Avengers 5's Line-Up Makes Infinity War's Hero Problem Look Laughable
No matter what the line-up of Avengers 5 turns out to be, the team will have an even more complex hero problem than Avengers: Infinity War. Nearly three years after Avengers: Endgame, little has been revealed about the plans for the Avengers in MCU's Phase 5. Audiences are speculating about which heroes, both new and old, might be part of the team in the franchise's next installment.
Nick Fury's initiative to protect Earth from alien threats has grown into one of the greatest forces in the galaxy. The Avengers evolved from a team of five people to a wide collection of the most powerful heroes from throughout the universe. Nearly every hero who has appeared in the MCU has been an Avenger, so putting together the team for Avengers 5 will not be an easy task.
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The events of Infinity War and Endgame greatly affected the surviving Avengers as well as the people who were inspired by the heroes, with Kate Bishop's backstory in Hawkeye serving as a strong example. The losses and the overall aftermath of the victory against Thanos will continue to affect MCU’s next phases, especially when it comes to reassembling the Avengers.
In terms of their power scale, the potential Avengers 5 line-up doesn't match up to the team's previous iterations. The end of the Infinity Saga saw the Avengers lose some of their heavy hitters. However, a lot of the new heroes who are stepping up as Earth's defenders aren't as powerful as their predecessors. Iron Man and Vision are dead, Captain America's mantle has passed onto a normal human, Hulk is injured and lacking his warrior spirit, Doctor Strange doesn't consider himself an Avenger according to Benedict Cumberbatch,
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