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Marvel Studios is quietly learning, mistakes and all, how to replace their heroes with Fantastic Four: First Steps, Ironheart, Captain America 4, and Daredevil: Born Again [Marvel Matters]
New MCU hero, who dis?
The past three and next two Marvel Studios releases all have one thing in common, and in many ways, it's a preview of the MCU's long-term future - and also a test the studio hasn't faced in years. In all five cases, they are all replacement heroes - and boy, do they have big shoes to fill. This year, Marvel Studios will be (and has already) introduced fans to a new Captain America and a new Fantastic Four, sneakily brought in a new Avengers and an Iron Man-esque hero (in Ironheart), and brought back a hero it didn't create (and thought about rebooting entirely) in Daredevil.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe turned 17 earlier this year, and as it is on the cusp of adulthood it is learning how it's as much about newness as it is about nostalgia and is dealing with the fact all of its first
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