THEN AND NOW: How the 'Avengers: Endgame' heroes reworked from their first appearances within the MCU

Tony Stark up to date Iron Man’s look all through the MCU.

When Tony Stark kicked off the MCU, he was simply determining how one can construct a working Iron Man go well with, and the round arc reactor in his chest was the one factor maintaining him alive.

Though he cycled by plenty of totally different arc reactors and fits in between “Iron Man” (2008) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), Tony held onto his signature goatee (although it began to grey just a little).

The Mark 85 Iron Man go well with he used to battle Thanos in “Endgame” was a lot sleeker than the unique, and it showcased his triangular arc reactor.

Black Widow’s rotating hairstyles had been the character’s largest bodily transformations.

Natasha Romanoff, in any other case referred to as Black Widow, was first launched in “Iron Man 2” (2010) with curly auburn hair.

Although the skilled spy’s all-black go well with remained largely the identical all through the movies, her hair went by a couple of transformations. 

She had varied lengths, shades, and textures of purple hair by “Captain America: Civil Warfare” (2016), however Natasha’s largest transformation got here in “Avengers: Infinity Warfare” (2018), when she debuted a platinum-blonde bob. 

Her lengthy purple hair with blonde ideas in “Endgame” highlighted the five-year hole between the movies, throughout which she evidently let her pure hair develop out.

James “Rhodey” Rhodes reworked into Warfare Machine all through the MCU movies.

US Air Power officer James “Rhodey” Rhodes, performed by Terrence Howard, was first launched in “Iron Man.” However Don Cheadle took over the function in “Iron Man 2.”

When he first placed on the go well with, it was really Tony’s silver Mark 2, which was later upgraded to Warfare Machine.

Rhodey briefly had a purple, white, and blue go well with in “Iron Man 3” (2013) dubbed the Iron Patriot, however he returned to a black-and-silver mannequin in “Age of Ultron” — when he formally turned Warfare Machine. 

Like Iron Man’s go well with, Warfare Machine’s went by fairly a couple of enhancements and upgrades main as much as “Endgame.”

Thor went by a number of bodily transformations all through the movies.

When the Asgardian god first appeared within the MCU in “Thor” (2011), he had lengthy, blond hair and a close-cropped beard. His go well with was largely recognizable by its flowing purple cape, and he was powerfully wielding his hammer, Mjölnir.

The superhero misplaced his flowing locks in “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017), however he nonetheless had his beard and cape alongside a sleeveless go well with. After getting his eye scratched out within the movie, he additionally rocked an eye fixed patch for a part of “Infinity Warfare.”

At first of “Endgame,” Thor graced the display as a heavier-set alcoholic with matted lengthy hair and a full beard, and he stored the look as he wielded each Mjölnir and his axe, Stormbreaker, within the last battle in opposition to Thanos.

By the tip of the movie, after he labored by a few of his emotional trauma, he shed the beer stomach however stored the relaxed hair and beard look. 

Loki, Thor’s adopted brother, was launched as an antagonist in “Thor.”

In Loki’s first MCU look, he had shorter hair and darkish clothes. However when he reappeared in “The Avengers” (2012), he’d grown out his darkish locks and opted for a go well with with inexperienced accents. 

All through his time within the MCU, he may be seen preventing in his horned helmet — which is an Asgardian image for his powers as a sorcerer.

When the Avengers went again in time in “Endgame,” they tracked down this previous model of Loki, who ended up escaping with the Tesseract, opening an alternate timeline. 

Clint Barton/Hawkeye took on a complete new persona in “Endgame.”

Jeremy Renner first made a cameo as Clint Barton, or Hawkeye, in “Thor,” however the character was formally launched in “The Avengers.”

Like Black Widow, Hawkeye caught to all-black fits all through the movies alongside together with his signature bow and arrows. 

However Clint confirmed off a brand new coiffure and a tattoo sleeve in “Endgame,” and he traded in his bow for a samurai sword initially of the movie as he took on the Ronin alias from the Marvel Comics. 

