Defenders: What Thunderbolts Can Learn From Marvel's First Non-Avengers Team-Up

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is now in the unenviable position of having to keep moving forward, keep topping itself, after the tremendous success of Avengers: Endgame. Luckily, the franchise has had a few bumps in the road, and it can still create interesting new ideas out of similar concepts by learning from previous mistakes.

So far, there are only a couple of official superhero teams in the film franchise. Every hero has a group of sidekicks or fellow warriors, and some come as a package deal, but the full Avengers Assembly-style movement is rare. With a totally new take on the concept on its way, Marvel has an interesting challenge ahead.

Thunderbolts: What Will Be The Final Roster?

Thunderbolts is a team of anti-heroes set to join the MCU sometime next year. Reportedly, the roster will be made up of villains from previous MCU films who seek retribution by doing the right thing. The concept of bringing some of the more morally gray antagonists of the franchise back for a new team-up, a Marvel answer to The Suicide Squad, is an excellent pitch. It's a great way to get beloved characters back into the spotlight and introduce new dynamics between figures who haven't interacted before. Though no one knows the members of this prospective team, it's fair to say that many of them weren't devised with their place on the team in mind. In addition, their less heroic starting points make them radically different from the heroes of the Avengers. With that in mind, fans should hope that the Thunderbolts' first group outing will be substantially different from Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Perhaps, however, they could learn from The Defenders.

The Defenders was the eventual peak of the Netflix Marvel universe. Daredevil, Jessica Jones,