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With two more cinematic releases on the horizon and a slew of Disney+ series , it is deserving revisit exactly what has happened inMCU Phase 5so far . The shocking reveals have either wrapped up the stories of some of the MCU ’s biggest stars or opened up a can of worms that future MCU instalment will now have to deal with . With that in brain , here are the 10 most lurid reveals of MCU Phase 5 ( so far ) .
MCU Phase 5 Releases ( So Far )
Release Date
Ant - Man and the Wasp : Quantummania
February 17 , 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3
May 5 , 2023
Secret Invasion
June 21 , 2023
Loki Season 2
October 5 , 2023
The Marvels
November 10 , 2023
Between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment , here is every approaching Marvel movie release day of the month and what we know about the project so far .
10The Million Skrull Reveal Totally Changes The MCU
Secret Invasion (June 21, 2023)
WhileSecret Invasiondrew criticismfor not going very far with its premise , the unresolved game thread - namely , thata million Skrulls inhabit Earth- has some monumental implications . This was frustratingly left hang up as Nick Fury wiped his hands of the situation before head back up into space alongside his married woman , Varra . It did , however , set up up a DoS of thing that surrounding MCU installments will now have to twist with , since the Skrull mien on earth may affect the event ofArmor Warsand evenThor 5 , as Valkyrie has since taken in a host of Skrull refugees .
9The Council Of Kangs Is Introduced
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantummania (February 17, 2023)
It occupy a while for the Multiverse Saga ’s self-aggrandising badness to rear his headland only to be outdo by one ofthe weak Avengers , but his disappointing defeat at the hands of Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne was tempered by the situation - credits let on thatKang the Conqueror ( aka " The Exiled One " ) was just one head of a apparently insurmountable hydra . In a terrifying manifestation of the implications of the newly formed multiverse , the Council of Kangs comprising unnumbered Kang random variable was revealed as the true terror facing the Avengers - not just the one exiled to the Quantum Realm . The Council has yet to re-emerge , but they are sure enough looming .
8The Harvest Serum Sets Up MCU’s Strongest Hero
Should the Avengers find that they ’re struggling to resist up to the might ofcountless Kang chance variable , then they could do worse than engage the help of G’iah , who seemingly possess all of their conflate powers . Watching G’iah and Gravik duke it out in New Skrullos with the full arsenal of world power previously confined to individual Avengers was idea - boggling to say the least . The essence of have got one individual that can switch between the omnipotent exponent of Captain Marvel and the insurmountable strength of Hulk on a whim remain to be see , but the presence of a Super Skrull is n’t something that can be easily ignored .
7Nick Fury Collected Avengers DNA After Endgame
Nick Fury is the king of all things clandestine , but one of his most morally confutable turn in the name of furthering Earth ’s interests was to direct theSkrulls to collect the DNA of several super - powered person in the Wake Island of the Battle of Earth inAvengers : Endgame . While Fury has always apparently been one of the Avengers ' closest ally among Earth ’s upper echelon , the idea that he in secret glean the DNA they shed in their battle against Thanos likely would n’t pose well with any of them . Even more lurid was his misjudgment , which came too close to the effects of the Harvest benefit Earth ’s enemy .
6Kelsey Grammer’s Beast Exists In The MCU Multiverse
The Marvels (November 10, 2023)
The moment everyone had been waiting for in the end came in the post - credits scene ofThe Marvels , asthe cristal - Men were revealed to be in the alternate universe in which Monica Rambeau found herself trapped . The fact that it was Kelsey Grammer ’s Beast was a welcome surprise that carry some pregnant significance . Namely , that the X - Men of the multiverse - at least for now - seem suspiciously similar to the ones depict in Fox’sX - Menfranchise , and that the X - Men will , most likely , join the MCU through multiversal means rather than through events on Earth-616 .
5Rhodey Has Been A Skrull “For A Long Time”
When Rhodey was rescued from New Skrullos inSecret Invasion , he was told he had been there for a " recollective time . " This wispy assertion has grant rise to a overplus of theory border just how prospicient " long " was . One of the most convincing is that the Skrull key Raava assumed his identity after the events ofCaptain America : Civil Warsince the real James Rhodes is seen fatigue the same infirmary gown as when he was undergoing intervention follow the clash between Avengers . This could think of that Rhodey is yet to teach of the death of his best friend , and that Stark ’s expansive final moments occur alongside a Skrull role player .
4The Lives Of Mobius, B-15, Casey, And Ouroboros On The Sacred Timeline
Loki Season 2 (October 5, 2023)
Among the many big reveals ofLokiSeason 2 camethe details of the TVA ’s okay employees ' life on the sanctified timeline with each being more shocking and poignant than the last . Ouroboros was revealed to be skill fiction writer A.D. Doug , whose eccentric ideas go down him in skillful stead to write the mind - boggle TVA handbook . The once ruthless Hunter - B15 , meanwhile , was bring out to be a compassionate pediatrician called Verity Willis , while the misfortunate yet well - natured Casey was reveal to be cunning Alcatraz escapee , Frank Lee Morris .
Mobius ' life on the sacred timeline was perhaps the most grievous , however . As Mobius dodged the motion of discovering what his " previous " life look like before bear his memory wipe , his love of jetskis was vindicate by the reveal that he was once a sales agentive role named Don at a vessel stock . afterwards on , however , it was unveil that he was a struggling yet eff single father of two young sons . The picture in which Loki re - enter Don to save the TVA was an especially poignant divine revelation of what exactly Mobius had pull up stakes behind on the Sacred Timeline , explaining his subconscious reluctance to revisit what he had lost .
3Darren Cross Becomes MODOK
MODOK ’s involvement inAnt - Man and the Wasp : Quantummaniawas already apparent after the trailers for the picture show dropped , prove the distinctive baddie hovering around with his face conceal behind a metal masquerade party . The reveal that it was Darren Cross - aka Yellowjacket fromAnt - Man- was incredibly unexpectedand baffling in adequate measuring rod . In the end , the MCU leaned into the absurdness of MODOK as a villain , with Cross embodying one of the biggest doses of comic relief in the movie . The CGI rendering of Cross ' overdraw look crammed inside his weapon - laden cuticle only helped to compound the cushion value .
2Rocket’s Tragic Origins Are Finally Unveiled
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5, 2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3ended up swerve aside from the norm when it came to the levity of theGuardians of the Galaxyfranchise . rather , it finally detailed the origins of Rocketas one of many rack psychometric test subjects dupe to the megalomanic caprice of the High Evolutionary . Part of this bring out that Rocket was , in fact , a raccoon before being given sentience by the evil mad scientist whose designs were to keep skyrocket put behind bars and subjugated indefinitely . Eruca sativa ’s successful , yet harrowing escape attempt showed just how much of a presage he had always been , setting him up to become the leader of the newfangled Guardians .
1Loki Finally Understands His Glorious Purpose
While Loki ’s incredible redemption arc go out him change by reversal from a somewhat appealing scoundrel to one of the MCU ’s most beloved heroes , the approximation that he would become the most sinewy being in the multiverse was particularly unpredictable . The reveal inLokithat he was destine to become the dutiful God of Stories remains one of the most satisfying and consequential inMCUhistory and is a fitting will to Loki ’s case . The last nip ofLokiseason 2 were poetical , and among the most memorable scene in the MCU as his new godlike garb evidence around him , cementing the notion that this was where he belonged all along .
