What If…?
Warning ! This clause contains SPOILERS for Marvel ’s What If … ? Season 2 .
Summary
What If … ?season 2 has made the absence of theMarvel Cinematic Universe ’s young Captain America even worse . Anthony Mackie debut as the Falcon in the MCU , with Chris Evans ' Steve Rogers authorise his Captain America shield onto Mackie ’s Sam Wilson at the final stage of 2019’sAvengers : Endgame . Sam then stepped up in a major room in 2021’sThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier , with the character finally becoming Captain America by the last of the series . One ofMarvel ’s upcoming moving-picture show , Captain America : Brave New World , will be Sam ’s first film appearance as Captain America .
Ever since he debut as Captain America in Disney+‘sThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Sam Wilson has been leave out from the MCU . That is strange , as the original Captain America of the MCU was a perpetual mien in the enfranchisement . After debuting in 2011’sCaptain America : The First Avenger , Evans ' Steve Rogers would seem in an MCU movie every yr — between independent role and cameos — up until his latest appearance inAvengers : Endgame . The last project for the MCU in 2023 , Marvel’sWhat If … ?season 2 , has made Sam Wilson ’s absence since becoming Captain America even more notable .
What If … ? season 3 is in development at Marvel Studios , continue the animated serial and explore more reality in the MCU ’s multiverse .
What If…?’s Sam Wilson Snub Makes His MCU Absence More Jarring
Marvel’sWhat If … ?season 2 has reason without a single appearance from Sam Wilson as Captain America . With two seasons of the multiversal serial over , Wilson not having any kind of major persona in the show is weird , peculiarly given how many unlike Avengers variants have appear overWhat If … ? ’s two seasons . Besides , both seasons of the animated series and the live - actionDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesscombine for a aggregate of three projects that sport Hayley Atwell ’s Captain Carter .
Only 2 Avengers Are Still Missing From What If…?
Sam Wilson ’s Captain America and Shang - Chi are the only two Avengers missing fromWhat If … ?Shang - Chi was recruit by Wong , Bruce Banner , and Captain Marvel at the destruction of his moving picture , with the character having yet to seem since then . Witha second Shang - Chi movie on the wayand a role to play in the next Avengers pic , Shang - Chi ’s MCU absence is bad for his future . Wilson cameoed inWhat If … ?season 1 as a zombified Falcon , though his Captain America was never in the series . While Steve Rogers ' appearances due to Captain Carter ’s role in the series are apprehensible , What If … ?did not have to all block Sam Wilson .
All episode ofWhat If … ?season 2 are now rain buckets on Disney+ . Sam Wilson render to the MCU inCaptain America : Brave New World , which releases on February 14 , 2025 .
