One of the things we learned from the post-credits scene from Thunderbolts* a.k.a. The New Avengers, is that Sam Wilson is not happy with his friend Bucky, as he’s forming his own Avengers team, and clearly, he considers his team to be the true Avengers. And he has a claim, as he was a member of the official “classic” Avengers team under Steve Rogers, and no one on Bucky’s team ever was. So we feel a Civil War-style fight is in the air, probably as part of Avengers: Doomsday. At least a small part of it. But who would win such a fight? First, we’d have to examine who Sam’s Avengers even are. Or probably are.
So, based on the official cast list of Avengers: Doomsday, we think it’s safe to say Captain America’s Avengers will include Falcon (Danny Ramirez), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and probably Shang-Chi (Simu Lu). Yes, we think more characters will be added to this line-up, but for now, we have to assume this is at least the main core of Sam’s Avengers. We chose not to add Shuri as Black Panther, because Kevin Feige has mentioned the Wakandans as their own “team.”
Of course, the New Avengers are just the Thunderbolts, which means Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), and Lewis Pullman as Bob/the Sentry. This means that both teams have a (more or less) similar amount of heroes, so the fight will be even. Well, even in terms of numbers at least.
Most of the New Avengers are, by their own admission, “punch and shoot” types. However, their wild card is Sentry. Bob Reynolds is so powerful, he really can’t use his powers, or he might give in to the Void. But we imagine if the team has to take on Sam’s Avengers, Sentry might have to power up again. And we think the reason is because Sam’s Avengers will have a literal god on the team with Thor. This really all comes down to who is stronger, Bob or the Odinson?
We actually lean toward Bob being more dangerous than Thor. Sure, Thor has super strength and invulnerability, and is the literal God of Thunder. So he can direct lightning and whatnot. Not to mention that cool hammer. But Sentry, when his powers are unleashed, seems to be able to do way more damage than Thor. And if it all comes down to Thor vs. Sentry, we think Sentry has the edge. He has had one before in the pages of Marvel Comics. Having said that, he might take down the whole planet while taking out Sam’s Avengers. Not exactly a good thing.
Of course, both teams might add members to their rosters which might change the whole game. What if Sam’s Avengers adds Captain Marvel, or Bruce Banner? And what if Bucky’s team adds power players of their own, like She-Hulk or Ms. Marvel? Also, as a former military officer, we think James Rhodes, either as War Machine or the new Iron Man, might be drafted into the New Avengers. All of that could change the balance between the teams. But right now, because of the godlike Sentry, our money is on the New Avengers.
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