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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Well, the Agents of SHIELD has already a large number of superpowered beings, heroes and villains, and the finale of season 2 implies there'll be even more of the coming in season 3. So the cat's already out of the bag.
Personally, I'd prefer a lot more superheroes (and villains) showing up, I don't think they should be limited to the characters seen in the Avengers movies. If the MCU has the level of technology to create a Captain America and a Hulk and an Iron Man, it doesn't make sense that those three would remain anomalies. Even if the specific circumstances of their creation can't be replicated, the technology and science to create something similar should exist. That's a big part of the premise of Agents of SHIELD, and it makes perfect sense to me.
Not to mention that the existence of these heroes should also inspire people to do something similar; it's not explicitly stated in the Daredevil series, but I think the implication is that the existence of other costumed heroes is (at least partially) what makes Matt Murdock decide to become one too, since the template already exists.
If other metahumans didn't exist, that'd be a big headscratcher, because then you'd have to explain what makes the ones featured in the movies such an anomaly.
The fun thing about the New Warriors is that the first incarnation of the team was pretty street level(or grounded is maybe a better word for it) compared to teams like the X-Men, Avengers or FF. It was only later that they were changed into media/fame seekers(which was around the time the most popular member of the the team was off in space leading the defense of the universe along with characters like Ronan, Peter Quill, Gamora and Phyla-Vell)before most of them died when a villain took drugs and exploded a school.
edited 22nd Jun '15 1:40:53 PM by LordofLore
I didn't read New Warriors back in the 90s, but I never understood how they could be written as a street-level team, since their numbers included Nova (basically a Marvel copy of the Green Lantern), Namora (an Atlantean princess) plus Firestar and Justice (two fairly powerful mutants). Firestar and Justice later joined the Avengers, and Nova became a big cosmic superhero (which he already was in his first solo series that predates New Warriors), which I think makes more sense given their power levels.
Given the official synopsis of Civil War, it looks like the MCU equivalent to the registration act will be Avenger's specific. It might have provisions for super-powered vigilantism in general, but if they exist those will probably be apart from the main conflict. So I don't think we'll see a New Warriors or an equivalent to them in Civil War (long term anything is possible, but not now).
My guess is that the incident will involve a scheme by Crossbones and Baron Zemo. I could easily see a situation where the immediate threat from those two is over and done with by the end of the first act of the movie, and the Civil War dominates the rest.
Beyonce in talks with Disney to play a superhero according to rumors
Actually I was thinking Beyonce could be Dazzler. Isn't she one of the mutants Marvel still owns the rights to?
Edit: I guess not
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edited 22nd Jun '15 9:34:27 AM by AlleyOop
I still remember some site claiming there was a rumor about Speedball appearance in AOS and how that totally meant AOS would be the start of Civil War.
EDIT: Also Daily Star is a tabloid, and the "likely choices" they mention for Queen Bey are Fox characters like Boom-Boom. It's quite clear they don't know what they're talking about.
edited 22nd Jun '15 10:42:31 AM by comicwriter
Kevin Feige confirms Janet Van Dyne will appear in Ant-Man in some capacity
and will be seen "in action".
FEIGE-elein! FEIGE-elein, FEIGE-elein!
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!So slightly more spoilery version of the events here. [1]
They seem to confirm something happens when Janet is in her suit and it's unclear whether she died or was lost in the Microverse, and that that's the reason why Hank doesn't want his daughter to become a superhero. But apparently it's shown very early on that she's a much better candidate to become a hero than Scott, which is where part of the tension comes from.
And Feige confirms the Joblo rumor that the ending seems to set Hope up to become the new Wasp in future movies.
edited 22nd Jun '15 12:39:43 PM by comicwriter

I know that's not quite what you're saying, but it's unlikely the New Warriors or something similar will ever show up in the MCU, and I honestly don't think they should. It's probably not a good idea to introduce too many active heroes into the MCU at any moment unless they're offworld or street-level Badass Normals. One of the MCU's strengths is being pragmatic and its ability to blend things with the "real" world. It's why I'm wary of Stark Industries turning into the Acme Products of the MCU. Sure one can argue that Thor's existence means all bets are off but certain things are easier to suspend disbelief on than others.
Anyway, I think Civil War will go a little towards that cleanup. I don't expect the SHRA to last too long, although it would be best if it did. The immediate conflict will probably be resolved within the movie, but the emotional rifts between the characters will probably be more permanent, and move towards easing some of them out of action permanently, similar to what AOU did at the end.
edited 22nd Jun '15 1:24:49 AM by AlleyOop