Steve Rogers began as a scrawny child from Brooklyn, however you would not comprehend it Captain America in “Endgame.”

When Steve Rogers first turned Captain America throughout World Warfare II, he was simply an overeager boy from Brooklyn who was prepared to do something for his nation, together with getting injected with Tremendous Soldier Serum.

His bodily transformation in “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011) was already fairly spectacular, and he continued to vary his look with new fits all through the movies.

Cap debuted a full beard in “Infinity Warfare,” and his clean-shaven navy look was tough and shaggy across the edges. Within the last battle in opposition to Thanos in “Endgame,” his go well with was upgraded and far darker than his unique purple, white, and blue.

Bucky Barnes was first launched as Steve Rogers’ greatest buddy, however he reworked into the Winter Soldier.

When Bucky Barnes was launched in “The First Avenger,” he was simply one other American soldier getting drafted into World Warfare II — earlier than he was taken as a HYDRA prisoner and given the Tremendous Soldier Serum.

His preliminary navy look was utterly reworked after he fell out of a prepare to his presumed loss of life. HYDRA brokers discovered him, gave him a brand new cybernetic arm to switch the one he misplaced within the fall, and brainwashed him to battle for them. 

From “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) by “Endgame,” Bucky rocked lengthy black hair, a beard, and a few all-black preventing apparel alongside together with his silver arm. 

Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk took on a couple of totally different appears by “Endgame.”

Though Edward Norton’s Bruce Banner/Hulk was first launched to the MCU in “The Unbelievable Hulk” (2008), Mark Ruffalo took over the function in “The Avengers.”

Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner remained largely the identical all through the movies, other than his more and more salt-and-peppered hair, however his Hulk regarded very totally different by “Endgame.”

The inexperienced superhero added the Hulkbuster Iron Man go well with to his look in “Infinity Warfare,” and by the ultimate battle with Thanos, Banner was in a position to management Hulk’s rage and morph into Professor Hulk — which had all of the brains of the scientist and all of the power of his inside monster.

Sam Wilson, in any other case referred to as Falcon, first appeared in “The Winter Soldier.”

From the time Sam Wilson first donned the Falcon go well with in “The Winter Soldier” to “Endgame,” his look did not change all that a lot. 

Like the opposite heroes, his go well with received a couple of enhancements and upgrades earlier than the ultimate battle in opposition to Thanos, however the actual transformation got here on the very finish of the movie when Cap gave Sam his protect.

Scarlet Witch went by a fairly drastic bodily transformation all through the movies.

Wanda Maximoff, or Scarlet Witch, was first seen with darkish hair throughout an end-credits scene in “The Winter Soldier.”

She stored her darkish look by “Age of Ultron,” however she added a purple jacket to her ensemble, which teased her signature colour.

Because the movies progressed by “Endgame,” Wanda’s hair grew lighter and redder, and he or she began preventing in an extended, purple leather-based coat to match her glowing purple powers. 

Peter Quill, or Star-Lord, stored the identical aesthetic by “Endgame.”

Celestial-Human hybrid Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, entered the MCU in “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) together with his signature leather-based jacket and silver helmet. 

He persistently stored that look by “Infinity Warfare” and “Endgame,” although he did change up his hair to a extra swooshy type. 

Gamora’s hair modified after she was launched in “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

When Gamora was launched in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” she already had her affinity for black leather-based fight apparel, however her hair was solely pink on the ends. 

By “Infinity Warfare,” she was rocking an extended leather-based jacket and a full head of hot-pink hair.

Solely a previous model of Gamora made it into “Endgame” in the course of the time heist, so she appeared in her unique look. 

Rocket Raccoon was additionally launched in “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Rocket additionally did not undergo an enormous bodily transformation all through the films. However he did don matching fits with the remainder of the Avengers once they hatched their plan to save lots of the world in “Endgame.”

