Who lives or dies in Avengers: Endgame? Every superhero’s chance of survival, ranked
- Original Avengers like Captain America, Iron Man and Thor could be staring down death, while Black Panther and Antman may well survive
- We go through the permutations of which superhero will be left standing by the end
Friends, we are gathered here today to honour those Marvel superheroes we lost. Or, more aptly, worry about the ones probably about to exit.
In last year’s mega-epic Avengers: Infinity War , cosmic villain Thanos wiped out half of galactic existence with one apocalyptic snap of his Infinity Gauntlet, powered by six all-powerful Infinity Stones. And going halfsies on a universal scale meant a bunch of our favourite do-gooders went bye-bye, disintegrating into ash and leaving fans in a nervous state … at least until we see the culmination of the 22-film Marvel movie saga so far with Avengers: Endgame (in American cinemas April 26, and in Hong Kong April 24).
Original Avengers like Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jnr) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) lead the charge to figure out how to save the day in desperate circumstances, though the limited footage glimpsed in trailers has not shown us much of anything in terms of how they’ll fix the situation. (Time travel? Another set of Infinity Stones? Who knows!)
What’s most intriguing for fans is not who’s deceased now but who will be at the end of Endgame, especially if there’s another all-out climactic fight with Thanos. Evans, Downey and Hemsworth have talked about this being their swan song after years of Marvel movies, and dead heroes with sequels in the works – Spider-Man (Tom Holland) has one coming out this summer – may not stay that way.
So who’s making it out alive for the next phase of superhero films?
Here’s a status report on all the major heroes heading into the new Avengers, ranked by their chances of survival – from most likely to perish to totally going to live.
