What Is ‘Secret Wars’? A Guide to the Big ‘Avengers’ Sequel
thewrap.comComic-Con, announcing that the next “Avengers” sequels — technically “Avengers 5” and “Avengers 6” — will be called “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars.” This is the next Thanos-level event facing the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it can’t come soon enough.Ever since “Avengers: Endgame” put a definitive button on the first three phases of the MCU, the output has been uncharacteristically disconnected, with disparate stories being told in both film and TV (on Disney+) that take place in the same universe, but lack the looming threat of Thanos that hung over the characters after 2012’s “The Avengers.”That changes with “Secret Wars,” which will be preceded by “The Kang Dynasty.” But what is “Secret Wars” and what makes it worthy of a being an Avengers movie?
All your questions answered below.Before we get to “Secret Wars,” there will be “Kang Dynasty,” the “Infinity War” to its “Endgame”It gets its name from 16-part “Avengers” storyline written by the great Kurt Busiek that ran from 2001-2002.
In it, Kang, in a nutshell, comes back from the 30th century and actually manages to take over the entire planet earth — destroying the United Nations headquarters in the process.
Of course, eventually The Avengers stop him, but at great cost.So “Kang Dynasty” could find Kang bringing the fight to Earth, while “Secret Wars” could be his revenge plot.
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