New Avengers: Endgame Toy Leak Might Spoil When Hulk Returns
Hulk has been absent from Avengers 4's trailers, but is this when he enters the Endgame?
Warning: this post contains potential spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.
The marketing for Avengers: Endgame has focused heavily on the original members of the team, with the exception of Bruce Banner/Hulk. While we have a good idea of how Iron Man, Captain America, et al fit into the film, Bruce has only appeared in a couple of shots, and Hulk himself has yet to appear.
That's led to a big theory - aided by some leaked promo art - that the two characters will merge to form Professor Hulk in the film, with the size and strength of Hulk but the brains of Banner. Hulk, of course, refused to come out during Infinity War after being defeated by Thanos, but now, thanks to a new toy leak courtesy of Redditor u/dumbledowge, we might know the exact circumstances that forces the big green guy back out and into the fight.
As the images show, not only is Hulk in action - with a new suit, which we've seen in previous leaked promo art - but Thanos appears to be attacking the Avengers Compound, since he's standing on a smashed version of the team's logo. This could just be for merchandise only, but these toys are often based upon scenes from the movie, which would mean that at some point during Endgame, Thanos returns to Earth and attacks the Avengers in their own home.
We know that the Avengers are going to find Thanos and attempt to defeat him and undo the Snap quite early in the movie, in a plan that is certainly going to fail. That isn't going to stop them, however, as they'll then be devising their Quantum Realm plan to find a new way of undoing or stopping the Decimation.
It's looking likely, then, that Thanos discovers what they're up to, and heads to Earth in an effort to stop them. We've already seen that a trailer was seemingly edited to hide the Outriders, which further fits with the idea of the Mad Titan returning to Earth. We saw in a previous trailer a battle sequence that was seemingly on Earth - there was a pencil and a headphone jack - and there's a good chance that's what this is. Thanos attacks the Avengers HQ, and that's what brings Hulk out for an epic rematch.