Marvel keeps threatening to bring back old characters.
That’s not necessarily a problem when it comes to Thanos.
The Marvel heroes have been defeated.
Captain Marvel and her fellow heroines didnt have the power.
Thor lies on the ground, embarrassed.
Ant-Man and the Wasp, unequal to the task.
Through the wreckage strides the Mad Titan Thanos, ready to reclaim his position.
I am inevitable, he declares.
That scene fromAvengers: Endgamefeels more and more prophetic as the MCUs popularity continues to slip.
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But still, its enough for some fans to give up on the MCU altogether.
Surely, only a desperate cinematic universe in decline would resort to this kind of cynical strategy?
Still, those two instances happened in alternate realities, not in the mainline MCU.
We dont want Marvel to simply repeat stories weve already watched and enjoyed.
And more than any other deceased Marvel character, Thanos can do exactly that.
In fact, to the TVA and He Who Remains, those Stones are just desk paperweights.
That would probably make him a poor antagonist for another Avengers-sized movie.
However, MCU bossKevin Feigedoesnt have to bring back Thanos in the same way.
Moreover, the Thanos of the comics is a different character, with a slightly different motivation.
And by tangle, I mean has long philosophical debates with the superhero.
3, but the MCU Warlock already started to mature by the end of that film.
In other words, the MCU currently lacks a central villain to focus its narrative on.
Marvelcouldsimply recast Kang, as different looks are already baked into the whole multiverse concept.
To be sure, theres a long precedent for stories of Thanoss return.
Nearly every single comic book baddie has died and come back again, Thanos included.
And often, their resurrection adds a new wrinkle to the characters development.
Even better, Marvel could tell a great Thanos story by giving him what he wants: Death.
In fact, many comic fans wondered if Marvel always had such a plan in mind.
But the sixthAvengersmovie, the closer to the Multiverse Saga, was titledSecret Wars.
Although Kang does appear in the firstSecret Warsfrom 1984, he gets knocked out pretty quickly.
And who takes him out?
The big bad from the more recent (and much better)Secret Wars: Doctor Victor Von Doom.
That would be an inevitability we all would enjoy.
