- Which secret Avenger could be joining Endgame?
With Avengers Endgame only about three months out
and still not much known about the Infinity War follow up
besides a quick trailer and few toy leaks,
let's just say we're all getting pretty creative,
stitching together the rumors and scraps
of info we do have.
And since Feige has already come clean
and told us we probably wouldn't be seeing
anything past the first 15 to 20 minutes
of the film in promotional materials,
fans will just have to keep putting
those crafting skills to use
by stringing together theories and speculations
from what's already out there.
And now, thanks to a series
of comics coming out the same month as Endgame,
fans are theorizing that one old school Avenger
might be joining the team.
So break out your tinfoil hats as we dig into this theory.
Thanks to the folks over at Screen Rant,
it appears that the classic Avenger Black Knight
might be joining the Avengers in Endgame.
How and what you ask?
Let's lay out the evidence.
Marvel has a history of coordinating it's comic releases
with what's going on in the cinematic universe
and the lead up to Endgame appears to be no different.
The comics publisher recently released
pre-order solicitations for it's April line of books
and among them is a line called True Believer
that are reissues of classic singles
that appear to tie into Avengers Endgame.
Characters highlighted in these reprints include Gamora,
Thanos, Ronan and even Thor's new hammer, Stormbreaker.
But a particular interest to fans are the reissues
of the Avengers number 71 and number 343
which heavily feature the old school Avenger Black Knight.
In case you aren't up to speed
on your sword wielding Avengers,
Black Knight, A.K.A. Dane Whitman,
is an Avenger from the 60's who inherits a castle
from his ancestor, also called the Black Knight,
and comes across their enchanted sword, the Ebony Blade.
Dane decides to wield the blade
and take on the mantle of Black Knight
to restore honor to the name, so you know,
usual knight stuff.
So what do these reissues have to do with the Black Knight?
Well, in issue number 71,
which by the way, is titled Endgame,
Black Knight teams up with the Avengers
to follow Kang the Conqueror as he bounces through time.
All of the Avengers, except for Black Knight,
get killed, however, he's able to defeat Kang
and bring the dead Avengers back to life.
Among the many storylines of issue number 343,
one focuses on the Ebony Blade, his enchanted sword.
Now the Ebony Blade isn't
just your run of the mill enchanted sword.
While it's super OP if someone kills with it,
the blade infects the wielder with an insatiable blood lust.
Not wanting to risk it, Dane Whitman decides
to replace the Ebony Blade with a new sword
which is basically a light saber.
Now besides one of the issues being the title
of the next movie and the fact
that it involves the Avengers traveling through time,
a suspected plot of Avengers 4,
and the fact that Avengers get killed
only to be brought back to life,
another suspected plot point to Avengers Endgame,
how else do they both relate to Endgame?
Well, turns out, there's a ton more to piece together.
When news of the Black Knight focused reissues dropped,
a lot of insiders came out of the woodwork
to say this all tracks with some things they've heard
about Marvel's recent interest in the Black Knight.
First, there was some buzz last year
about Guy Ritchie possibly making a Captain Britain movie
with Black Knight in a prominent role.
Then Jeremy Conrad of MCU Cosmic tweeted a picture
of the tiny quantum realm city
in Ant-man and the Wasp saying there's been some hinting
and talk about Black Knight recently.
Apparently, Marvel does have a plan for him in the MCU,
and they already know how he'll be introduced.
Then, there was that tidbit from awhile back
that the Black Knight's Ebony Blade
almost appeared in Doctor Strange
but was pulled at the last second.
So that's quite a bit of very specific nods
to Black Knight joining the Marvel cinematic universe
and if Marvel is, in fact, setting the table
for him to make his MCU debut in Endgame,
reissuing those obscure comics
would be one way to get us ready for his entrance.
So does this all mean that we could see
Black Knight join the Avengers in Endgame?
Could be, but it's a lot to set up in a film
that also needs to intro a bigger threat than Thanos,
as we previously saw teased on a leaked toy box.
And it's also possible we are all looking the wrong way
at these reissues.
Maybe the focus shouldn't be on Black Knight,
but his weapon, the Ebony Blade instead.
And if that is the case, what's another MCU character
who's good with swords and not quite part of the Avengers
but could take up the blade and bail the Avengers
out of some trouble?
Who might that be?
How about Valkyrie.
We've seen from recent toy leaks
that Val has her own Endgame Titan Hero figure,
along with the Avengers, so she'll be around
for whatever goes down.
So our 100 to one odds is that
if the Ebony Blade does show up in Endgame,
Valkyrie will be the one to wield it.
But of course, this is all speculation
so take this with a grain of salt,
or very specifically, 10 grains of salt.
I don't know, sure.
But what do you folks think?
Is the truth out there about Black Knight joining up
with the Avengers in Endgame?
Could it be Valkyrie?
And what other obscure Avenger
would you want to see join the team?
Let's discuss.