We have been spending most of our articles on the Heroes or the Marvel Universe, I feel it’s time to give a not the Villains of the Marvel Universe. The Villain Factions are very important to this universe, I don’t see an entire Shield TV show without at least some villains being from some of these corporations and teams.
Masters of Evil
Baron Zemo is the leader of the Original Masters of Evil. Their goal was to defeat the Avengers and their team consist of Black Knight, Melter and Radioactive Man. After being defeated Zemo forms them again with the Enchantress and Executioner joining. They also have Simon Williams (Wonder Man) Assist them until he sacrifices himself. They continue to fight the Avengers but eventually Zemo is Killed and the rest are either Captured or run away. The Masters of Evil always come back lead by different people each time. Doc Ock, Baron Zemo’s son, and many more. They would make a fantastic villain team for a Avengers Film, or just a solo film. Though the entire team would be too much for one hero to take down more than likely. Each time the Masters of Evil come back they always pose a huge threat to the Avengers or whoever they decide to pick on. Hopefully we can see them causing some damage for at least one movie.
Ultron
Another leader of the Masters of Evil is Ultron. Since I don’t really have a slot to talk about Ultron why not give the rundown of probably the Avengers greatest villain here? Ultron was first actually seen as the Leader of the Masters of Evil as Ultron-5. We see lots of flashbacks including him creating the Vision, and also his creation by Hank Pym. Pym made Ultron based on himself, the Robot eventually got to smart and decided to rebel. After this Ultron has upgraded himself and made his shell adamentium. Ultron always comes back bigger and bader form his last defeat and is nearly indestructible. Ultron has a wide range of powers from Strength to mind-control. He has very few weaknesses in fact most of the Avengers have a tough time doing much more than distracting him during a fight. Ultron is right up there with Thanos, Kang, and Korvac for the best and most powerful villains the Avengers ever face. He is going to be the villain in Avengers: Age of Ultron (obviously enough) although we are uncertain what the story line will be. The chances of him leading the masters of evil are very slim but it would be a cool story to watch unfold. Seeing Ultron after the Avengers will be interesting, we don’t know if he will die or if he will be taken captive after AoU. Or if he is going to be the victor in the film. We will just have to wait and see.
HYDRA
Last we saw of HYDRA they were pretty much being whipped off the map by Captain America and the howling Commando’s. Their leader was teleported to some were in space, and the war was ending. Or so we think. HYDRA for all I know is actually gone in this universe, but I don’t see that happening. Arnim Zola will be returning in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and with him could be HYDRA. Especially with the fact that SHIELD is going to be a huge part of the film, why not give them some dealings with HYDRA? They may have lost the Red Skull, but he’s not their greatest of leaders in the comics anyway. Baron Strucker was their creator and greatest hero. We havn’t seen him on film and don’t expect that to be a fact for long. As I said CAtWS would be a great chance to show us modern day HYDRA and who better to lead them than Strucker? If we see HYDRA again expect him or Zemo to be leading them. HYDRA is without a doubt the greatest of the Marvel villain agencies and I don’t feel they were done justice by just one film.
A.I.M.
AIM is the largest branch off of HYDRA. They were made to be a technology portion of HYDRA in order to make weapons and other things. They are some of the greatest scientists in the world that work together to make powerful weapons of destruction. Their greatest have been versions of the Cosmic Cube and MODOK. AIM was a small part of Iron Man 3, as Adrian Killian founded it. However it never was seen as a criminal place but merely a corporation. Expect this to change in the next few films however, rumors are spreading about AIM becoming something more very soon. MODOK could possibely be made by AIM in a near film, Batroc the Leaper is going to be in CAtWS and has been hired by AIM quite often. Other than that not a lot is known about the future of AIM. Personally hope to see lots more of them, especially in the Agents of Shield TV show. Some people also have been saying HYDRA has simply become AIM in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but that is far from confirmed.
Well that will do it, a shorter article from the last few in this series simply because I got a little lazy. What do you guys think? Want to see more Villain corporations in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Or are you a little sick of them already?
Next up, heading back to space with Cosmic Teams