengers in Avengers Tower. 14 months have passed since Valentina Allegra de Fontaine introduced her superhero team to the world, and it's established that they are the official Government-sponsored Avengers.

As you'll now be aware, Yelena Belova, U.S. Agent, Ghost, and Bucky Barnes all have new costumes. However, it's the latter's suit that's generating the most discussion on social media. 

It was recently revealed that the Russo Brothers shot this sequence on the set of Avengers: Doomsday before production officially began. With that in mind, this is how these heroes will look in the 2026 superhero ensemble, and the former Winter Soldier finally has a legit superhero suit of his own.

His trademark star has been incorporated onto his right arm, something we're sure will please those of you who have missed it ever since he replaced his HYDRA arm with the one created for him by the Wakandans. Bucky is also decked out in armour with the New Avengers logo, and it's a fun take on the character. 

Inevitably, some fans don't love this approach to Captain America's former sidekick, but not everyone can be pleased, and this ultimately feels like a logical next step for the character. It's an undeniable departure from his regular tactical gear, but he's a superhero now.

Still, it's an undeniably interesting aesthetic that could be indicative of the sort of designs we'll see other characters decked out in when Avengers: Doomsday rolls around next year.

During a recent interview, Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier explained why Stan's returning Bucky is such an important part of the movie. 

"First off, just to have Sebastian Stan in your movie is such a privilege," he shared. "But also, he's been through a lot of what they've been through, and he's resolved a lot of those arcs that they have not yet resolved. And so the challenge there was really like, 'What is a new arc that we can take Bucky on?'"

"This idea of watching him try to uncomfortably fit and embracing a new path, and wondering if there's some new path to helping the world," Schreier continued. "Having done all of this stuff and having been in so many of these movies, there's a kind of meta angle to it also."

Take a closer look at Bucky's new MCU costume for Avengers: Doomsday below and let us know your thoughts on it in the usual place.

In Thunderbolts*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes - Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?

"Thunderbolts* redefines superhero storytelling to deliver a moving and powerful story that does for the 'Multiverse Saga' what The Avengers did for the 'Infinity Saga' in 2012," we said in our review. "These heroes have earned their place on a Wheaties box."

The cast of Thunderbolts* will be led by Florence Pugh as Yelena Boleva, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and Lewis Pullman as "Bob."

Written by Eric Pearson, Lee Sung Jin, and Joanna Calo, and directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts* is now playing in theaters.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 5/3/2025, 12:12 PM
Who is this “Spoiler” you keep writing articles? … is the DC character?
TheLobster
TheLobster - 5/3/2025, 12:14 PM
Sadly, nothing will top his look in TWS.

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EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 5/3/2025, 12:20 PM
@TheLobster - Yep, this look + the goggles was perfection. 🤌🏾
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 5/3/2025, 12:42 PM
@TheLobster - ABSOLUTELY!
I know Bucky isn’t The Winter Soldier anymore but give him back his mask. It works at least from a tactical standpoint.
Latverian
Latverian - 5/3/2025, 12:46 PM
@TheLobster -

The mask and goggles are a must.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 5/3/2025, 12:47 PM
@TheLobster - this!
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/3/2025, 2:52 PM
@TheLobster - easily one of the best remaining players in the MCU.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 5/3/2025, 12:21 PM
I thought most of them looked... worse at the end.

Alexei's look was better, though he was being played for comedy and Bob is just Bob.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/3/2025, 12:35 PM
I like it , it honestly seems like a version of his comic costume from the recent Thunderbolts run we got…

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Wish we got the side coat thing too but oh well.
DiegoMD
DiegoMD - 5/3/2025, 12:36 PM
@EskimoJ - I disagree wholeheartedly. Everyone looked better except Alexei who looked way worse. Bucky´s new costume is really cool and I love the insignias.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 5/3/2025, 12:57 PM
I think I'm the only one on this site who didn't like this movie.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/3/2025, 1:18 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - Because you're a traditionalist who doesn't like anything. We know your shtick already.
Yellow
Yellow - 5/3/2025, 1:29 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - nah, your team of "boycott Disney now!" is backing you up in every comment section
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/3/2025, 1:31 PM
@Yellow - But they aren't in a cult lol.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/3/2025, 2:53 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - it was good, but it wasn't Guardians 3 or anything. The Marvel films have simply been so bad lately that this one stands out because it's good.
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 5/3/2025, 5:23 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - it was decently good but nothing like the fetishization running rampant on this site lately

Pullman and Pugh really carry the day for this one
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 5/3/2025, 5:25 PM
@McMurdo - agree completely

This one was slightly better than average to me. Without Pugh and Pullman, it’s bottom 7-10 which lands squarely on the writing

Enjoyed it well enough for what it was, but hardly the cinematic masterpiece narrative being bandied by some of the commentariat regulars
Amaru
Amaru - 5/3/2025, 6:01 PM
@SauronthePower - So you're saying without the two main actors/characters, this movie is a lot worse?

