The finalAvengersfilm in the Infinity Saga , Avengers : Endgame , marked the end of an geological era , andTony Stark ’s ultimate forfeit was the moment MCU fans know how true that really was . unluckily , while heartbreakingly inspiring , that ritual killing was completely unnecessary , and one of Tony ’s fellow Avengers prove it .

InAvengers : Endgame , Thanos ’ force from an alternate timeline invade Planet Earth and launch a potentially man - terminate smasher against the full - force of the Avengers . Earlier in the movie , the Avengers already gathered all the Infinity Stones , and had them in a Stark - technical school gauntlet . So , Thanos made getting his hands on that gauntlet a top - priority , and in the end , Thanos was successful . However , before Thanos could snap his fingers and extirpate the entire world , Iron Man grabbed hold of him and stole the Stones from their slots in the gauntlet , absorbing them into his nanotech suit of clothes . Then , Iron Man snapped his fingers , thereby harnessing the cosmic vim of the Infinity Stones , and using their mogul to obliterate Thanos and his regular army . Unfortunately , the Infinity Stones ’ king was just too much for Tony ’s deathly body to handle , and he died in short after using them . While sad , Tony died with honor by defeating the greatest menace the universe had ever seen , andIron Man ’s heroic legacywas cement ( too bad it was pointless ) .

Captain Marvel Would Have Survived the Infinity Snap, & 1 Comic Reveals How

InAvengers Unlimited : eternity Comic#32 by Jim Zub and Caio Majado , the Avengers are confront a team of powerful super - villain that include Red Skull , Loki , and Ronan the Accuser , just to name a few . What relieve oneself them even more minatory is that they have in their self-possession a powerful artifact known as the Zodiac Key . After the Avengers wrestled the Key away from the baddie , it began emitting dangerous storey of muscularity , and everyone around them was in deadly danger . So , Captain Marvel break up up the Zodiac Key and imbibe the zip into herself . When it became too much for her to handle , she only crusade the stored energy out of her body . Rather than holding it all in , Captain Marvel canalize the power through herself and into Mjolnir , which then discharge the vitality in quad before return to Thor unharmed .

While the creation - bending might of the Infinity Stones ( especially those of the MCU ) are belike warm than the free energy of the Zodiac Key , spirit level of military posture in reality do n’t play a role here . Captain Marvel proved that once an get-up-and-go level was too much for her body to care , she could just expel it , and then remain to move increase levels of power through her body until the spate was over . InAvengers : Endgame , Captain Marvel was in possession of Stark ’s Infinity Gauntlet for some time , meaning she could have put it on , click Thanos away , and then channeled the venomous spare power harmlessly out of her physical structure . In fact , the same scenario from this comic could have run out inEndgame , as Thor / Captain America had self-control of Mjolnir at the time , which could have acted as the utter receptacle for the Infinity Stones ’ energy after Captain Marvel snap it from her body , see that no one around them would be harmed by the personal effects .

Fans have say that Captain Marvel should have done the snap inEndgameinstead of Iron Man since she ’s more brawny , but thisAvengerscomic thrive on that by bear witness exactly how Captain Marvel would have live on the snap . In doing so , AvengersconfirmedTony Stark’sEndgamesacrifice was unnecessary .

The Avengers and Captain America from Endgame

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Iron Man and Doctor Strange looking shocked.

Captain Marvel channeling the power of the Zodiac Key.