The MCU teases a reboot for a new generation in The Marvels

polygon.com:

The Marvel Cinematic Universe needs a new team. The Avengers don’t seem to be coming back, or at least not in any of the configurations in which they were once known, what with all the death and retirement. There may be movies called “Avengers” on the calendar — Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars — but who could step into the shoes of the Avengers in these post-Endgame days?

The Marvels takes one big step toward answering that question in its final scene. A pre-credits credits scene, if you will.

[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for The Marvels.]

Before The Marvels cuts to credits, it mounts a cheeky reframing of 2008’s Iron Man’s ballsiest scene. Kate Bishop (Hawkeye, that is, last seen in Hawkeye) arrives home to her dark apartment only to find a figure sitting in the shadows. But this time, it’s not Nick Fury; it’s Kamala Khan.

Ms. Marvel gives her the same pitch Tony Stark got all those years ago about “putting together a team,” but, naturally, her enthusiasm bubbles out over her attempt at Nick Fury-like gravitas. What are they going to call this team made of second-generation superheroes? Kamala never says a name, but if you bring in some Marvel Comics context, there’s really only one answer.

Marvel Comics has multiple teenage superhero teams, from the New Mutants (or, you could argue, the original five X-Men) to the Champions. But there’s only one with the full Avengers branding: the Young Avengers. The group was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung in 2005, as a team of young superheroes who each had a connection to a classic Avenger. Patriot, Iron Lad, Hulkling, and Asgardian (he’d change his name later) founded the group, with Stinger and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) joining soon