WandaVision’s Hidden Avenger Theory (And How Powerful He Is)

The mid-credits scene within the WandaVision finale could have subtly teased the addition of a brand new Marvel comics Avenger, in line with a preferred principle.

The WandaVision finale’s mid-credits scene could have subtly launched a strong new Avenger, in line with a preferred principle. The primary Disney+ TV series of MCU Phase 4, WandaVision laid the groundwork for a brand new technology of Avengers by establishing contemporary superheroes, resembling Monica Rambeau (in any other case often known as Spectrum), and the super-powered Maximoff siblings, Billy (Julian Hilliard) and Tommy (Jett Klyne). Attributable to a imprecise namedrop, nonetheless, one extra superhero could have been subtly launched – the Marvel comics Avenger, Miguel Santos.

In the course of the first of 2 credit score scenes in WandaVision‘s closing episode, Randall Park’s Jimmy Woo establishes a response workforce from the FBI colleagues he known as for backup after Director Haywood revealed his true, villainous intentions for Wanda. As Woo directs the opposite FBI brokers to supply medical help to the residents of Westview and start the method of amassing proof, Woo addresses a colleague by the title Miguel. For the reason that character wasn’t formally launched onscreen, the title could not appear important to the typical viewer; nonetheless, an interesting fan principle suggests the namedrop was intentional and truly alludes to Miguel Santos, a.okay.a. Dwelling Lightning. Miguel has an advanced historical past with the Avengers in Marvel comedian mythology, and sure particulars about this thriller agent mysteriously align with Miguel Santos’ story within the comics.

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Launched in 1990’s Avengers West Coast #63 by Roy & Dann Thomas, Miguel Santos turns into a superhero in response to his father’s felony exercise. A member of the extremist group Legion of Dwelling Lightning, Miguel’s father dies when the Legion very foolishly tries controlling Bruce Banner’s Hulk. Whereas investigating the Legion after his father’s demise, Miguel by chance transforms into Dwelling Lightning by activating an odd machine on the group’s headquarters. Miguel begins his Marvel profession combating in opposition to the West Coast Avengers, however he’s finally recruited by Wasp to hitch the workforce after serving to defeat the villainous Physician Demonicus. After serving as a West Coast Avenger, attending faculty, and becoming a member of the Rangers, Miguel is finally instated as an FBI agent. Since WandaVision‘s “Miguel” is one in all Woo’s FBI colleagues, theories that the character could possibly be Miguel Santos demand critical consideration.

Whereas it is unclear whether or not WandaVision‘s agent is certainly Miguel Santos, Dwelling Lightning’s talents would make him a perfect addition to Phase 4 of the MCU. As he title implies, Miguel is actually sentient electrical energy with the power to fly, manipulate vitality, resist bodily assaults, and survive the void of area. Within the Marvel comics, these powers make Miguel invaluable through the Avengers’ varied area missions, resembling working at their Deep House Monitoring Station, and aiding within the struggle between the Kree and the Shi’ar Empire. MCU Section 4 is not missing for space-based shenanigans, with WandaVision‘s Monica Rambeau and SWORD each deeply concerned in Secret Invasion and Captain Marvel 2. Different galactic-flavored releases embrace Eternals, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Thor: Love & Thunder and, probably, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Rumors even counsel the Wakanda area program would possibly characteristic in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With area having fun with such a heavy presence within the MCU’s future, a personality who can transfer freely by way of the vacuum might show invaluable – particularly one who’s FBI buddies with Jimmy Woo.

Miguel Santos might additionally convey one thing to Section 4 that has been sorely missing all through the MCU to date – real LGBTQ illustration. In Nice Lakes Avengers #2, Miguel Santos comes out as homosexual whereas turning down a suggestion to hitch the GLA, which he errors for that means “Homosexual/Lesbian Alliance” as an alternative of “Nice Lakes Avengers.” Whereas Marvel’s film inclusivity improved in Section 3 (with Avengers: Endgame that includes the MCU’s first openly gay character, performed by co-director Joe Russo), LGBTQ superheroes are nonetheless drastically under-represented within the MCU.

If the Miguel Santos principle is appropriate and the agent named in WandaVision‘s mid-credits scene is definitely Dwelling Lightning, Marvel followers could want to attend a whereas for affirmation. The Woo and Rambeau mid-credits scene is designed as a lead-in for Captain Marvel 2 and Secret Invasion. It’s potential, subsequently, that “Miguel” will not be recognized till then, if in any respect.

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