Drax the Destroyer joined the Guardians of their first film.

Drax’s look remained fairly constant all through the movies, although the results that created his pores and skin received just a little sharper because the movies developed. 

Character-wise although, Drax was a lot nicer in “Infinity Warfare” and “Endgame” than when he was launched. 

Nebula, Gamora’s sister, first appeared as a villain in “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Like Drax, Nebula’s look did not change a lot. However her motives did.

When she was launched in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” she was a villainous alien murderer. However after she tried to kill her adoptive father, Thanos, and received captured, she switched sides to assist Gamora defeat the villain.

Imaginative and prescient shifted between his human and synthezoid varieties, however they remained fairly constant.

Though Imaginative and prescient is not formally launched till “Age of Ultron,” Paul Bettany’s character within the MCU actually began again in “Iron Man” as Tony’s AI, JARVIS.

After JARVIS uploaded himself right into a purple Vibranium android to cease Ultron, he may swap backwards and forwards between his human and synthezoid varieties, however they do not change a lot all through the movies. 

His final large change earlier than “Endgame” was dropping the Thoughts Stone that acted as his energy supply to Thanos in “Infinity Wars.”

Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, stored an analogous look by “Endgame.”

Scott Lang was launched in “Ant-Man” (2015), throughout which he stole Hank Pym’s go well with to develop into the titular superhero. 

The character wore the identical go well with for a lot of the MCU movies by “Endgame,” so his look did not actually change. However he did acquire the flexibility to develop into Big-Man in “Civil Warfare.”

Spider-Man’s go well with received some severe upgrades by “Endgame.”

Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, joined the MCU in “Civil Warfare” when he fought alongside Iron Man in his basic red-and-blue go well with. 

Tony gave his younger protégé a significant improve in “Infinity Warfare” when he lent him the Iron Spider Armor so he may battle in area.

When he returned from the Blip in “Endgame,” he was nonetheless sporting the upgraded preventing go well with. 

T’Challa, or the Black Panther, first entered the MCU in “Civil Warfare.”

Wakandan King T’Challa first donned his cat-like go well with in “Civil Warfare,” and there have been a couple of minor modifications to the look by the point he reentered the battle in opposition to Thanos in “Endgame.”

Most noticeably, his silver claw neckpiece modified form and measurement. 

Physician Unusual’s look received extra polished all through the movies.

After Dr. Stephen Unusual received in an accident and wakened in Kamar-Taj, he unlocked historic powers of the mystic arts to heal his accidents.

When he first began out, he was fairly scruffy and weak. However all through “Physician Unusual” (2016), he developed his superhero look — full with the Cloak of Levitation.

He ultimately cleaned up his haircut and trimmed his beard to develop into the polished sorcerer we see in “Endgame.”

Mantis’ look remained fairly constant.

Mantis joined the MCU in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017). 

Though her eye form, pores and skin tone, and antenna size look just a little totally different relying on the lighting and pictures within the subsequent movies, her common look did not actually change between her introduction and “Endgame.”

Shuri first appeared in “Black Panther” and confirmed her technological genius.

As a member of Wakanda’s Golden Tribe Shuri fought in conventional armor and face paint when she was launched in “Black Panther.”

Later, in “Infinity Warfare,” she confirmed off just a little of her private type with totally different outfits and hairdos. 

When she returned for the ultimate battle in opposition to Thanos in”Endgame,” she confirmed up in her warrior armor and face paint as soon as once more. 

Carol Danvers made her debut in “Captain Marvel” and went by an enormous transformation earlier than “Endgame.”

When Carol Danvers was uncovered to the power of the Tesseract throughout “Captain Marvel,” she obtained cosmic powers and have become the highly effective titular hero. 

All through her debut film, she went from sporting a green-and-black go well with to her signature purple, blue, and gold one.

Though she did not appear like she’d aged a day when she returned to battle Thanos in “Endgame” — even if her film occurred within the Nineties — she was sporting a brand new, brief coiffure.