Avengers 4 Endgame trailer: Did you spot THIS alarming Shuri bombshell?

The genius character, first introduced in Black Panther by actress Letitia Wright, was seen in Infinity War providing more of her invaluable expertise. She was not seen on-screen in the midst of Thanos’s Snap, and so her fate has remained – technically – unclear. In subsequent interviews with the filmmakers, it’s been implied that she survived the cull of 50% of all living things.

But is there more to it than meets the eye?

Eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted her headshot on-screen among other “missing” Marvel heroes in the new Avengers: Endgame trailer, which came out today.

While the others who are seen can be accounted for – Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man is trapped in the Quantum Realm after the Ant-Man and the Wasp end credits scene; Tom Holland’s Spider-Man turned to dust – Shuri is a mystery.

So did she perish in the Snap after all?

How else can her status as “Missing” be explained – given that she was ostensibly on Wakanda along with the other Avengers when the Snap happened?

Well, she is a tech mastermind – so perhaps she’s up to something on her own that the team don’t know about.

Or, more worryingly, perhaps she did turn to dust after all.

Either way, of course we have a while yet before we’ll know anything for certain: the movie’s not out for another five months.

The Avengers: Endgame trailer came after weeks of anticipation, with several rumoured release dates coming and going.

But it finally landed today – and in fact, it was one hour earlier than insiders had suggested.

The Marvel fun isn’t over yet either: the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer is expected this weekend.

Avengers: Endgame is out on April 26 in the UK and May 3 in the US.