Marvel's Post-Endgame Setup Is So Much More Than The MCU Multiverse
Marvel Studios has placed a huge amount of importance on the multiverse following the events of Avengers: Endgame, but this is not the only significant groundwork the studio has laid out across Phase 4. With new heroes being introduced such as Kit Harington's Black Knight, Mahershala Ali's Blade, and Oscar Isaac's Moon Knight, the supernatural seems to be coming to the MCU with some real intention. The real question is, just how big is Marvel willing to go with this genre, and what kinds of stories might be told as a result?
Following Avengers: Endgame, the majority of Marvel Studios' projects have been geared towards the multiverse. The Disney+ series Loki broke the Sacred Timeline wide open, introducing the concept of alternate variants and future MCU supervillain Kang the Conqueror. The animated series Marvel's What If...? soon followed, featuring the Watcher and the Guardians of the Multiverse. Heading into 2022, Spider-Man: No Way Home featured multiversal villains and Spider-Men from other universes, while the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has the potential to dive even deeper, potentially shaping the very future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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While the multiverse has deservedly taken center stage post-Avengers: Endgame, Marvel has been planting seeds for the supernatural as well. The studio introduced powerful concepts in WandaVision such as chaos magic, while Wanda Maximoff came into her own as the Scarlet Witch. The post-credits scene following Eternals also saw Dane Whitman preparing to take up the cursed Ebony Blade as the Black Knight, while the voice of Blade the Vampire Hunter cautioned him from
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