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The real reason the Avengers lost to Thanos
was revealed in the Captain Marvel Prelude comic.
Hey folks.
I'm Dan Casey.
I know you thought I was Jessica Chobot
but she's still out on vacation.
But I promise, she'll be back real soon.
When Marvel's Prelude comics for their cinematic universes
hit shelves, they're usually full of recaps
for the previous movies.
And while they are considered cannon,
they tend to be light on the details.
But every so often,
we get a few shreds of info, a few tasty morsels
that uncover what our heroes have been up to between films.
For example, in the Infinity War Prelude, we found out that
Cap' had basically formed the Secret Avengers
who's carrying out these black op style missions,
while Tony Stark was busy working on building
his sweet new nanotech armor, that Bruce Banner's like,
"Oh cool dude. I've been on a space planet
inside a big old green boy."
Where'd he get that?
This week we got the Captain Marvel Prelude comic
and while it primarily focuses on
everyone's favorite cycloptic agent, Nick Fury,
the real focus of the book
is pointing out why Cap' and Iron Man pooped the bed
when it came to fighting Thanos.
So let's check out how and why.
The issue starts off by highlighting moments
from previous Avengers films, like Sokovia being pushed high
into the atmosphere in Age of Ultron
and the break up of Cap' and Tony
during the airport battle in Civil War.
Throughout these time hops,
Fury tells Maria Hill how important it will be
to bring the team together
to be ready for an even bigger, even purpler threat.
However, Fury struggles to get the team back together
after the Sokovia Accords with both Steve
and Tony essentially saying,
"He has my number. He can call me!"
And with neither of the super bros willing to put aside
their grievances or their egos,
the Avengers stay split up
and there's no united front of super defense
when Thanos finally comes to town.
As Nick Fury states in the comic,
"It's only a matter of time before
some bigger intergalactic problem needs to be solved."
Essentially adding that the Avengers
need to work together as a whole team instead of
the factions we saw on Titan and Earth respectively.
The implication is that working together
could stop other worldly dangers, i.e., the Snappening.
But because of their "he knows where to find me" attitudes,
well, that's why they lost.
And you know what, this actually makes a lot of sense.
In Infinity War, Iron Man's squad
and Captain America's team of superheros
both came within inches of beating Thanos
and if maybe they'd been a unified force,
there probably would've been that extra umph they needed
to defeat the mad Titan but instead
(chuckle) toxic masculinity, baby.
A few other details we learned in the comic
is that the Captain America side of the Avengers
spent some time in Syria before the events of Infinity War
fighting it out with terrorist forces.
While Iron Man used his free time to further test
and develop his sleek nanotech armor
that we see in the movie.
And while Fury's on his mission
to reform Earth's mightiest heroes,
he's also taken a few detours
to diffuse some Tchari Tech dirty bombs,
that were made from materials left over
from the Battle of New York as seen in 2012's Avengers film.
But that's not the only item on Fury's to-do list,
in a blink and you'll miss it panel,
Fury also establishes that his backup plan
should the Avengers not assemble,
is to bring in his old friend Captain Marvel
using the pager that was first introduced
in the Infinity War post-credit scene.
- Motherfu
- Motherfu!
You sure said it, Nick.
But why is Fury so hesitant
to call Carol Danvers to protect the Earth?
Now, this is all speculation
but as far as we can tell, the reasons are two-fold.
A large part of the Captain Marvel film
will be about the cosmic war
between the Kree and the Skrulls
and though that film takes place in the 90s,
during the time of Infinity World,
Fury might not wanna be shaking the Kree/Skrull bees nest
if he can avoid it.
Or it could be something as simple as Fury not wanting
to go to his "Break Glass in Case of Emergency" backup plan
unless he really needs to.
And let's face it, with Thanos wiping out
half of all life in the universe,
the Avengers are gonna need the extra help.
So how will all of this play into the Captain Marvel film
and what does any of this have to do with Avengers 4?
Well, we won't know for sure
until both films hit theaters next year
but this Prelude comic at least gives us
some food for thought.
But what do you folks think?
Could a united Avengers have defeated Thanos?
Are you excited for the Captain Marvel film?
And, since the movie takes place in 1990s,
do think Grunge music's gonna make a comeback?
(grunge music)
Let's discuss. (electronic music)
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