The MCU is very easily the most profitable and extensively regarded extended universe of all time, with a wide assortment of iconic and profitable IPs all coming with each other into a singular overarching story. The series has introduced and popularized a number of comic book characters to mainstream appeal, but its continued results has been off the back of frequent callbacks and continued storylines across a decade of films.

Nonetheless, particularly with more than 15 years worth of stories and characters more than the years, not each and every branching storyline and character is going to be referenced and relevant to the important overarching story. Even characters that had been set up with cliffhangers or had been seemingly massively essential to the story’s future have been seemingly forgotten. No matter whether the character was largely forgettable or ended up becoming replaced by an individual else, the MCU has a significant assortment of forgotten characters lost to the sands of time.

ten Madame B (Julie Delpy)

Final Noticed In: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (2015)

Played by two-time Oscar nominee Julie Delpy, Madame B is introduced in a series of flashbacks in Avengers: Age of Ultron as a pivotal member of Black Widow’s previous as a supervisor for the Red Space plan. Madame B is the lady who educated the Widow as a youngster into the effective, cold-blooded killer that she would come to be. Age of Ultron was filled with these universe-constructing side stories and flashbacks that had been setting up for later films, and it seemed that Madame B would play a core portion in Black Widow’s story.

Even though Black Widow would at some point get a solo film delving into her previous and the history of the Red Space, Madame B was surprisingly nowhere to be observed. Her part was largely replaced by the film’s villain, Dreykov, all but assuredly removing any possibility of the character returning to the MCU. It tends to make these sequences in Age of Ultron all the extra confusing, as the initially planned Black Widow origin does not line up with exactly where they truly ended up going with the character at all.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Release Date

May perhaps 1, 2015

Director

Joss Whedon

Runtime

141 minutes

Writers

Joss Whedon , Stan Lee , Jack Kirby

9 Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

Final Noticed In: ‘Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness’ (2022)

Played by the brilliant Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karl Mordo is a important ally in the coaching of Stephen Strange through the original Physician Strange. Nonetheless, immediately after Strange’s tapping into the dark arts to defeat Dormammu, he becomes mortified by this betrayal, deciding on to stroll away from his allies and dedicate his life to restoring the balance by stripping sorcerers of their powers.

Mordo was surely set up to be a important player and villain for Strange, comparable to how his comic book counterpart is Strange’s nemesis. Alas, the original Earth-616 Mordo hasn’t appeared considering that his finish credits tease. An alternate version of the character seems in Physician Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Sorcerer Supreme and a member of his universe’s Illuminati. Nevertheless, thinking about just how generally each Physician Strange and Wong have appeared in films considering that their debut, it really is a shame Mordo and his cliffhanger have been largely ignored.

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eight White Vision (Paul Bettany)

Final Noticed In: ‘WandaVision’ (2021)

Introduced close to the finish of WandaVision, White Vision is a rebuilt version of Vision developed in the wake of his death in Avengers: Infinity War, with the mission to destroy Wanda and her recreated Vision. Nonetheless, immediately after a duel facing off against his replicated self, White Vision receives the original’s memories. Declaring himself the 1 correct Vision, he leaves Westview and disappears.

More than three years immediately after WandaVision ended, fans nevertheless have tiny to no thought exactly where White Vision went or why he mysteriously left immediately after regaining all of his memories. Even as the Scarlet Witch has reappeared in films like Physician Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there is zero mention of exactly where White Vision is and what he could be undertaking. It surely appears like such a huge misstep to abandon 1 of Marvel’s strongest and longest-operating characters, and 1 can only hope that fans will get answers in the upcoming Agatha series.

WandaVision

Release Date

January 15, 2021

Creator

Jac Schaeffer

Seasons

1

7 Corpsman Rhomann Dey (John C. Reilly)

Final Noticed In: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (2014)

A character who only seems in the 1st Guardians of the Galaxy film, Corpsman Rhomann Dey is played by Oscar nominee John C. Reilly. A member of the Nova Corps, Dey plays a pivotal part in the film as the officer who arrested Star-Lord. Nonetheless, immediately after they escape from prison, Dey acts as their make contact with and key member of the Nova Corps through the counterattack major up to the Battle of Xandar. He later receives a promotion thanks to his actions.

It initially seemed like the Nova Corps would play a considerably bigger part in the MCU’s universe-constructing as it expanded out into the cosmos. Nonetheless, the Corps and Xandar are destroyed in Avengers: Infinity War, as they are the keepers of the Energy Stone. Even nevertheless, possessing no on-screen confirmation of the death toll and whereabouts of such a huge galaxy-defending military is strange, particularly with the MCU’s current ventures to the cosmos. Rhomann Dey is the excellent surrogate and particular person to possibly take up the mantle and bring the Nova Corps back to the MCU. Alas, the possibilities of seeing him once more are slim to none.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Release Date

August 1, 2014

Runtime

121 minutes

Writers

James Gunn , Nicole Perlman , Dan Abnett , Andy Lanning

six Dr. Helen Cho (Claudia Kim)

Final Noticed In: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (2015)

Dr. Helen Cho (Claudia Kim) initially cures an injured Hawkeye immediately after the opening battle in Age of Ultron. Ultimately, she becomes a hostage and gets brainwashed by Ultron into generating a new, effective physique for him working with a mixture of her regenerating technologies and Vibranium. Just after her brainwashing is undone and she is saved by the Avengers, Cho is final observed now operating with the group at the Avengers Compound.

