Earth's Mightiest Heroes have new suits in end of Avengers: Infinity War. Nebula, Tony Stark and Carol Danvers are all on Earth to help the team, Hawkeye's going to see a lot more action as Ronin, and Black Widow's hair suggests a pretty sizable time jump. But by far the biggest reveal is the Avengers' new suits.
Seen at the end of the Avengers: Age of Ultron, Cap sported a small "A" on his shoulder - but nothing compares to this. What's going on?
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The answer goes into long-standing rumors about the plot of Avengers: Endgame that are unlikely to be confirmed overtly until the movie releases, so if you want to go in knowing as little as possible, you may want to look away.
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Still here? OK then: the new costumes in Avengers: Endgame are Quantum Realm suits that will allow the heroes to travel back in time. It's widely accepted that copy the Infinity Stones to do a reversal snap of their own - but we do have a good idea of how they'll go about it.
In the MCU, the most overt manner of time travel is the Time Stone, which was used by Doctor Strange to defeat Ant-Man & the Wasp's mid-credits scene - which ended with Scott Lang trapped - he was explicitly warned about "time vortexes".
With Ant-Man turning up at Avengers HQ with the Quantum Tunnel van at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy. That doesn't explain why Ant-Man himself has a new suit - his regular costume is proven to be suitable for Quantum Realm navigation, but it's surely connected to the nature of the plan.
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Indeed, while we know what the Avengers' new costumes are for in Endgame, we still know precious little about the bigger plan. And given Marvel's secrecy so far, that will have to wait until the movie releases on April 26.
