Marvel Cinematic Universe: What’s Ghost’s future?

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With Ghost surviving Marvel’s Ant-Man and The Wasp, where does that leave her going forward?

Each Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is done methodically. Nick Fury at the end of the first 2008’s Iron Man movie set up for 2012’s The Avengers. The Avengers set up for Thanos to snap his fingers in 2018 Avengers: Infinity War. Since there are never any wasted moments, what does that mean for Ant-Man and The Wasp’s antagonist Ghost?

Ghost (whose real name is Ava) was one of the few villains who’ve survived an MCU movie and this can’t be by coincidence. Ghost continues the trend of MCU antagonists that are more than just their powers. Without giving anything away, Ghost’s future in the MCU is uncertain? Hero, villain, other? What is next for Ghost?

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One of the things that drives Ghost in the comic books is abolishing corporate greed and killing the people responsible. He was a victim of this and it nearly cost him his life. Ever since then, Ghost has cared less about humanity and even less trusting of them.

Tony Stark and Ghost battled more than a few times with Stark always beating him in the end. Once Ghost realized that Stark was no longer the greedy corporate head he thought, Ghost stopped his obsession with beating him.

Robert Downey Jr. is most likely done playing Tony Stark after Avengers 4. That doesn’t mean that Iron Man is done. Characters like Riri Williams could take over the mantle as Iron Heart. She may not represent what Ghost despises in the comics, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Madness will make people do strange things. Especially if Ava thinks that Riri can fix her.

Also, Riri or whoever takes over for Stark Enterprises might have to take the blame in Tony Stark’s place. Ghost going after Pepper Potts could be the next battle for the next Ant-Man and the Wasp movie.