Summary
- Avengers: Endgame featured almost every MCU hero in the final battle, marking a historic moment in Marvel history.
- The emotional deaths and retirements of key characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Black Widow remain significant.
- New heroes like Sam Wilson as Captain America, Doctor Strange, and Captain Marvel emerged as major players in the MCU landscape.
38 characters from every corner of the MCU, along with a few nameless groups, clashed in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame. Bringing Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga to an epic conclusion, Anthony and Joe Russo's Avengers: Endgame focused on the original six Avengers for one last mission in the MCU timeline. Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, Thor, and Hawkeye, as well as the other remaining Avengers, came together to reverse the devastation caused by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, embarking on a quest of their own to collect the Infinity Stones and defeat Thanos once-and-for-all.
Even 4 years after Avengers: Endgame's final battle, new heroes have been confirmed as playing a part in the Battle of Earth, with Marvel's Secret Invasion show confirming the presence of the last two super-powered individuals who answered the call. The same show also changed the ending of the battle with Thanos, adding a prologue not shown in Endgame that saw Nick Fury's Skrull spies stealing DNA of heroes and villains from the battle to use to create new heroes. That sort of long-term story-telling proves without a shadow of a doubt that Endgame's ending remains one of the most important Marvel moments of all time.
Avengers, Guardians Of The Galaxy, & Other Main Heroes
38 Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man Was Endgame's Biggest Hero
First Appeared In Iron Man
Marvel Studios' first superhero, Tony Stark, saves the universe as Iron Man one last time in Avengers: Endgame by solving the issues of time travel and using the Infinity Stones to wipe out Thanos and his army. His death at the end of Avengers: Endgame's final battle remains one of the most emotional moments in MCU history.
37 Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America Retired After Endgame
First Appeared In Captain America: The First Avenger
As the first chronological Avenger, Captain America fulfills his duty that began decades before. After becoming worthy of wielding Mjolnir, Steve Rogers returns to the love of his life, Peggy Carter, in the 1950s and passes the Captain America mantle on to Sam Wilson.