After Avengers: Endgame, the classic Avengers team is effectively broken apart in the MCU, with most heroes going their separate ways and only later talk of a new team forming under Sam Wilson’s Captain America.

Quick Scoop: Where the Avengers End Up

Here’s what happens to the core lineup and the “idea” of the Avengers after Endgame in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as of the most recent stories:

1. The Original Big Three

  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)
    • Dies using the Infinity Stones to defeat Thanos in the final battle.
* His sacrifice is treated as the emotional endpoint of the original Avengers era.
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers)
    • Returns the stones, chooses to stay in the past, and lives a full life with Peggy Carter.
* Reappears as an old man and passes the shield (and mantle) to Sam Wilson, effectively retiring.
  • Thor
    • Leaves Earth after the battle and joins the Guardians of the Galaxy for a while, continuing his adventures in space. This is referenced widely in post‑Endgame breakdowns and later films’ setup.

2. Other Core Members

  • Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
    • Dies on Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone, so she is already gone by the time the final battle ends.
* Her death is part of why the original team can’t simply “reassemble” afterward.
  • Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
    • Survives, returns to his family, and later passes the bow‑and‑arrow legacy to Kate Bishop in his own series, symbolically stepping back from full‑time superhero work. This handoff is a key part of the post‑Endgame setup.
  • Hulk (Bruce Banner)
    • Ends Endgame as “Smart Hulk” with a badly damaged arm from using the Gauntlet.
* Post‑Endgame, he keeps in touch with various heroes but isn’t shown leading any new Avengers team.

3. The Team Status After Endgame

Most stories and commentary agree that there is no active, official Avengers team immediately after Endgame.

  • The Avengers compound is destroyed in the final battle and not rebuilt on screen.
  • Many key members are dead, retired, off‑world, or on personal missions.
  • Fans and in‑universe characters describe the situation more as people drifting apart than a formal “we disband today” moment.

In other words: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes win, pay a heavy price, then quietly scatter.

4. New Era: Sam Wilson and “Bringing Back” the Avengers

The first real, explicit talk about the Avengers as a team again comes much later, in connection with Captain America: Brave New World :

  • Sam Wilson is now Captain America, following the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
  • In Brave New World , it’s revealed the world has gone years without a functioning Avengers team.
  • U.S. President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross asks Sam to rebuild the Avengers , putting the question of the team’s future front and center.

At first, Sam is reluctant to reform them, worrying about what the Avengers have historically brought with them (civil wars, collateral damage, world‑ending threats).

But after the events of the film—especially a crisis involving Samuel Sterns (the Leader) and Ross becoming the Red Hulk—Sam realizes the world does still need an Avengers‑level response team.

By the end of that story:

  • Sam decides he will move forward with forming a new Avengers roster.
  • He even suggests that Joaquin Torres (the new Falcon) could be among the first recruits.

This doesn’t fully show the new team on screen yet, but it makes it clear: the Avengers brand is coming back in‑universe.

5. Future: Avengers Movies and Big Threats

From the production side and in‑universe hints:

  • Upcoming films titled Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are scheduled as major crossover events.
  • These movies are expected to feature a rebuilt Avengers facing a new, massive threat, associated with Doctor Doom , played (in a multiverse twist) by Robert Downey Jr. in a different role than Tony Stark.
  • That strongly implies the Avengers will be back as a major force, just with a different lineup led by Sam Wilson’s Captain America and backed by newer heroes from Phases 4 and 5.

6. How Fans Talk About It (Forum Vibe)

On fan forums and discussion threads, the general vibe about “what happened to the Avengers after Endgame” goes something like this:

“There’s no real team left. Everyone just sort of went back to their own lives, or to space, or disappeared, instead of some official ‘we’re done’ moment.”

Common points fans bring up:

  • The post‑Endgame MCU feels more like scattered mini‑teams (street‑level heroes, magic‑side heroes, cosmic crews) than one unified Avengers squad.
  • People speculate that future lineups will mix “main Avengers” like Sam, Ant‑Man, Shang‑Chi, Black Panther with younger or second‑wave heroes, and that there could even be tension between different factions before they unite.

So, in forum and theory circles, the Avengers after Endgame are often described as:

  • Emotionally fractured
  • Logistically disbanded
  • Slowly, finally, being set up to return under a new leader

7. Simple Timeline View

  1. Endgame (2019) – Thanos defeated, Tony and Natasha die, Steve retires, Thor leaves, base destroyed.
  1. Immediate aftermath (Phase 4) – Lots of solo and small‑team stories, but no official Avengers team operating.
  1. Captain America: Brave New World (2025 release context) – Sam is asked to rebuild the Avengers, initially refuses, then decides the world needs them and starts planning a new team.
  1. Near future (2026–2027 films) – New Avengers expected to face multiverse‑level dangers in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.

TL;DR

  • The Avengers don’t continue as an active, official team right after Endgame; they’re scattered, grieving, and busy with personal or local missions.
  • Years later, Sam Wilson as the new Captain America is pushed by President Ross and global crises to rebuild the Avengers.
  • Upcoming Avengers movies are set to showcase this new lineup taking on huge, possibly multiversal threats, confirming that the Avengers concept returns—just with a very different roster and leadership.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.