Daredevil: Born Again just introduced a potential Young Avenger (but she isn’t the first in the MCU)

While Daredevil: Born Again, for most of its run, feels self-contained, with little shoutouts to the wider MCU. The second episode of the series features a Spider-Man Easter egg during Wilson Fisk's mayoral speech, and we will be meeting Kamala Khan's father, Yusuf Khan. However, the latest Born Again episode had another possible Young Avengers easter egg that has implications for the MCU.

That easter egg from the fourth Daredevil: Born Again episode suggests that the mantle of the White Tiger would be taken by another character, Hector Ayala's niece Angela Del Toro. While she has a speaking role in the opening moments of the episode, we do see her as one of the attendees in the court during Hector's trial in the third episode, "The Hollow of His Hand."

Her inclusion may have a wider implication for the MCU's possible Young Avengers adaptation. However, it must be noted that the project featuring the young superhero team hasn't been officially confirmed. And, even if it were to be confirmed as a movie or series, it might be possible only after Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.

However, given the introduction of characters that we've seen in phases 4 and 5, it won't be surprising that we will get a Young Avengers adaptation set in the MCU soon.

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Who are the Young Avengers characters that the MCU has introduced including Daredevil: Born Again?

As of now, Young Avengers characters have been introduced throughout MCU's phases four and five. Here are all of them:

• Angela Del Toro/White Tiger (Daredevil: Born Again)

As stated earlier, Angela Del Toro, Hector Ayala's niece, played by actress Camila Rodriguez, was introduced in the third episode of Daredevil: Born Again. She is one of the attendees at Hector's trial. While declared innocent, the episode still ended tragically as Hector, who is patrolling as White Tiger in the night, is shot by an unidentified assailant.

Thus, the fourth episode, "Sic Semper Systema," begins with Hector's belongings, including the mystical White Tiger amulet, being placed inside the evidence bag. Angela walks in and requests that Matt let her see Hector's body, but he denies this request. A mourning Angela expresses her fear that Hector's might remain unresolved, and after that, she isn't seen in the episode.

However, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, the director of this Daredevil: Born Again episode, revealed that he had an alternate version of the scene that would've had a wider implication for the MCU's Young Avengers team. He said:

"I remember shooting that little sequence with the amulet. As a director I did a few different versions then you send it off to the editorial. I can't remember what in the final version which way we did it. But I did one where it lights up in the bag, one where it stays dark. We did it as like the idea was that it was when the young girl comes, it senses her so it like started illuminating."

If the scene he described made it to the final version of the fourth Daredevil: Born Again episode, the series would've set the MCU's latest young hero.

• Skaar (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law)

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's finale had a surprise for the MCU fans. As Jen and Matt are enjoying family dinner, Bruce Banner, who was off Earth, returns and has a surprise for everyone. Turns out he was off to the planet Sakaar to introduce Skaar to his family. Skaar, like his father, has Hulk-like powers. Actor Wil Deusner provided the motion-capture performance for the series.

However, for now, we don't have much information about Skaar's future in the MCU. It remains to be seen if the post-Avengers: Secret Wars MCU acknowledges She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's events or not.

• Kid Loki (Loki)

We meet Kid Loki, played by actor Jack Veal, in the fourth episode of Loki Season 1. While his first appearance is a quick cameo because it was a post-credit scene, the fifth episode gave us a lot more insight into this character. While arrogant like the MCU Loki, this variant is the oldest Loki in The Void. However, he hasn't been seen since the first season.

• Cassie Lang (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania)

Scott Lang/Ant-Man's daughter has appeared four times in the MCU. She was introduced as a young child in 2015's Ant-Man, where she was played by actress Abby Ryder Fortson. Fortson returned in the sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) but was recast for Avengers: Endgame.

This was done to reflect the five-year gap between Ant-Man and the Wasp and Avengers: Endgame. This grown version of Cassie was played by Emma Fuhrmann, but she wasn't retained for the third Ant-Man movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. In that movie, Cassie is played by Kathryn Newton, in which we learn the most about her.

She has studied the quantum realm and cares a lot about social causes. Because of her social consciousness, she frequently gets in trouble with the law. She stands up to Kang in that movie, ultimately encouraging Scott to do the same. However, she hasn't been seen since then.

• America Chavez (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)

If Marvel were to play its cards well, America Chavez would've been the most central figure in MCU's Multiverse Saga. Introduced in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, America is one of the most powerful super-beings in the Marvel Multiverse because she can travel to any universe she wants. While the movie might have had a mixed reception, fans are hoping to see more of Xochitl Gomez's America Chavez.