SHOCKING.

You kids are so weird.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/3/2025, 6:06 PM
@SauronthePower - yeah. Wyatt was great too IMO.
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 5/3/2025, 10:55 PM
@Amaru - I’m going to throw you a ‘Like’ because at least you tried
SauronthePower
SauronthePower - 5/3/2025, 10:55 PM
@McMurdo - yes; Agree.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 5/4/2025, 12:25 AM
@Yellow - I saw the movie. I cant see how that is boycotting anything.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 5/4/2025, 12:28 AM
@SonOfAGif - I don't think you have the right definition of a traditionalist but whatever. There isn't anything controversial that turned me off.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 5/4/2025, 12:37 AM
@SauronthePower - I'll reply to you guys because the others are already trying their full court press nonsense. It used to be we could just say what we liked and didn't like about a movie. I thought the movie was competently shot and produced as opposed to anything in the last 2 phases. I thought the bunker scene wasted too much time, at the espense of some of the serious themes they introduced. I was into that but it moved too quick. I would have liked to have seen deep conversations between other characters on their regrets and trauma. That would have made it such a different and better movie. The humor was weird too. MCU movies have this issue, I thought when it was serious, I was more engaged.

The other part I didn't like is they kind of put everyone in a standard role.
GHost is the snarky b*
Walker is the Jerk
Guardian is comic relief
Bucky is the responsible one

I'll watch it again sometime. I think @McMurdo is right. You put this in the middle of phase 2 or 3 and its just ok. Its not a bad movie, its just more of the same and they didn't make any nuclear stupid errors.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 5/3/2025, 1:23 PM
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Yellow
Yellow - 5/3/2025, 1:31 PM
Yeah, the post credits costumes looked really bad and in a real "let's sell toys" vibe.

I mean is a comicbook movie so of course they are going to sell toys but...yeah, they looked bad.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/3/2025, 5:40 PM
@Yellow - I think that's the point. Valentina is such an obnoxious and vanity filled villain that the suits she has made for characters look so "Runway model" and less practical. I believe that's the point of their new suits. They're supposed to look like action figures designed to sell toys because Valentina wants fame, glory, and power. Just like Homelander.
Polaris
Polaris - 5/3/2025, 1:41 PM
The winter soldier look remains superior, but this one is very cool. I'm super happy the star is back.
Polaris
Polaris - 5/3/2025, 1:48 PM
The cape never made much sense to me given Bucky's power set and I don't think it would translate well to live action. It looked cool tho.

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That said, give that man his cat

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JstaKIDfrmBKLYN
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 5/3/2025, 1:57 PM
Hate the costume. So bland and nothing. The wig is bad, but I think the hairstyle is perfect. They should just give him a costume resembling his comics Captain America outfit without him actually being Captain America. And put the star back on his metal arm!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 5/3/2025, 3:32 PM
I dug it
ogrodafloresta
ogrodafloresta - 5/3/2025, 3:33 PM
This post-credit scene was so weird… The look and feel was so different from the rest of the movie — and these costumes make it even worse.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 5/3/2025, 5:14 PM
@ogrodafloresta - the look and feel were suppose to be different. The F4 are from a different dimension so I feel it makes sense for their technology to look differently.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 5/3/2025, 4:06 PM
For the love of God, just give him the domino mask!🤣
grif
grif - 5/3/2025, 4:25 PM
cw marvel costumes?

whatthetruck
whatthetruck - 5/3/2025, 5:31 PM
Just watched it. Bucky's terminator 2 style entrance was very cool.
Fogs
Fogs - 5/3/2025, 6:41 PM
Just watched it.

I really liked it as well. Would never guess.
JobinJ
JobinJ - 5/3/2025, 8:23 PM
Great movie
Comicmoviejunki
Comicmoviejunki - 5/3/2025, 9:40 PM
I enjoyed this movie immensely!

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