Secret Wars Ending MCU Phase 6 Would Break A Post-Avengers Tradition

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Avengers: Secret Wars serving as the end of Phase 6 would break a long-running MCU tradition. Marvel’s current release slate extends all the way into 2026, with the sixth Avengers movie being the film that’s the furthest out on its schedule. It’s presumed that Secret Wars, which shares its name with a popular 1980s crossover event from Marvel Comics, will be the end of Phase 6 and the Multiverse Saga as a whole.
As its name implies, the Multiverse Saga’s main theme relates to the various realities and worlds existing in Marvel’s world. While not every installment in the Multiverse Saga ties into this concept, several fit into an overarching narrative that’s still unfolding. Central to this story is Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror, who has taken Thanos’ place as the big bad of the MCU and is set to kick off another crossover in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Whether Kang returns after that or not, whatever happens in the movie is expected to lead into Secret Wars, which could be the culmination of the saga’s entire story.
Secret Wars Could Be The First Avengers Movie To End A Phase Since 2012

If Secret Wars concludes Phase 6, this would actually be the first time an Avengers movie has filled this role in over ten years. In 2012, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ first big-screen team-up acted as a wrap-up of Phase 1, allowing Phase 2 to kick off with Iron Man 3 in 2013. Three more Avengers movies followed, but none ended a chapter in an MCU saga. Avengers: Endgame was the finale for a handful of MCU stories and characters, but wasn’t technically an ending to Phase 3; it was Spider-Man: Far from Home that served that purpose.