‘Avengers: Endgame’ – What Are the Asgardians of the Galaxy

(There is, inside this text, a spoiler for “Avengers: Endgame. Just ensuring you knew that.)

For apparent causes, Marvel Studios has been fairly tight-lipped about the way forward for the Marvel Cinematic Universe after “Avengers: Endgame” — it will most likely have been spoilers to say what’s arising after July’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” But “Endgame” itself does include a number of cues, and one among them is a really attention-grabbing line that Thor (Chris Hemsworth) utters close to the tip of the film.

As “Avengers: Endgame” is wrapping up, one second of sorely-needed levity after so many gut-punches comes when Thor  leaves New Asgard on Earth and hitches a journey to components unknown with the Guardians of the Galaxy. As they get able to depart, Thor jokingly refers back to the group because the “Asgardians of the Galaxy,” resulting in a humorous change with Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) about who actually leads the crew.

While the identify “Asgardians of the Galaxy” in “Avengers: Endgame” primarily served as a enjoyable pun — and doubtless additionally to arrange Thor as a full on Guardian in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” — within the comics it’s really an current superhero crew, and the reference might be hinting at a enjoyable new growth of the Guardians.

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Created by Cullen Bunn and Matteo Lolli, the Asgardians of the Galaxy is a crew of, sure, Asgardian (or Asgard-adjacent) characters that debuted final summer season within the first situation of their very own ongoing self-titled collection.

Formed after the break-up of the Guardians of the Galaxy throughout Marvel’s “Infinity Countdown” storyline — approach too sophisticated to sum up right here, however one factor of word is that Star Lord turned the guardian of the Power Stone, form of — the Asgardians come collectively to fill the “team of powerful space-faring heroes willing to get their hands dirty saving the universe” job emptiness.

Good factor too, as a result of the villain Nebula had simply compelled the dwarves of Nidavellir to make her a robust Asgardian weapon, then killed all however one among them. And then she ripped the fingernails and toenails off their corpses to make a fleet of Naglfar ships.

Nagflar, by the way in which, is the ship from Norse fantasy that ferries souls from Hel to do battle with the gods throughout Ragnarok. You can see the place that is going: Nebula is making an attempt to deliver the tip instances to Asgard.

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Which is the place the Asgardians of the Galaxy are available. They’re assembled by Thor’s long-lost sister Angela (herself a former member of the Guardians), who recruits:

– Brunnhilde, AKA Valkyrie, the highly effective Asgardian warrior who beforehand served with The Defenders and The Secret Avengers amongst different teams, who at present shares this airplane of existence with:

– Annabelle Riggs. It’s sophisticated, however mainly the identical state of affairs Thor has had together with his human hosts. In addition to having the ability to swap locations with Valkyrie as wanted, Annabelle can also be a gifted scientist.

– Kevin Masterson, AKA Thunderstrike. The son of Thor’s former host, Eric Masterson, he makes use of an enchanted mace that grants him Thor-adjacent powers.

– Skurge the Executioner. The former Asgardian supervillain-turned-hero who not too long ago escaped from the afterlife.

– Throg, the Frog of Thunder. Formerly a human named Simon Walterson, Throg was changed into an precise frog by a vengeful witch. He moved right into a frog kingdom in Central Park, and thru some wacky adventures got here into possession of a tiny piece of Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, which he formed into his personal weapon, Frogjolnir — which grants him superpowers like Thor’s.

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And, lastly

– The Destroyer. A strolling, speaking swimsuit of remote-controlled armor — that’s secretly being operated by:

– Kid Loki. The reincarnation of Loki who isn’t a villain, however…