9 Major Marvel Movie Events That Could Follow Avengers: Infinity War

War is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it promises to be forever changed when the dust from the battle has settled.

Infinity War will mark the end of a decade's worth of comic book-inspired storytelling and finally pit the superhero team and its allies against the Mad Titan Thanos, a battle that has been teased since the original Avengers post-credits scene.

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has hinted that Infinity War and its sequel will not only bring the curtain down on the MCU's Phase 3, but mark the end of Phases entirely, so it looks like the series landscape is about to undergo a dramatic shift.

Whatever the MCU of the future happens to look like, one thing is for certain: Marvel Studios will continue to bring epic tales of superheroism to the big screen, and the comic book vault at the House of M is chock full of source material ripe for adaptation.

Somewhat unfortunately for Marvel, they're going to have to raise the stakes even more in the wake of Thanos' big show, because that film's success will raise the bar considerably.

Several Secret Wars have been waged at Marvel over the years, but in this instance, we're talking about the original crossover event which ran between 1984 and '85.

The cynics will tell you the comic giant only brought all of its characters together to sell toys, and while that's party true, the results were fangasmic nonetheless.

The story sees an all-powerful cosmic being called The Beyonder visit Earth and develop a fascination with its heroes and villains.

Wishing to observe their eternal battle between good and evil more closely, the entity whisks virtually every character from Marvel canon off to the planet Battleworld, where they're forced duke it out with their enemies for a prize beyond their wildest dreams.

Marvel's top brass may have had one eye of the company's overheads when they launched this series, but it has epic cinematic adaptation stamped all over it.

It could theoretically serve as the sequel to Infinity Wars, with The Beyonder Introduced in the movie's post-credits sequence, having watched the battle with Thanos from afar.

There's even a fan conspiracy theory doing the rounds that Stan Lee is actually The Beyonder, appearing in every Marvel movie to observe it heroes and villains before bringing them together for the cosmic smackdown.

It's a load of nonsense, of course, but 10 out of 10 for creativity on that one.