The First Avengers: Endgame Trailer Is Exactly as Bleak as You'd Expect After Infinity War

But we do see a few familiar faces return

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If you’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War, you know that it ends on the most soul-crushing note in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

(That’s your cue to stop reading if you’d rather avoid spoilers from the most recent Avengers installment.)

While few expect that the genocide wrought by Thanos will be permanent, the first trailer for Avengers 4—which we now know will be called Avengers: Endgame—certainly doesn’t give us many hints at how Earth’s mightiest (remaining) heroes will reverse the Mad Titan’s instant eradication of 50 percent of life in the universe.

What we do get are some fun reappearances by familiar faces and a good sense of where the Avengers stand as they prepare to mount some sort of counteroffensive against Thanos (who, one would assume, must first be drawn out of his blissful, post-annihilation retirement).

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