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Summary

• Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts team in Phase 5 may solve the issue of killing off too many MCU heroes, providing a more realistic and unexpected future.
• The MCU's death "fakeouts" in Phase 5 highlight the reluctance to kill off important heroes, but Thunderbolts could bring back established characters who could potentially die without detrimental effects.
• Thunderbolts not only offers the opportunity for impactful deaths, but also allows for franchise expansion into new teams, as well as providing closure for underused characters.

Marvel Studios will be introducing a new team in Phase 5's Thunderbolts that may help to solve one annoying issue with killing off the superheroes of the MCU. While the MCU's heroes more-often-than-not defeat their villains and save the day, they also regularly embark on dangerous and potentially-fatal missions, and this has sometimes culminated in their tragic deaths. Notably, Iron Man, Black Widow, T'Challa's Black Panther, Vision, Gamora, Quicksilver, and several others have been tragically added to the roster of all the heroes killed off in the MCU, but the relatively Avengers-focused nature of the MCU means that too many of these deaths would be detrimental to the MCU's future. However, this could soon change.
Featuring major characters' deaths in the MCU highlights the realism of the franchise, and the real stakes of going up against seemingly unstoppable villains such as Ultron, Thanos, and Kang the Conqueror. However, killing off too many high-profile heroes would have a serious impact on the popularity of the MCU and hope for the future of the franchise, which has made it difficult for recent projects in the MCU timeline to accurately depict the extent of the danger facing the MCU's heroes. This has become even more evident in Phase 5, but one upcoming project may have a hand in solving this issue, potentially paving a more realistic and unexpected future for the MCU.