This Shocking Avengers Movie Stat Sounds Made Up (& Proves A Big MCU Mistake)

You’ll be shocked to hear the number of Marvel Cinematic Universe projects that have been released in the seven years between Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Doomsday. Ever since each movie in Phase 1 explored the origin of the original team, the Avengers have been at the center of the MCU. Originally comprising Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Thor, the Avengers went through many changes in the years after their 2012 debut, culminating in their biggest battle yet against the Mad Titan, Thanos, in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Curiously, they haven’t been seen since.

Avengers: Endgame hit theaters in April 2019, but, since then, the Avengers have been absent for the entirety of the MCU’s Phase 4 and 5. In fact, by the time Avengers: Doomsday rolls around in December 2026 – with the Russo brothers returning to Marvel to direct – Marvel Studios will have released at least 37 projects, and we will have gone a whole seven-and-a-half years without an Avengers movie. Phase 2 featured four movies between The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, while it was seven more movies before Infinity War, but 37 projects released between Avengers movies is extreme.

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It’s unclear exactly why Marvel Studios made the decision to stop capping off MCU Phases with Avengers crossover events after Endgame. Phase 1 ended with The Avengers, Phase 2’s penultimate project was Age of Ultron, and Phase 3 drew to a close with Infinity War and Endgame. Phase 4 ended, strangely, with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, however, while Ironheart recently concluded Phase 5 on Disney+. These heavily-criticized Phases of the MCU would have surely benefitted from an Avengers-level crossover event, and this statistic stresses that fact.

One benefit from not tying the MCU directly to the development of Avengers movies is that there has been more diversity in Phases 4 and 5. New heroes such as Shang-Chi, Moon Knight, the Eternals, Werewolf by Night, Ironheart, and Wonder Man might not have been introduced if the focus had been on the Avengers. However, this contributed to criticisms concerning a lack of interconnectivity, and, frankly, we miss the Avengers. Thunderbolts* introduced us to the New Avengers, and Sam Wilson’s Captain America is also building his new team ahead of Avengers Doomsday – which is a long time coming.

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