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OK, Marvel, ‘Infinity War’ has left us with questions
If you haven’t seen the film, look away. If you have, you want to know too, right?
USA TODAY SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen Avengers: Infinity War yet, stop reading and go see it.
Thanks, Thanos.
All Marvel’s movie superheroes had to deal with was the occasional alien invasion or killer robot until the cosmic supervillain came to Wakanda in
Avengers: Infinity War. With one mighty snap of his fingers and the combined power of six Infinity Stones, Thanos wiped out half the universe’s population. And there were quite a few good guys in that body count, too.
So the situation isn’t exactly peaches and cream heading into next year’s fourth Avengers extravaganza (in theaters May 3, 2019). And do we have a bunch of burning questions.
How are we going to bring back all those heroes?
That is the $630 million question. Problem is, the end of Infinity War — leaving our folks in disarray on Earth — didn’t give us any clues. Still, Captain America and his crew in Wakanda will no doubt meet up with Iron Man and Nebula in space to figure it out.
Have we seen the last of Thanos?
“Thanos will return” is there in the credits, plus the bad guy usually doesn’t win in the end. But returning the galaxy to the status quo probably won’t be easy.
Do the Infinity Stones still have some juice left?
It seems that they do, with Thanos escaping from Thor’s clutches after setting off mass genocide by using what was left of his Infinity Gauntlet.
What is Captain Marvel’s role in all this?
We’ll find out much more about Brie Larson’s character in her 1990s-set origin movie, but perhaps she knows a workaround for repairing the damage inflicted by the Infinity Gauntlet.
Where the heck is Hawkeye?
He and Ant-Man are under house arrest by the FBI as a result of the events of Civil War, so he’s probably hanging on his farm with the wife and kids. Jeremy Renner said he will be back in Avengers 4, and rampant death would be reason to get back into the fight.