Avengers Infinity War – Heroes Missing in Action & Probably Snapped

Some characters’ whereabouts from the immensely popular Avengers – Infinity War aren’t shown by the end of the movie, leaving fans wondering where they might be, and if they’ll show up again. The film has a massive cast already, but with ten years of epic saga-ness under their belt, not everyone could be onscreen for Avengers 3.

NOTE: With Endgame already out in theaters, some of these guesses are totally wrong. Just treat this as pre-movie speculation for funsies.

SPOILERS AHEAD for Infinity War! Do NOT read past this point if you haven’t seen Avengers 3 – Infinity War.

Okay, to make this more clear, I’m about to talk about the controversial ending to Infinity War. Here we go: a lot of deaths happen to a lot of heroes. I’ve seen the movie four times now, and in between sobs I’ve noted who remains and who doesn’t, and wondered about the offscreen fates of who might be left to carry the fight in Avengers 4. (Which is as yet still untitled – apparently the final Avenger film has a big spoiler right in the name.)

[pullquote position=”right”]We simply don’t know if the offscreen characters made it or not. I’m going to take a leap and suggest that most of the ‘rest’ survived, probably with a token few who we’ll never know about.[/pullquote]

So, at this point, here are the named characters that are either MIA or simply have their fates unknown at this time:

Captain Marvel – Not a huge guess to say she’s just fine. Someone answered Nick Fury’s page at the bitter end.

Ant-Man and the Wasp – Their next movie takes place before the Infinity War, but they’re probably going to be around to join the remaining Avengers next year. Otherwise, why bother giving them another movie?

Hawkeye –  Since the original Avenger team members survived, it’s probable Clint Barton will still be around to come out of house arrest/retirement. (Why did the original Avengers make it? Coincidence? Fate? …At this point, we don’t know.)

Pepper Potts – We also don’t know anything about Tony’s fiance, but she’s worn an Iron Man suit before. No reason she can’t put one of Tony’s old models on if she’s needed for next year’s battle.

Shuri – She was right there in Wakanda, but we didn’t see her fate. I’m betting the MCU’s “Smartest Genius” made it, even if her brother didn’t. She’ll probably be around to team up with Okoye and M’Baku…and likely Nakia, T’Challa’s girlfriend, and the Queen Mother (whose fates are also unknown).

King Eitri – The giant dwarf from Infinity War still has crucial knowledge about mighty weapons (and the Infinity Gauntlet in particular). He’s a pretty big dude (“dwarf” status aside). Those iron fists could come in handy, and he’s got to be really lonely on that broken Forge Spaceship by now. I hope Thor didn’t just leave him there.

Sif – With almost everyone from Asgard destroyed, including Loki, Heimdall, Thor’s entire family, and the Warriors Three, Thor’s remaining Asgardian friend could be literally in any of the Nine Realms. Thor can call on his shiny new axe  Stormbreaker to bring this warrior back for the final fight.

Valkyrie – Her absence confused me most of all. She was RIGHT THERE with Thor and the “Revengers” at the end of Thor Ragnarok. Didn’t she get on the big ship with everyone else? Maybe she snuck off in her own vessel, or the Grandmaster’s ship, and headed straight to the nearest intergalactic bar for an epic bender. She was such a huge breakout role in Ragnarok, that killing her offscreen and unnoticed is probably just not going to happen.

Korg (and his little pal Miek) – Same as above; the rockman’s probably an offscreen survivor. It helps that Korg is played by Ragnarok’s own director.

The Grandmaster – Not a hero or a true villain, his last whereabouts are in Los Angeles, living with Thor’s ex-roomate Daryl. That’s if you count the Team Daryl You Tube one-off as canon. I’ve noticed you can never actually count Jeff Goldblum’s characters out, even if they’ve been said to die (Jurassic Park comes to mind). Maybe the Grandmaster will be still around to melt people that annoy him.

Jane Foster – Thor’s ex-girlfriend was infused with the Aether/Reality Stone once. If she’s around, she might have some connection to it still. The actress reportedly doesn’t want to work with Marvel anymore, but who knows? Then there’s the other members of Jane’s science team: Darcy, her intern, and, of course, there’s…

Erik Selvig –  Aside from his Thor connections, he fell under the spell of the Tesseract/Power Stone in the original Avengers film. He’s been a likable character and tech-helpful.

Phil Coulson – I haven’t kept up with his role on Agents of SHIELD, but since he started in the movies, Phil could be pulled back in.

Wong – As far as we know, he’s still guarding the Sanctum Sanctorum. He has enough mystic power of his own to join the Avengers, if he’s willling.

The Nova Corps – With half of planet Xandar’s populace killed offscreen, pre-film, there could be a few named characters reprising their roles from Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 1. Nova Prime, maybe. I’d love to see Rhomann Dey again. That guy was fun. Um…the Broker could be around too. A lot of people appeared on Xandar.

Speaking of the Guardians, only Rocket pulls through. Nebula could be considered a Guardian by now, but there are other named characters who may be around. There’s Kraglin, Yondu’s right hand man and current owner of the Arrow. I expected him to have joined the Guardians, after accepting Star Lord as his new captain at the end of GotG, Vol 2. It was surprising he was nowhere to be found. With the actor, Sean Gunn, being Guardian director James Gunn’s real-life brother (and body actor for Rocket), I’m going to bet he made it through the Snap-pocalypse.

Then there are the other Ravagers, like the little group surrounding Sylvester Stallone’s Starhawk character. They could be a thing.

Adam Warlock – The Sovereign isn’t the nicest lady in the MCU, but she’s not evil. And she’s got a whole planet of people who, presumably, have still half their population left. Her “son” Adam was teased at in GotG Vol 2, and he’s supposed to be pretty powerful. If they follow up on that extra scene in the credits, he could be a major new super being.

“Happy” Hogan – He’s been a supporting player for Tony Stark and the Avengers, and could continue to help the team. 

Vulture – Yeah, he was a bad guy in Spiderman – Homecoming, but he’s not totally evil. He mainly wanted to support his family. And he owes Spidey big time. Last seen in prison, he refused to name Peter Parker as the young superhero. He could be a good guy in the coming days.

Aunt May – She knows her nephew is Spiderman, but we don’t know her reaction yet. She doesn’t have any powers, but she might still be alive and well for Spiderman: Homecoming 2.

Ned –  Spiderman’s best friend and official “Chair Guy”, he had a cute little cameo in the bus scene. And speaking of the bus scene, there’s…

Stan Lee – Unless the actor dies, he’ll probably keep reprising his ever-present bit roles, which were finally revealed as an overarching “Superhero Watcher Informant”. Maybe he’ll have something more substantial to do next time around. I’m not counting anyone out.

Notice I’m not including anyone from the MCU television shows, unless they’ve been notable in the Marvel movies. Apparently, we’re not going to see any significant cross-over into future films. I’m not even going to mention the comic book characters. This article is pretty long and somewhat esoteric enough.

Okay, who’d I forget? There’ve been a lot of “named” characters in these 19 movies, and I’m not an encyclopedia. Tell me what you think in the comments below.