This last week has seen the release of two Avengers: Endgame posters that show not just the MCU’s surviving heroes, but also some of Thanos’ victims, most of whom died in the snap that concluded Avengers: Infinity War. But while last Thursday’s Chinese poster and this morning’s IMAX poster both managed to cram a lot of characters into one image, neither had any room for Hope van Dyne, aka The Wasp.
As you may recall, Scott Lang’s partner was last seen in the mid-credits sequence of Ant-Man and the Wasp, where she and her parents all turned to dust as part of the Mad Titan’s purging of the universe. More recently, the heroine was included among the dozens of character posters that dropped last week, which exhibited an array of both living and recently deceased heroes.
But while Hope was apparently important enough to be included in that particular promotional push, the character has been absent from all posters since. And to some Twitter users, her exclusion is a glaring oversight.
Excuse me @MarvelStudios ,where is Wasp? 🤔🤔#MARVEL #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/ppuVzGzMn8
— Pierre (@Pierre_Jennaoui) March 28, 2019
PLEASE add Hope/Wasp to the chinese and IMAX posters!
Why isn't she on there?
Please stop forgetting about her and give her what she deserves!— Feddd 🌺 (@waspvandems) April 2, 2019
I can’t explain how devastated I am to see The Wasp is not on the poster 😢😢 #thewasp #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/rOM7ajDdo6
— koltan (@nerdtobefound) April 2, 2019
These Avengers movies posters featuring “the fallen” are bothering me cuz The Wasp is missing! 😩 The designs are great though!
— Sir Regular Degular (@intricate_webb) April 2, 2019
Two new international #AvengersEndgame posters have been released!!
The second of which (the Chinese one) seems to feature the decimated fallen avengers but misses out on showing The Wasp! 🤔 pic.twitter.com/ww8uSb1RR6— Ant-Man News 🐜 (@AntManNews) March 29, 2019
WHERE IS WASP!?!?!?!?!
— Felix Wood #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 (@felixw1) April 2, 2019
@Avengers @Russo_Brothers @Kevfeige Where are The Wasp (Hope Van Dyne) and María Hill in the póster 😑😔😓??? pic.twitter.com/bJBdI8e0CZ
— 🇵🇪 Elías Rod (@ElderRodriguezA) April 2, 2019
Wasp appears to be the only Avenger not to appear in the international poster where the snapped/deceased are greyed out at the bottom.
I thought that was a bit weird. https://t.co/Q7B7SCq1xP
— Yasuke 야스케 (@MobileVillain) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/softerstark/status/1113086897440546816
For those of you wondering why the Wasp is nowhere to be found among the dead group, umm…what if she's there but shrunken down? #AvengersEndgame https://t.co/WRx42pk6nE
— internetnobody (@ohhieverybody) April 2, 2019
Actress Evangeline Lilly has already confirmed that she’s shot some footage for Endgame, so it’s understandable that fans are finding it a little strange that she’s only appeared on one poster so far. Then again, maybe the IMAX and Chinese posters were limiting themselves to only dead characters from Infinity War to avoid overcrowding the artwork or confusing filmgoers who skipped Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Regardless, it’s looking unlikely that Lilly will get a huge amount of screen time in Avengers: Endgame, but perhaps she can still play a small part in the movie’s heavily rumored time travel plot. We’ll find out either way when the film hits theaters on April 26th.
