6. Mephisto
If there is one character who has been rumored to appear and never showed more, it’s Marvel’s version of Satan himself, Mephisto. The literal red horn, disgusting-bodied, evilest of evil, devil boy himself.
I don’t really like the character, for some reason, he always hits me as a tall Danny Devito and looks like he smells like a gym, but it seems like every Marvel movie for the last few years has had people go “actually, if you look at that background detail it’s all pointing to Mephisto.” Personally, I just want ol’ Devil Dew Code Red here to be in the MCU just so we can STOP pointing everything at him.
And, honestly, he’d be really easy to work into a plot after Doctor Strange opened up viewers to the various realms. It would be even easier if you finally gave the next character her moment in the MCU.
5. Magik
Magik is one of my favorite characters in Marvel. When the Midnight Suns video game gave me the opportunity to not only play as her but to interact with her in a series of hangouts I thought I was dreaming. She’s incredible.
If you’re not aware of Magik, firstly, I’m sorry for your loss, but secondly, lemme explain. Illyana Rasputin is the sister of Piotr Rasputin (A.K.A. Colossus). Years ago she lost the battle with a deadly disease and all of the X-Men mourned the loss of the sassy sis. But, in true Marvel X-Men fashion, she got better.
She got REALLY better.
Now she’s a tough as nails, heavily armored (as long as you don’t let that creep David Finch draw her) dark magic-powered warrior who, for a while, had actually defeated Mephisto himself and taken over Limbo as her own realm to rule. Spoiler for the Magik movie that will probably never happen.
Illyana is such a fun character. She’s tough as nails, more sarcastic than Raphael of the TMNT, and graced with a super visually interesting power set. Not only does she have a magic sword that can cut through tomatoes, peppers, steak, and even the dimensional barriers holding everything in our reality together like warm butter, but she can also generate portal discs too and from different dimensions. Discs she often wields like weapons in order to really hurt her opponents.
Imagine someone hating you so much that they open portals to and from Limbo just so they can gain more speed when they punch you across the face. It’s an honor just to be nominated.
So who’s next? Four more to go!