Her power to traverse the multiverse will make her one of the most powerful Young Avengers members.

• Kate Bishop/Hawkeye (Hawkeye & The Marvels post-credit scene)

Actress Hailee Steinfeld is no stranger to the Marvel Universe. Her first foray into the Marvel Universe was as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). However, almost three years later, she entered the MCU as Kate Bishop, who serves as the second iteration of the MCU's favorite archer, Hawkeye.

In the Hawkeye series, she is introduced as the daughter of Elanor Bishop, who is collaborating with Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, who is still a mob boss. The finale features a fight between him and Kate, but he is subdued by her. After that, Fisk walks into an alleyway, where he encounters Maya Lopez/Echo, who shoots him for killing off her father.

In the closing moments of the Hawkeye finale, we see her at Clint Barton's home, as she probably doesn't have any after getting her mother arrested for a murder she committed at the beginning of the series. After that, we meet Kate directly in the post-credit scene of The Marvels, which plays out very similar to the post-credit stinger of Iron Man (2008).

In this recreation, Kamala Khan imitates Nick Fury and asks Kate if the latter is interested in forming a team. This is the closest that Marvel came to officially hinting at the possibility of a Young Avengers team. However, since then, a lot has changed, and it remains to be seen if the MCU will follow up on this scene.

• Ironheart/Riri Williams (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever &Ironheart)

MIT student-turned-superhero Riri Williams, played by actress Dominique Thorne, was introduced in the second Black Panther movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In that movie, Namor is seeking to kill her for creating a machine that could work in the ocean depths to mine possible Vibranium deposits under the sea. But the Wakandans protect her, resulting in destructive conflict between them and Talokan, Namor's kingdom.

Ultimately, Riri and Shuri team up to defeat Namor in the closing moments of the movie. Shuri becomes the new Black Panther, and Riri creates Iron Man armor for herself and the Wakandan Warriors. The Disney+ solo series titled Iron Heart will be set after the event of Wakanda Forever.

• Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel & The Marvels)

One of the bright spots of MCU Phase 4 and 5, Iman Velani's Kamala Khan was introduced as a New Jersey teen and a Captain Marvel super-fan in Ms. Marvel. She discovers herself, helps her crush Kamran escape incarceration, and discovers that her genes are undergoing a mutation (Kamala is a mutant in the MCU) in her solo series.

Then in The Marvels, she teams up with Monica Rambeau and her role model Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel. This team-up is what inspires Kamala to seek out Kate Bishop, and she also hints at recruiting Cassie Lang.

• Eli Bradley (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

Young Eli Bradley's screen time in the MCU has been very little. Like comics, he is introduced as super soldier Isaiah Bradley's grandson, but it is unclear if actor Elijah Richardson would ever reprise his role as Eli from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It might be possible that Marvel may cast a different actor to suggest that Eli has grown up and he may take up the mantle of the superhero Patriot.

• Wiccan/Billy Maximoff/Kaplan (WandaVision & Agatha All Along)

The son of Scarlet Witch and Vision was first seen in the MCU in the very first Disney+ series, WandaVision. In that series, Billy is a young boy who is mischievous along with his brother, Tommy. However, Billy and Tommy "die" at the end of the series as Wanda brings down the Westview hex.

However, it turns out that Billy's essence entered the body of 13-year-old William Kaplan, who died in a car crash near Westview. Three years later, Billy frees Agatha from Wanda's hex and requests her to take him to the Witches' Road. Initially, Agatha or any of the witches didn't know who he was, but Agatha, who is suspicious, confirms his identity.

It is revealed that Billy wants to resurrect his twin, Tommy, which he manages to do in the Agatha All Along finale.

• Speed/Tommy Maximoff (WandaVision & Agatha All Along)

Billy's twin brother, Tommy is a speedster just like his uncle, Quicksilver/Peter Maximoff. Tommy, played by actor Jett Klyne, has appeared twice, in WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In Multiverse of Madness, it must be noted that he and Julian Hilliard, who played Billy in WandaVision, appear as an alternate-universe version of themselves.

While we do see a human figure implied to be a resurrected Tommy in Agatha All Along, we don't see what the boy looks like.

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The presence of these MCU characters suggests that the studio is building towards a Young Avengers team. But as stated earlier, we may have to wait to see if it will be a reality or not. But the recent inclusion of Daredevil: Born Again's Angela Del Toro does have fans hoping for this Marvel team exclusively consisting of young superheroes.