She-Hulk Finally Completes The MCU's Original Avengers Replacement
Jennifer Walters is joining the MCU in She-Hulk, and the Disney+ Marvel series is completing Phase 4's original Avengers replacement. She-Hulk is yet another step by Marvel Studios in the mission of expanding the MCU through the Disney+ platform, a strategy that so far is proving successful. Fourteen years after Iron Man, the She-Hulk trailer proves that there are still dozens of Marvel characters and storylines that have yet to debut or have a proper role in the MCU, and that shows how exciting the future of the franchise is.
With the MCU's next Avengers: Endgame teamup likely a few years away, the franchise has the opportunity to introduce new names and lay out future storylines without having to worry about an urgent, imminent threat. This has enabled the MCU's Phase 4 projects to have more distinct tones, such as WandaVision's wacky, surrealist journey, What If...?'s not-so-episodic exploration of the multiverse, and now She-Hulk's comedy law drama. The wait for Avengers 5, while unpleasant, is necessary, but it will be a fascinating lineup when it comes.
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Besides exploring these different tones and formats, Phase 4 is clearly working as a moment of transition for the MCU in terms of established heroes passing the torch to the next ones. Ever since Endgame, all of the remaining original MCU Avengers plus other well-known MCU heroes have been seen either mentoring or passing their mantles onto a younger, rising character. Black Widow had one final mission with Yelena Belova, Sam Wilson left his Falcon gear to Joaquín Torres before becoming Captain America, with the shield passed to him by Steve Rogers, Hawkeye mentored Kate Bishop, and Thor will soon be working with Jane
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