{"id":458108,"date":"2025-09-28T14:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458108\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:47:14","slug":"endgame-mystery-has-finally-been-solved-6-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458108\/","title":{"rendered":"Endgame mystery has finally been solved 6 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long-running mystery from Avengers: Endgame has finally been solved. Six years after the film premiered<\/a>, Marvel has released Thunderbolts*: The Art of the Movie<\/a>, a brand new book which reveals what really happened to Captain America<\/a>‘s shield (via Comicbook.com<\/a>). <\/p>\n

As fans of the franchise will remember, Avengers: Endgame saw Cap’s (Chris Evans) original shield destroyed by Thanos (Josh Brolin) in the Battle of Earth. <\/p>\n

Later, when he passed the baton to his successor, Sam Wilson<\/a> (Anthony Mackie), an elderly Steve Rogers handed him a different version, which was adorned with his signature logo.<\/p>\n

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According to Marvel<\/a>‘s latest art book, however, Cap’s original shield was supposed to feature in Thunderbolts*. An idea which never made it to the screen, Marvel had planned to reveal that Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) had acquired it for display in The Watchtower. <\/p>\n

While the storyline never came to fruition, it had been intended to highlight the reach of Valentina’s influence. Instead, Thunderbolts* took a different approach, presenting the CIA Director as a wealthy and ruthless businessman who possesses an impressive collection of Avengers artefacts across the board, most notably from the Battle of New York, rather than homing in on Cap’s shield. <\/p>\n

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Marvel Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts*: The Art of The Movie Slipcase<\/p>\n

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In an interesting twist, by the end of Thunderbolts*<\/a>, Valentina found herself in a vulnerable position after being forced to introduce Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and her friends as the New Avengers<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It’s unknown what’s next for the character, or whether her expensive Avengers collection will feature in future instalments, but fans are convinced that Julia Louis-Dreyfus will return as Valentina in Avengers: Doomsday<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While her involvement hasn’t been confirmed, the actor’s recent comments on Jimmy Kimmel Live suggested that she may appear. <\/p>\n

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Related: MCU in order: How to watch Marvel movies in chronological and release order <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

After Kimmel asked Louis-Dreyfus whether or not she features, the A-lister replied: “No. No, I can’t answer that question”. Later, however, when the talk show host mentioned her meeting with TikTok star The Rizzler, the Marvel favourite appeared to slip up. <\/p>\n

“Is there any possibility that when you’re doing press for Avengers: Doomsday that you will have another visit with The Rizzler?” quipped Kimmel, to which Louis-Dreyfus replied, “I suppose so!” before backtracking on her comments. <\/p>\n

Read more Marvel news on our dedicated homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Megan is a freelance news reporter for Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A long-running mystery from Avengers: Endgame has finally been solved. Six years after the film premiered, Marvel has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[1380,153531,1331,77,3989,1330,3943,153530,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-458108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-f694cc4a-af2a-4b62-a2bd-dfd1878e6d5a","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-hasproduct-true","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-shorttitle-avengers-endgame-mystery-finally-solved","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115282473553838294","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}