Marvel Reveals Fate of Valkyrie and Shuri Ahead of ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Valkyrie was noticeably absent from 'Avengers: Infinity War,' leaving many to speculate as to what happened to her after the events of 'Thor: Ragnarok.'

Letitia Wright and Tessa Thompson
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Letitia Wright and Tessa Thompson

The hype surrounding Avengers: Endgame has officially reached max levels. A series of posters were unveiled on social media on Tuesday, with the characters who survived Thanos' universe-altering snap in full color and the heroes that were reduced to ashes in black and white.

New York Comic Con shared the posters of the heroines that we knew survived, including Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson).

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— New York Comic Con (@NY_Comic_Con) March 26, 2019

But fans were quick to point out Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie character poster, which appears to put to rest any rumors that she too fell victim to Thanos' snap. Valkyrie was noticeably absent from Avengers: Infinity War, leaving many to speculate as to what happened to her after the events of Thor: Ragnarok.

The poster unveilings also confirmed the death of Shuri, Letitia Wright's character, which happened offscreen. Looks like that means Angela Bassett, who played T’Challa's mother Ramonda in Black Panther, was wrong about who survived Thanos' gesture of annihilation.

The new #AvengersEndgame posters confirm at least one #InfinityWar casualty for the first time: @letitiawright's Shuri gets a black and white poster, meaning that, although it happened off-screen, she was killed as part of the Snapture https://t.co/SlGFbdVM7j pic.twitter.com/Ttlz2OXwn8

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 26, 2019

Other fan favorites Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) and Wong (Benedict Wong) also survived.

Avengers: Endgame is set to hit theaters on April 26. You can watch a new featurette with the cast below.

“We’re in the endgame now.” Watch this brand new featurette from Marvel Studios’ #AvengersEndgame, in theaters in one month. pic.twitter.com/A8RboqqesZ

— Avengers (@Avengers) March 26, 2019

And here are some of the best reactions from fans who were overjoyed at the particularly-out-of-nowhere reveal that Thompson's character would be back to avenge the fallen.

I mean Carol is definitely looking at Valkyrie, right pic.twitter.com/XbrQzPc8b8

— Alex Zalben (@azalben) March 26, 2019

VALKYRIE!!!!! I GOT CHILLS THIS IS ALL REALLY HAPPENING!! ALSO ITS IN COLOR SO SHE DIDNT GET SNAPPED!!!!!! #AVENGERSENDGAME pic.twitter.com/zsn5Up9yuG

— cara (@worthynomad) March 26, 2019

Valkyrie!

As confirmed by @Russo_Brothers, she survived Thanos' Snap. She receives an "alive" poster for 'Avengers: Endgame'. What about Korg? pic.twitter.com/R6l8cNBPp2

— Lights, Camera, Barstool (@LightsCameraPod) March 26, 2019

Tessa Thompson is back for Endgame!?!??!?!! pic.twitter.com/oE2Q9x46Bg

— Daniel @ #Cannes2023 🇫🇷🎥 (@ftdanieljames) March 26, 2019

I love Tessa Thompson... I'm so excited that she's on Endgame pic.twitter.com/0nY9EPHsGK

— Khethi (@king__valkyrie) March 26, 2019

CONFIRMATION VALKYRIE SURVIVED THE SNAP AND A LOKI POSTER,,, MARVEL REALLY SAID BISEXUAL RIGHTS pic.twitter.com/xV2QOkl078

— tommy shelby apologist (@SADHEXGIRL) March 26, 2019

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