Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Marvel's Thunderbolts*On the one hand, I'm excited about the MCU's "New Avengers" reveal in and what it means for the future. However, I still think that Sam Wilson deserved better. After all, it's easy to argue that the new Captain America definitely just had his "thunder" stolen.

In Thunderbolts*, Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, John Walker, Red Guardian, Ghost, and Bob Reynolds aka Sentry all come together as a brand-new team of heroes. However, the surprise twist at the end of Thunderbolts* revealed that this new team will be going by another name entirely: The New Avengers.

. This allowed Val to publicly save face following the Void's attack on New York, as well as saving her own skin from the Thunderbolts themselves. However, the new arrangement conversely works in the Thunderbolts/New Avengers' favor too, and Yelena says as much when she leans in to tell Val that they "own" her now.

Sure enough, the final post-credits scene for Thunderbolts* features the New Avengers operating out of the Watchtower/Avengers tower 14 months later. Shown with an all-new Avengers "A" logo, new uniforms, a state-of-the-art AI system, and even jets at their disposal, all these new bells and whistles are presumably all at the expense of Val and O.X.E Group.

The end of Captain America: Brave New World saw Sam announcing that he was planning to reassemble the Avengers. . Now, that reveal will more than likely be saved for Avengers: Doomsday in 2026.

Likewise, Yelena confirms that Wilson even went so far as to have the "Avengers" name copyrighted. As a fun bit of marketing, real-life social media pages for The Avengers have recently received copyright marks ahead of their names.

. Likewise, they might not get along very well in upcoming crossovers like Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars. That said, having more than one Avengers team will probably end up being a major benefit once Doctor Doom emerges as the next major threat to the MCU and the multiverse at large.

. More teams mean more opportunities to divide and conquer, splitting up in response to various goals similar to what's seen in Infinity War and Endgame. Not only is it a good narrative device that allows audiences to focus on a handful of heroes at a time until the final act, but it undoubtedly helps with production schedules too.

In total, it's been confirmed by Kevin Feige that Doomsday and Secret Wars will see the Avengers, Thunderbolts/New Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four all coming together to stop Doctor Doom. One can imagine that Kamala Khan and Kate Bishop's Young Avengers/Champions might be featured as well.