The latest phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe showcases many characters that are currently off-world with their own missions and reasonings. So, to understand what’s going on with each member of the franchise, we’ve compiled this list to explain who is in space and why they are there.
Nick Fury & Maria Hill
Every MCU Character That Is Currently in Space & Why
Since the reveal of the Skrulls disguising themselves as Nick Fury and Maria Hill in Spider-Man: Far From Home, we’ve received several details about the character’s whereabouts in space. For instance, WandaVision features a Skrull talking to Monica Rambeau about how “an old friend of her mother’s” wants to meet with her, who is most likely Fury. Then, more information was revealed during No Way Home when an agent mentioned that he had been off-planet for the last year.
Yet, the question remains, what are Nick and possibly Maria doing in space? The best way to answer this inquiry is by looking at Phase 5 in the MCU, where Samuel L. Jackson will return as the character in the upcoming series, Secret Invasion, a Skrull storyline about an infiltration on Earth.
With this in mind, Nick Fury may be in space to take control of this matter, primarily because the comic book version of Secret Invasion displays a war against the Skrulls.
Captain Marvel & Ms. Marvel
Every MCU Character That Is Currently in Space & Why
Captain Marvel is an MCU character that spends a lot of time in space, such as when she helps out the Skrulls and rescues some of the Avengers in Endgame. However, in the end-credits scene of Ms. Marvel, the character finds herself in Kamala Khan’s room on Earth, in which the powers of the bangles have somehow caused them to switch places.
This scene could mean that Khan is now in space while Carol Danvers has taken her place within the show. Even if some have claimed that this storyline hints at Ms. Marvel’s transformation skills in the comics, the idea of switching places still seems like the best theory because Carol doesn’t know where she is in this brief time during the series.
Like Fury, this part of the show helps set up The Marvels, the next film that includes Danvers, Khan, and many other characters. Hopefully, this movie can give us a better understanding of what happened to Kamala and how she can get back from space.
Hulk
Every MCU Character That Is Currently in Space & Why
Based on a new scene in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, we discover that Hulk is off-world to take care of some things on the same Sakaaran ship in the first episode. With this reveal, fans can only assume that he is on his way to Sakaar after they attacked him and his cousin, Jennifer Walters.
In an interview with The Direct, Pamela Gores, one of the She-Hulk producers, stated, “Well, all I’ll say is, you know, he spent a lot of time off-planet as we saw in Thor: Ragnarok. And, we only got to see a little tiny bit of what his life was like when he was on that planet.”
This latest information undoubtedly confirms that Hulk’s arc in Ragnarok will be further explained, and we can see what he will do in the next episodes of the series.