Summary

Marvel Studios ' newAvengersteam is n’t expected to form until Phase 6 , but oneMCUcharacter may have already prove they have what it contract to execute the upcoming superhero squad . TheMCU ’s original Avengers teamfirst came together to battle Loki during the Battle of New York in 2012’sThe Avengers , and , since then , have aim on threats such as Ultron , Crossbones , Baron Zemo , the Mad Titan , Thanos , and even each other . Composed of Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes , the Avengers were a fundament of Marvel Studios ' springy - action MCU , and Phase 6 ’s new Avengers roll is arrange to continue their bequest .

The Avengers have n’t been seen together since the Battle of Earth and Tony Stark ’s emotional funeral in 2019’sAvengers : Endgame , but this will soon modify . The MCU ’s Multiverse Saga is expected to conclude withAvengers 5andSecret Warsin Phase 6 , which will search the formation of a young team of Avengers , including some of the new heroes Marvel Studios has introduced in late years . While the fullroster of Phase 6 ’s Avengers teamis bound to be telling , there ’s been some difference of opinion over who will lead the group , but one veteran MCU superhero has already proven his Strategic Arms Limitation Talks .

The MCU is presently without an prescribed team of Avengers , so who will be the new loss leader in Avengers : The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars ?

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Sam Wilson Already Recruited A New Avenger In Phase 3

After fighting alongside Steve Rogers ' Captain America and Natasha Romanoff ’s Black Widow to land down HYDRA in 2014’sCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , Anthony Mackie ’s Sam Wilson formally unite theAvengers at the ending of 2015’sAge of Ultron . alas , Wilson was only a member of the Avengers team for a unforesightful time before being branded a fugitive in 2016’sCaptain America : Civil War . Even so , during this abbreviated period as one of Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes , Sam Wilson proved why he ’d be the expert leader of the raw Avengers in the MCU ’s Phase 6 , and it ’s all thanks to Ant - Man .

During his brief time as an Avenger , Sam Wilson had an altercation with Paul Rudd ’s Scott Lang , who infiltrated the Avengers ' new HQ in 2015’sAnt - Isle of Man . Although Lang leave very few clew for Wilson to abide by , the latter was still able-bodied to track the former down and enrol him forTeam Cap inCivil War , establish his ingenuity , instincts and tactical thinker . These qualities are essential in any leader of the Avengers , proven time and again by Steve Rogers , who led the squad betweenThe AvengersandCivil War , but Sam Wilson has a power that even Steve Rogers did n’t .

Captain America Doesn’t Need To Be A Super Soldier To Lead The Avengers

Sam Wilson has been a democratic candidate to pass the new Avengers team in the MCU ’s Phase 6 , but some have stressed that he simply is n’t physically strong enough to lead the team . Steve Rogers was enhance with tops - soldier serum , giving him peak human attributes , butSam Wilson does n’t have any superhuman powers , make him nothing more than a veritable man with a technologically - advanced annex - suit of clothes . However , the leader of the Avengers does n’t need to have physical intensity to win , and Wilson ’s other qualities think that he ’d be the gross loss leader of the team .

Sam Wilson ’s delivery to Bucky Barnes about making indemnity proves that he ’s ready to leave the new Avengers as the MCU ’s next Captain America .

DuringAnt - ManandCivil War , Sam Wilson was able to go after down Scott Lang using a variety of resource and link , and enroll him for Team Cap after only a short experience with him at Avengers HQ . This process was unmistakably easy for Wilson , suggestinghe could reiterate this to bring together the MCU ’s newly - introduced wedge to form the unexampled Avengers . Sam Wilson ’s tactical science , strategic prowess and instinctual recruitment of Ant - Man for theAvengersinCivil Warhave proven he ’d be the perfect leader of the team in Phase 6 , despite not having any superhuman abilities to talk of .

Sam Wilson in Falcon and the Winter Soldier and as Captain America in Marvel’s New Avengers Comics

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Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson’s Captain Americas in the MCU

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Sam Wilson’s Captain America in his first suit in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s finale

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