How Avengers Endgame Completely Changes Spider-Man: Far From Home's Trailer

by Ewan Paterson

1. Could Mysterio Try To Capitalise On Iron Man's Death?

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In the run up to Far From Home's release, chatter from Marvel's camp has indicated that Mysterio will be an ally. Director Jon Watts event went so far as to call the character Peter's "cool uncle" in conversation with Entertainment Weekly, but most comics fans will no the character's intentions will be anything but genuine.

It certainly wouldn't be without precedent were Marvel to make Mysterio a hero. After all, they completely reinvented the history of the Skrulls to turn them into the victims of Kree expansion, rather than the cruel conquerers they were in the comics. Mysterio feels different though; everything just seems to indicate that he'll have been a villain all along.

It looks as though he's in it for the publicity. The likelihood is that these monsters he's creating are all illusions, and that the powers he's using are fakes too. The magic looks like it's been ripped from Doctor Strange's, while a classmate of Peter's describes him as being "Iron Man and Thor rolled into one."

Spider-Man declined Tony's public offer to become an Avenger in Homecoming, but the public - and by extension Mysterio - will no doubt be aware of his association with the Avengers. By aping Earth's Mightiest Heroes, could it be the case that he's looking to fill the spots vacated by their departed members?

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What do you think Mysterio is up to? Post your theories down in the comments below!

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.