With the Thanos storyline wrapped up with Avengers Endgame,
the question has come up with who should be the next big bad that the Avengers
need to stop from ruling the world or universe or devouring the planet. I have
a few thoughts on this on who should be the next Big Bad to challenge the
Avengers
First, I think that Zemo should start recruiting some bad
guys to form the Masters of Evil (make them the Thunderbolts in the MCU). I
could see this starting to happen soon, with them not showing up as a group
until later in Phase 4 or Phase 5. We could see Zemo starting to get his team together
during Falcon and the Winter Soldier, getting the Abomination out of prison,
giving Simon Williams super powers to become Wonder Man and maybe see Mister
Hyde and Blackout from Agents of Shield (highly unlikely). They could use the 6
episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier to introduce a lot of other villains
to join the group, Tiger Shark, Whirlwind, the Wrecking Crew, Goliath and the
list can go on and on. Once they are introduced and defeated by the Falcon and
the Winter Soldier, they could even start down the Thunderbolts storyline. As
cool as it would be to see the Masters of Evil being the bid bad for the
Avengers, what if they are there providing cover for the real big bad and that
would be Kang the Conqueror!
And who is Kang the Conqueror? Only a time-travelling
terrorist who is intent on total domination of the entire universe. Kang has a
genius level intellect, a master strategist and scientist. Kang also wears a
suit of armor that lets him time travel, super strength, create energy blasts
and force fields. He could be manipulating events behind the scenes to help Zemo
and the Thunderbolts and step into the spotlight once the Avengers have dealt
with them. We saw in the quick Loki Disney Plus series that Loki is being held
by the TVA (Time Variance Authority) and at one point, Kang was a part of the
TVA so sounds like he could be introduced in the Loki Disney Plus series.
I would also love to see the world devourer, Galactus! Galactus is a godlike supervillain
that needs to needs the energy of an entire planet to hold off his hunger. He
has a herald, the first being the Silver Surfer that scouts out planets that he
can consume. He has had a few over the years after the Silver Surfer turned on
him when he wanted to consume earth. I would love to see a few of his heralds
in the MCU, Firelord, Terrax the Tamer and Nova (not that Nova, but Frankie
Raye one time girlfriend of the Human Torch) to name a few. They are all
incredibly powerful in their own right since Galactus gives them a small amount
of his power cosmic!
Another possibility is M.O.D.O.K. and we have heard rumors
of him showing up in Ant-Man 3, M.O.D.O.K. was an A.I.M. (Advanced Idea
Mechanics), scientist George Tarleton and was changed by his boss' into a
“living computer” Tarleton was subjected to hideous experiments, mutating his
body into a massive-headed being possessing superhuman intelligence and
extraordinary psionic powers, and the process drove him mad. Tarleton instead
turned on his superiors, slaying them all and declaring himself Scientist
Supreme and became M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) and
with the powers of A.I.M. behind him (remember them from Iron Man 3?) he would
be an Avenger’s level threat!
And the last one for this article is Korvac, while fleeing
his universe Korvac discovers the space station of the entity Galactus. While
attempting to download the knowledge of Galactus from the station into his own
system, Korvac is imbued with the Power Cosmic and becomes god-like. Korvac
then recreates himself as a perfect humanoid form, and posing as a human called
"Michael", travels to Earth with the intent of reshaping it into a
utopia. Korvac, however, is pursued by the Guardians of the Galaxy, who join
forces with the Avengers in a bid to stop the villain.
And finally, what about the Scarlet Witch, she is certainly powerful
enough to challenge all the Avengers (and X-Men, Fantastic Four and Guardians
of the Galaxy for that matter) and during the Darker than Scarlet storyline in West
Coast Avengers we learn the shocking truth about her children (and all signs
point to Wiccan and Speed showing up in WandaVision), the Scarlet Witch suffers
a nervous breakdown and descends into madness. Manipulated by Immortus, another
version of Kang so it could just be Kang in the MCU, Wanda faces her teammates.
I personally would love to see this in the MCU.
