Hey everyone, Hulksta here, and you may wonder the same thing I do sometimes. How villainous are the villains in the MCU. Are they really as dire as the story positions them to be, or are you just falling for a writers ridiculous writing. So let's dive in shall we*
*Hulksta cannot guarantee a scientific formula that ensures accurate results. If you want accurate results, get a calculator.
OBIDIAH STANE (AKA IRON MONGER)
Movies Appeared In: Iron Man
What Was At Stake: Pepper, A Couple Of SHIELD Agents, A Soccer Mom and Her Kids, Iron Man
If you were Tony Stark, or closly associated with Tony Stark, you had something to worry about from Iron Monger. Besided threatening a soccer mom and her kids, there was no real immediate threat from Obidiah.
Villain Threat Rating: 2/10
EMEIL BLONSKY (AKA ABOMINATION)
Movies Appeared In: The Incredible Hulk
What Was At Stake: The Bronx, Betty, Army Dudes, The Hulk, The Leader
Now it get's a bit better, now The Abomination did duke it out with The Hulk in a busy neighbourhood. Shit got smashed, Betty got emotional; and worst of all Emil inadvertantly caused the origins of The Leader. Now that is some pretty heavy stuff right there.
Villain Threat Rating: 4/10
GENERAL ROSS
Movies Appeared In: The Incredible Hulk
What Was At Stake: The Hulk, His Relationship with Betty
Seriously, this dude just wants to kill or capture the Hulk. Whatever dude, dream bigger.
Villain Threat Rating: 1/10
JUSTIN HAMMER
Movies Appeared In: Iron Man 2, All Hail The King
What Was At Stake: Nothing
This dude really was more of a financer then a villain.
Villain Threat Rating: 1/10
IVAN VANKO
Movies Appeared In: Iron Man 2
What Was At Stake: Iron Man, Pepper, Atendees of Stark Expo
Vanko was willing to kill himself and blow up a ton of drones within the area of Stark Expo to get shit done. This is a guy who is thinking big.
Villain Threat Rating: 5/10
LOKI
Movies Appeared In: Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World
What Was At Stake: Asgard and Midgard
So first off, Loki deceives his brother so that he can rule Asgard, but fails, then he tries to conquer Midgard and put in a pretty solid effort in doing that. Then in The Dark World he offs his adoptive dad and takes over the throne! Loki has done what few other villains ever do, and that's achieve his goal.
Villain Threat Rating: 9/10
THE DESTROYER
Movies Appeared In: Thor
What Was At Stake: A small town
More of a minion of Loki, The Destroyer threatened a small New Mexico town and that's about it. Could he have gone farther if unchecked? Maybe, but of course he was stopped
Villain Threat Rating: 3/10
THE RED SKULL
Movies Appeared In: Captain America: The First Avenger
What Was At Stake: The World
Red Skull wanted to betray his Nazi companions, take over the world, and reshape it in HYDRA's own twisted fashion. While seemingly unsuccessful, the events of The Winter Soldier prove otherwise. So I'll give him points for this.
Villain Threat Rating: 7/10
THANOS
Movies Appeared In: The Avengers
What Was At Stake: Earth, the rest of the known universe
Thanos wants it all man. He doesn't just stop with Earth, he thinks bigger. Grand plans indeed.
Villain Threat Rating: 10/10
'THE MANDARIN'
Movies Appeared In: Iron Man 3
What Was At Stake: A liquor store being out of stock
Pfft!
Villain Threat Rating: 0/10
ALDRICH KILLIAN
Movies Appeared In: Iron Man 3
What Was At Stake: Earth
Killian wanted to overthrow Tony mainly, but he also wanted to control the world, in a subdued sort of way. Is that more evil? Yeah, I'd argue so
Villain Threat Rating: 7/10
MALEKITH
Movies Appeared In: Thor: The Dark World
What Was At Stake: The 9 Realms.
He wanted to cover the nine realms in darkness, that seems pretty evil to me!
Villain Threat Rating: 8/10
ALGRIM/KURSE
Movies Appeared In: Thor: The Dark World
What Was At Stake: See Above
He was just helping his master, mind you he was pretty strong!
Villain Threat Rating: 8/10
THE WINTER SOLDIER
Movies Appeared In: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
What Was At Stake: Freedom
Wiping off people off of HYDRA's list, he was more of a minion for Alexander Pierce but he was so Terminator-like in how he constantly pursued his targets and managed to do so much in his brief time on screen.
Villain Threat Rating: 7/10
ALEXANDER PIERCE
Movies Appeared In: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
What Was At Stake: SHIELD, most of the human race
Pierce wanted to kill a huge portion of the human race and he managed to bring SHIELD to its knees. While not the best villain, he did do well at what he focused on.
Villain Threat Rating: 8/10
BROCK RUMLOW/CROSSBONES
Movies Appeared In: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
What Was At Stake: Not Much
The guy was pretty incompetant overall, and besides threatening a girl and a desk clerk he was pretty much barking and not really biting.
Villain Threat Rating: 1/10
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