5 Striking MCU Villains

With the arrival of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ in theaters this Thursday, the 16th, the Marvel Cinematographic Universe begins phase 5 with the inclusion of a great comic book villain who had one of his variants presented in ‘ Loki’ (2021): Kang the Conqueror.

The character, who travels through time in order to conquer different timelines, is played by the actor Jonathan Majorsand in the plot presented on the big screen, he is trapped in the Quantum Realm, where he will look for Scott Lang so that he can have the chance to finally leave the shrunken universe.

But, before Kang’s arrival, the MCU featured other antagonists just as powerful and impactful. Therefore, we separate below a list with 5 other remarkable villains of the MCU.

1. Thanos

The great villain of phase 4 of the MCU could not appear in another position on this list. That’s because, after getting the 6 infinity stones and coupling them in the golden gauntlet, Thanos, caused the destruction of half the world’s population with just a snap of his fingers.

The titan made his first appearance in ‘The Avengers’ (2012), but also appeared in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (2014), ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (2015), until finally becoming the centerpiece of the events of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (2018) and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019).

2. Loki

Loki, the beloved God of Mischief is presented as the opposite of the God of Thunder, his adoptive brother, Thor. The character that appears in several productions of the MCU, comes to life through the actor Tom Hiddleston.

Loki is one of the antagonists of ‘Thor’ (2011) and ‘The Avengers’ (2012), where, in the latter, he is responsible for uniting the team of heroes, since he becomes a threat to the existence of the earth after stealing the Tesseract .

3. Winter Soldier

Despite not having emerged as a villain in the MCU and currently not playing that role either, in ‘Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier’, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) became the main antagonist of the plot when he appeared as the Winter Soldier.

This happens after Bucky is captured by HYDRA and the Soviet Union, where he ends up becoming a guinea pig for several experiments that grant him superhuman abilities, in addition to a cybernetic arm and the loss of memory of his former life, where he was a very friendly soldier of Steve Rogers, Captain America.

4. Red Skull

Participating in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (2018), but appearing as the great villain of ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (2011), Johann Schmidt (Hugo Weaving) was introduced as a brilliant scientist who was leader of HYDRA.

Due to his ambition, Schmidt tested on himself a version of the super soldier serum that was still in the testing phase. The result was that, in addition to acquiring super strength, the character ended up having his body disfigured, resulting in the well-known look: the Red Skull.

5. Hello

Acquiring her power through Asgard, Hela (Kate Blanchett), Thor’s older sister emerges as one of the great villains of the God of Thunder franchise and the one responsible for making Loki and his brother overcome their differences in order to keep their home safe.

Known as the Goddess of Death, Hela is ambitious and her return brings enormous danger to the realm of Norse deities, as her infinite power and immortality make her nearly impossible to defeat.