Non-superhero human characters and their fates are usually up in the air in the MCU sadly, Dr. Cho is largely ignored immediately after her pivotal portion in the second Avengers film. There was surely prospective to expand her character, becoming a scientist operating for the Avengers with comprehensive know-how and encounter operating with Vibranium, most identified for its part in the Black Panther films. Marvel should have observed as well a lot of similarities in between Cho and other heroic scientist characters and felt she did not serve a objective for the bigger narrative.

five Tiamut

Final Noticed In: ‘Eternals’ (2021)

Even though it really is nevertheless comparatively up in the air as to no matter whether any of the characters from Eternals will reappear in the MCU, the most egregious facet of the film that has been largely ignored was the revelation of the Celestial Tiamut. As revealed in Eternals, Tiamut’s seed was placed inside the Earth considering that its inception, expanding thanks to the power of humans and other lifeforms. Even though the Celestial emerged from the Earth’s core in a approach that would destroy the planet, the Eternals prevented his awakening, turning his half-emerged remains to stone and forming a marble statue in the middle of the ocean.

Tiamut’s pretty existence became the butt of a lot of a joke inside the Marvel fanbase, as no other film has even come close to mentioning the time a giant emerged from the earth. It is nevertheless extensively assumed that the remains of the Celestial are on the ocean, totally ignored by each and every other character in the MCU as one thing not worth investigating. In yet another planet, this revelation could be as considerably of a planet news occasion as the snap, but thanks to the lackluster enthusiasm surrounding Eternals, Tiamut’s failed emergence will remain largely forgotten and undiscussed.

Eternals

Release Date

November five, 2021

Runtime

156 minutes

four Aaron Davis (Donald Glover)

Final Noticed In: ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ (2017)

Simply, 1 of the greatest circumstances of missed prospective inside the MCU is Donal Glover‘s bizarre cameo in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Aaron Davis is a criminal operating in New York City who has several run-ins with Spider-Man. Davis agrees to assist Spider-Man by working with his influence on the black industry to get the Vulture’s alien guns off the streets, but their partnership amounts to absolutely nothing as he under no circumstances returns.

Hardcore Marvel fans and these who saw the extraordinary Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will rapidly recognize Davis, extra normally identified as the effective villain Prowler, as Miles Morales’ uncle. A lot of persons may possibly not have even realized he is currently in the MCU, thanks to Marvel’s failure to capitalize on furthering the character’s story at the height of his reputation. Ironically, Glover would get yet another shot at the character with a cameo in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, but it really is unconfirmed if this is the very same Prowler from the MCU.

three Betty Ross (Liv Tyler)

Final Noticed In: ‘The Outstanding Hulk’ (2009)

1 of the most essential and longest-operating characters in the comic book planet is Betty Ross alas, she has pretty tiny influence on the MCU, only appearing in The Outstanding Hulk. Played by Liv Tyler, she acts as the confidant and appreciate interest to Bruce Banner, fulfilling a comparable part as other MCU appreciate interests like Pepper Potts and Peggy Carter. Nonetheless, Betty Ross is considerably extra than just a appreciate interest, with a lengthy and varied history all through the comics.

Unsurprisingly, in Marvel’s attempts to carry on immediately after The Outstanding Hulk, the majority of characters have been forgotten. It surely hasn’t helped that Marvel cannot greenlight a solo Hulk film, relegating the character to bigger crossover Avengers films. Nonetheless, characters like Thunderbolt Ross and the Abomination have discovered their way into modern day MCU projects, such as She-Hulk and the upcoming Captain America: Brave New Planet, so there is no purpose why Betty could not comply with suit.

The Outstanding Hulk

Release Date

June 13, 2008

Runtime

112 minutes

Writers

Zak Penn , Stan Lee , Jack Kirby

two Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell)

Final Noticed In: ‘Iron Man 2’ (2010)

The generally-forgotten comedic side villain from Iron Man two, Justin Hammer is Tony Stark’s rival and a effective military contractor. For a part that is generally uninteresting, Sam Rockwell does wonders, elevating him to come to be 1 of the greatest components of 1 of Marvel’s most underwhelming sequels. By the finish of Iron Man two, Hammer is in prison following his involvement with Whiplash’s villainous plans.

The notion of a rival enterprise to Stark Industries overflows with prospective for differing stories, not just for Iron Man but the whole MCU, so it really is a shame that they under no circumstances totally explored this notion. Even though the character produced a singular cameo from prison in the 1-shot quick film, All Hail the King, this was almost a decade ago. Rockwell is now an Oscar winner, and it really is about time Marvel brought back the villainous tech contractor in the wake of Tony Stark’s death.

Iron Man two

Release Date

May perhaps 7, 2010

Runtime

124 minutes

Writers

Justin Theroux , Stan Lee , Don Heck , Larry Lieber , Jack Kirby

1 Scorpion (Michael Mando)

Final Noticed In: ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ (2017)

The Scorpion tease at the finish of Spider-Man: Homecoming is very easily the most egregious finish-credits scene that amounted to absolutely nothing. Just after spending the majority of the film as a henchman operating below Vulture, he returns in the finish credits scene, speaking to Vulture about having revenge on Spider-Man and asking him if he knew the hero’s correct identity.

Thinking of that Spider-Man has gone into considerably extra crossover and bigger-scope storylines, it is not especially surprising that the MCU forgot about the Scorpion tease. The villain’s prospective return is even extra questionable due to the difficult nature of Vulture’s location in the MCU he has his personal finish-credits scene debacle, becoming transported from the MCU into the Sony Spider-Man Universe in Morbius. There is a superior possibility that Scorpion will under no circumstances be brought back up once more in the MCU, which is a shame, as the character has nevertheless under no circumstances observed a correct glorious turn as the large undesirable in a reside-action adaptation.

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