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EW’s Captain Marvel Blowout Spawns New Avengers 4 Theories

Entertainment Weekly's ongoing Captain Marvel coverage has resulted in some pretty wild fan theories regarding Carol Danvers and her role in Avengers 4.

It’s often the case that when a new Entertainment Weekly cover is unveiled, we’re left with more questions than answers.

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Case in point: Captain Marvel, which at long last pulled back the curtain on Brie Larson’s Starforce rookie, who’s destined to become a force to be reckoned with within the MCU. It’s not an origin story per se, but a standalone adventure involving the Kree empire, Skrulls, a digitally de-aged Nick Fury, and Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos, leader of the Skrull invasion.

Now that the dust is beginning to settle, though, Marvel fans have drawn up all-new theories relating to Avengers 4 and, more specifically, Captain Marvel’s pivotal role in the 2019 ensemble piece.

One would assume that the spinoff movie from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck shares some form of connective tissue with Avengers 4 (the Quantum Realm, perhaps?), and while it’s yet to be confirmed outright, that hasn’t stemmed the tide of speculation, as evidenced by this collection of tweets (h/t ComicBook.com):

If nothing else, Captain Marvel is living proof that there’s still hope for the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the crushing finale of Avengers: Infinity War, which reduced half of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to dust soon after Thanos acquired the souped-up Infinity Gauntlet.

So perhaps Carol Danvers will be the one to level the playing field come 2019? It’s certainly not outside the realm of possibility, particularly when you remember those quotes from MCU boss Kevin Feige claiming that Captain Marvel is about to become the franchise’s most powerful character. And that’s a quite a compliment given she’ll be sharing the same screen with the likes of Hulk, Scarlett Witch and Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder.