Avengers 5: EVERY Major Rumour Ranked Worst To Best

3. The Dark Avengers

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With so many of the original Avengers out of action for the fifth installment, the team will be radically different. Aside from simply the New Avengers, there are so many alternate versions of the team the MCU could utilise, including the West Coast Avengers, the Mighty Avengers, or even the Great Lakes Avengers.

One branch of the team that has been theorised about since phase four was set out at San Diego Comic Con is the Dark Avengers. Debuting in the comics in 2009, the team was made up of imitations of the true team, including Norman Osborn as the Iron Patriot.

Of course, this would have to be tailored to the MCU, but there are more than enough candidates to join the team, most of which would be introduced in phase four. Yelena as Black Widow, Red Guardian as the team's answer to Captain America, Taskmaster as Hawkeye, Melina as Iron Maiden being the new Iron Man, a returning Abomination could fill Hulk's spot on the roster, and any one of the Eternals could fill in for Thor.

It would take a lot of story telling to get to this eventuality, but it would be something completely different for the franchise, and Marvel Studios have, at the very least, two or three years to set the story in motion.

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