Summary

• The MCU is setting up younger heroes for a potential Young Avengers project to replace aging or fallen heroes in Phase 5 and beyond.
• Known recruits include Ms. Marvel, Kate Bishop, Stature, Kid Loki, America Chavez, and Ironheart, forming the foundation for a new superhero team.
• Miles Morales, Skaar, Speed, Wiccan, and Toussaint could potentially join the Young Avengers in the future to expand the team's roster.

After The Marvels' tease, several cast members for Marvel Studios' potential Young Avengers project have already been set up in the MCU. In the wake of Avengers: Endgame, the MCU's Phase 4 put emphasis on introducing new heroes to the franchise to replace those who are getting older, retiring, or those who have died. Many of these new heroes have been younger in age, which has led many to speculate that the formation of the MCU's Young Avengers could be coming during Phase 5, 6, or beyond.

Marvel Comics debuted the Young Avengers in 2005 as a team of amateur vigilantes who were eager to live up to the legacies of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. At first, their lack of experience means they were underestimated by the older heroes, but they soon proved their worth as capable superheroes. Now, the MCU's Young Avengers team has made a huge stride forward, with Ms. Marvel and Kate Bishop uniting to create their own superhero team. While other important members like Hulkling, Noh-Varr, and Prodigy are yet to be seen in the MCU timeline, everything is almost ready for Marvel Studios' Young Avengers project.

Honorable Mention: Vision

Played By: Paul Bettany

While the MCU's Vision isn't exactly a young hero, the Vision brings the Young Avengers together for the first time in Marvel Comics to fill the void left after the Avengers disbanded in 2004-05's Avengers Disassembled storyline. Crucially, he's still around in the MCU, despite the original Vision dying in Avengers: Infinity War (twice).

How Likely Is He To Join The Young Avengers?

WandaVision saw the MCU's new White Vision leave to destinations unknown after regaining his memories, heading off to his own spinoff series, Vision Quest, that is still currently in development. With Kamala Khan taking the role of the Young Avengers' Nick Fury in the MCU, it's unlikely Vision will be involved, but it may still make sense to have an older hero acting as the team's liaison. The comics link would make him a logical candidate.

16 Kamala Khan, A.K.A. Ms. Marvel Was Set Up As The Young Avengers' Leader

Played By: Iman Vellani

Iman Vellani made her acting debut in Ms. Marvel on Disney+, portraying the titular Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, who unlocked her mutant ability thanks to her great-grandmother's mystical bangle. The young superhero returned in The Marvels when Dar-Benn's villainous plan draws her together with Captain Marvel and Monica Rambeau.

How Likely Is She To Join The Young Avengers?

Ms. Marvel is already confirmed as the founding member of the MCU's Young Avengers thanks to The Marvels. Although Kamala is most often associated with Marvel Comics' Champions, her Avengers fandom makes her the perfect fit for the MCU's Young Avengers team. Kamala's origins as a mutant in the MCU were also changed from her comic backstory as an Inhuman, which could further tie her to the MCU's X-Men, eventually.

15 Kate Bishop, A.K.A. Hawkeye Is Already Teased To Join The Young Avengers

Played By: Hailee Steinfeld

While the opening moments of Avengers: Endgame teased Lila Barton's future as a superhero, it was actually the unrelated vigilante Kate Bishop who stepped up to the plate and becomes the new Hawkeye in the Young Avengers team. Hailee Steinfeld starred as Bishop opposite Jeremy Renner's Clint Barton in Hawkeye on Disney+, which saw the original Avenger train the MCU's next heroic archer.

How Likely Is She To Join The Young Avengers?

Kate Bishop was Ms. Marvel's first port of call in terms of allies, and appears to have been recruited as the second MCU Young Avenger. She was a founding member of the Young Avengers in Marvel Comics in 2005, so her debut in Phase 4 always looked to be leading here, especially since the series finale implied that she would be permanently adopting the Hawkeye moniker for herself.

14 Cassie Lang, A.K.A. Stature/Stinger Has Had Her Hero Future Teased For Years

Played By: Kathryn Newton

Cassie Lang was originally portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson in Ant-Man though was aged-up after Avengers: Endgame's five-year time-jump, then briefly played by Emma Fuhrmann. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania would see her recast again, now with Kathryn Newton in the role, but would also see Cassie sport her own superhero costume for the first time, joining her family on their Quantum Realm adventure. In Marvel Comics, Cassie Lang operates as Stature, and later Stinger, demonstrating similar size-changing abilities to her father, and becomes a founding member of the Young Avengers after her father's tragic death.

How Likely Is She To Join The Young Avengers?

While Cassie was originally rejected as an Avenger, she eventually joins up after revealing her powers. Her confirmation as an MCU Young Avenger looks assured after Ms. Marvel and Kate Bishop discuss recruiting her as the third member of their fledgling team.

13 Skaar Is A Natural Young Avengers Addition

Played By: Wil Deusner

Skaar is one of the MCU's newer additions, debuting in Phase 4's She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as the surprise Sakaaran son of Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Hulk. As the son of the exiled Hulk and the alien Caiera in Marvel Comics, debuting canonically during 2008's World War Hulk event, Skaar is often seen as an antihero, eventually becoming a member of the Dark Avengers.

How Likely Is He To Join The Young Avengers?

Very little is known of Skaar, particularly about his future, but he could be set to be the MCU's replacement for Hulkling in the MCU. That would finally deliver on She-Hulk's tease, which seemed to be a bit of a dead-end otherwise. Skaar was once a Dark Avenger in the comics, but the Young Avengers makes more sense now, as long as his dad signs off on his membership.

12 Tommy Maximoff A.K.A. Speed Could Return To The MCU

Played By: Jett Klyne

Introduced in WandaVision as the fabricated children of Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch, and Vision, Tommy and Billy begin to express their abilities while still living in the Westview Hex. However, in Marvel Comics, it's their reincarnated selves, Thomas Shepherd and William Kaplan, who become Young Avengers after realizing their powers. Tommy, assuming the moniker of Speed, is a speedster like his uncle, Quicksilver.

How Likely Is He To Join The Young Avengers?

The big issue here is Tommy doesn't technically exist in the MCU any more, after Scarlet Witch ended her spell over Westview. However, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness confirmed Tommy exists in a different timeline, and the MCU's multiverse arc could bring him back to the main timeline.

11 Billy Maximoff A.K.A. Wiccan Could Return With His Brother

Played By: Julian Hilliard

Scarlet Witch's other son, Billy Maximoff AKA Wiccan, can use magic like his mother, though he is regarded as considerably less dangerous than his mother. Along with Tommy, Billy could make an appearance during Phase 5's Agatha: The Darkhold Diaries, which would help set up the MCU's Young Avengers project.

How Likely Is He To Join The Young Avengers?

Like his brother, Billy exists only on a branched timeline, but rumors have suggested that he will return in Agatha Harkness' upcoming Disney+ spin-off, somehow. If that is true, he could be a little more likely to join the Young Avengers than his brother, and could bring a magical element to the team.

10 America Chavez Could Be The Most Powerful MCU Young Avenger

Played By: Xochitl Gomez