Black Widow
Summary
4 years after it was let go , one apparent plot hollow inBlack Widowhas been excuse away by a tragicMCUsuper soldier possibility . Black Widowkicked offMCU Phase 4and the Multiverse Saga , though it did not take place after the Infinity Saga chronologically inthe MCU timeline . This was a rather puzzling start to the new saga , as it was a prequel star a character who died inAvengers : Endgame . It did , however , introduce a pile of novel characters congeal to be main players in the Multiverse Saga , including Yelena Belova , Taskmaster , and Alexei Shostakov .
Alexei Shostakov is the Soviet Union ’s answer to Captain America , operating under the mantle of Red Guardian in his glory twenty-four hours after receiving an imitation of Erskine ’s Super Soldier Serum . To Shostakov , this makes him Captain America ’s equal , as he demonstrates a similar set of business leader to his red - blank - and - drear counterpart . As has been the case for many other super soldier experiment , however , the likelihood is that his serum was not as perfected as Steve ’s - which could lead to a tragedy in theupcoming Marvel movieThunderbolts * .
Red Guardian has strength to rival Captain America ’s , but how did he get it ? Here ’s how Black Widow ’s tiptop soldier could have gotten his power .
Black Widow’s Red Guardian Theory Makes His Thunderbolts* Story Way More Tragic
fit in to a theory posted to Reddit byu / grambocrackah , theSuper Soldier Serum given to Red Guardianis killing him slowly . The theory hinge on the plot hollow that Shostakov ’s incarceration does n’t make much sense , give that he is ostensibly capable of breaking out on a impulse with his enhanced physiology . The opinion that the prison is too far from civilization to make it feasible is contravene by the fact that a helicopter can on the face of it make the slip just outside St. Petersberg on very little fuel . With that in mind , township would surely litter the countryside surrounding the major city .
This suggests that Shostakov had some kind of incentive to play lump during his imprisonment . The notion that he is being keep alive through regular aesculapian intervention is a convincing reason for this , advise that Shostakov can see no other resort for stay alive . This also helps to explicate why Shostakov looks more out of condition and disheveled than his tiptop soldier counterpart . His reasons for breaking out are that he wishes to go out in a blaze of glory in his erstwhile guise as a Soviet superhero .
This then leads straight intothe story ofThunderbolts * . The antiheroes that comprise the nominal team are presumptively run to necessitate some inducement to commence act upon for a clandestine American government agency , which Shostakov may find in the glory of the mission . or else , he may get together up with the Thunderbolts as the US Government exchanges his cooperation for the life-time - saving drug he was afford in prison house . Either way , tragedy may await Red Guardian , place up the new Black Widow .
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Red Guardians MCU Death Could Help Setup The MCU’s Next Black Widow
Confirmed MCU Thunderbolts Member
Portrayed By
Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Black Widow: Released in 2021, Black Widow follows Natasha Romanoff as she faces a conspiracy linked to her past. Pursued relentlessly, Natasha must confront her history as a spy and navigate fractured relationships from her previous life before becoming part of the Avengers.
Julia Louis - Dreyfus
Yelena Belova / Black Widow
Florence Pugh
Alexi Shostakov / Red Guardian
David Harbour
Taskmaster
Olga Kurylenko
John Walker / U.S. Agent
Wyatt Russell
Ava / wraith
Hannah John - Kamen
Bucky Barnes
Sebastian Stan
Yelena Belova is the presumed Black Widow successorto Natasha Romanoff in the wake of her death . Both received the same training , after all , and it ’s easy to see Romanoff imparting the mantle onto her adoptive sis were she alive . Yelena has yet to formally refer to herself as the new Black Widow , but her adopted founding father ’s dying will no doubt catalyze the process , begin the transition into a bona fide superhero with an all - too - familiar catastrophe .
It is more likely that Yelena will become the White Widow alternatively , the heroic mantle adopted by the previously villainous Belova in Marvel Comics . This will help to differentiate Belova from her sister while paying tribute to Romanoff ’s bequest asBlack Widowall the while . Whatever the case , it remains a concern that Shostakov will not live the consequence ofThunderbolts*if there is virtue to this convincing theory .
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Black Widow : exhaust in 2021 , Black Widow follow Natasha Romanoff as she faces a cabal linked to her past . go after relentlessly , Natasha must confront her chronicle as a undercover agent and navigate fractured relationships from her old life before becoming part of the Avengers .
Upcoming Marvel Movies
Release Date
Deadpool & Wolverine
July 26 , 2024
Captain America : Brave New World
February 14 , 2025
Thunderbolts *
May 2 , 2025
Fantastic Four
July 25 , 2025
Blade
November 7 , 2025
avenger 5
May 1 , 2026
Avengers : Secret Wars
May 7 , 2027
