Marvel's Phase 4 Needs Its Own 'Avengers Initiative' Moment
When Nick Fury approached Tony Stark in the Iron Man post-credits scene to talk about the Avengers Initiative, the heart and soul of the MCU was born. Fury’s plan to bring together the group of heroes the MCU now calls the Avengers was a clear example of where the franchise was heading, even though Iron Man was released way back in 2008.
Although early days, Marvel’s Phase 1 had a very clear end goal in sight, which was to tell the stories of characters like Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Thor Odinson, then unite them with Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton and Bruce Banner to create the ultimate superhero team. Although the earlier movies were fairly disconnected, with each hero reserved to their individual solo projects, Fury’s announcement about the Avengers Initiative let fans know exactly where all the heroes would eventually wind up.
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The Avengers films served as the high points of Phases 1-3, and every new movie or character was introduced to keep building upon the original goal Fury had presented early on in Phase 1. Characters were learning how to become heroes so that they could properly defend the world from threats, and if they’re lucky, one day be a part of the infamous Avengers team.
Avengers was the climax of Phase 1; Age of Ultron was a tense moment for the heroes in Phase 2; Infinity War raised the stakes for both the characters and the franchise more than ever before in Phase 3. Finally, all heroes introduced after an Avengers movie in their respective phases finally got to join the big leagues, when Endgame shattered records and became the biggest Marvel movie of all time.
All in all, it was clear in Phases 1-3 that Marvel heroes would one day be teaming up together
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