When Thanos succeeded in completing the Infinity Gauntlet and snapped his fingers, wiping out 50% of life in the known universe in an instant, moviegoers were shown the full extent of what the most powerful weapon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe could accomplish. Seeing so many of the heroes they've grown to know and love over the course of 20 films disintegrate and float away on the wind was a genuine shock. It hit many fans in the feels. Hard. We defy anyone to hear 'Mr Stark, I don't feel so good. I don't wanna go. Please, I don't wanna go' and not be emotionally wrecked!
The Infinity Stone/Gauntlet aren't the only weapons we've seen over the course of the MCU, of course. We've seen the Chitauri Scepter wielded by Loki (which turned out to be a vessel for the Mind Stone) and the Tesseract played a huge role in early MCU films. It resembled the Cosmic Cube from the comics, but also wound up being an Infinity Stone in disguise (the Space Stone). Fans are also hugely familiar with Thor's mighty Mjolnir hammer, Captain America's trademark vibranium shield, Iron Man's legion of different armor variations, Hawkeye's bow and arrow, Spider-Man's web shooters, Bucky's robotic metal arm, Wasp's stingers, Star-Lord's Quad Blasters and Gamora's Godslayer sword. There are also countless famous weapons that have existed in Marvel comics history and have yet to be used on-screen. This article will look at 20 weapons that we would hope to see incorporated into the MCU soon.
20 ALL-BLACK THE NECROSWORD
All-Black is an ancient sword wielded by Knull, a malevolent deity whose existence predates the universe itself. It is also a symbiote that was manifested from Knull's shadow and tempered into the form of a sword made of living darkness! After Knull was seemingly downed in battle, the symbiote bonded to an alien named Gorr, who used the sword to slay gods across the cosmos.
It was at this point that Gorr became known as the God Butcher and the sword gained the monikers 'Godslayer' and the 'Necrosword'. We feel All-Black would work perfectly in an MCU Thor sequel, especially if they want to do a more serious take again after the comedy stylings of Thor: Ragnarok.
19 MURAMASA BLADE
Another deadly sword from the Marvel Universe, the film rights to the Muramasa blade are likely tied in with the X-Men. But with Disney's recent purchase of Fox, maybe the blade's incorporation into the MCU could be worked out somewhere down the line? There are two versions of the blade from Marvel history and both are associated with Wolverine stories.
The first one (the Black Blade) was many centuries old and was forged by fabled Japanese swordsmith Muramasa using a piece of his own soul. The more modern incarnation was forged specifically for Wolverine by Muramasa, using a piece of Logan's soul. It is the only thing that can destroy Wolverine, so he entrusted it to Cyclops.
18 M'KRAAN CRYSTAL
The MCU has gradually introduced the world to more and more of the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe. The Thor and Guardians Of The Galaxy franchises paved the way for Avengers: Infinity War and the upcoming Captain Marvel to go even more into space. So, it stands to reason that one day we might see the M'Kraan Crystal and the Shi'ar Empire in the MCU!
The Crystal is massive and contains an alien city inside of it where the normal rules of time and space mean nothing. At the centre of the city is a glowing neutron galaxy. Should the Crystal's stasis fields be destroyed, the gravitational forces would draw the entire universe into a black hole.
17 DOCTOR DOOM'S TIME PLATFORM
This entry will also need some rights issues ironed out if it is to be incorporated into the MCU, but we'd love to see it. Doctor Doom is, of course, the arch-nemesis of the Fantastic Four and since the abject failure of their 2015 Fox reboot it has been heavily rumored that they may be coming back to Marvel.
If they do, we want Doctor Doom's Time Platform's to come with them. Doom's time machines (of his own invention) allow anyone to travel back into the past. The first time he tangled with the FF he captured The Invisible Woman and forced Mr Fantastic, The Thing and The Human Torch to go back to the 18th century to retrieve Blackbeard's treasure chest.
16 TECHNO-ORGANIC VIRUS
The Techno-Organic Virus converts living tissue into technology, ultimately consuming and ending its host. The converted life-form continues to 'live', but is driven by the sole desire to spread the virus to other life forms. The virus can reanimate those who've passed and its exact origins are unknown.
In Marvel history it has mostly been associated with Cable, who made his big-screen debut in the form of Josh Brolin in Fox's Deadpool 2. With Disney buying Fox, it's not outside the realm of possibility that the MCU could bring some body horror to a future Cable/X-Men movie by giving audiences a faithful screen representation of the Techno-Organic Virus.
15 ULTIMATE NULLIFIER
The Ultimate Nullifier may look fairly nondescript, but this handheld device with no obvious functionality has actually been described as the universe's most devastating weapon! Originally retrieved from Taa II (the Worldship home of Galactus) by Johnny Storm, it is the only thing in the known universe capable of scaring the Devourer Of Worlds.
It has the ability to completely eliminate any target and its effectiveness is highly dependent on the concentration, knowledge and mindset of the wielder. For example, in the hands of a powerful intellect like Galactus, it is capable of destroying entire timelines or nullifying (and paradoxically recreating) a multiverse in an instant. It could feasibly be an even greater threat in the MCU than the Infinity Gauntlet.
14 BLADE'S SWORD
Specially tempered titanium, acid etched and with a soft steel core according to the Makuri Forging technique, Blade's sword is a thing of deadly beauty. In recent comic book history Blade has been a member of the Mighty Avengers (in the guise of Hawkeye's old Ronin identity) and also was transported to the Mojoverse to battle other 'Avengers Of The Supernatural' for Mojo's entertainment.
We don't know if any of this would fit in the MCU, but we definitely want the Daywalker and his vampire-slaying blade to make some sort of appearance eventually! In 2013 Kevin Feige confirmed that the rights to Blade had returned to Marvel, and said it would be fun to do something with the character some day.
13 CRIMSON GEM OF CYTTORAK
Juggernaut, the classic X-Men villain and step-brother of Professor Xavier, has appeared twice on the big screen: in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2018's Deadpool 2. However, both versions have depicted him as a mutant and haven't delved into his comic book backstory at all, which means general audiences have no idea about the Crimson Gem Of Cyttorak, and that just can't stand.
We'd love to see Cain Marko discovering the hidden temple dedicated to the entity Cyttorak. We'd love to see him find the gem and read the inscription, becoming the unstoppable Juggernaut, the super-strong immortal avatar of Cyttorak! All of this mystical mumbo jumbo could play well in a Thor or Doctor Strange movie.
12 HERCULES' GOLDEN MACE
Hercules has made appearances in countless Marvel animated shows and video games over the years, but has yet to appear on the big screen. We reckon it's high time he was introduced into the MCU along with his trusty weapon, the Golden Mace! Made out of adamantine, it was forged by the Olympian Hephaestus as a replacement for Hercules' original wooden club.
It is easily as strong and durable as Thor's mighty Mjolnir and it would be pretty damn cool to see the two weapons wielded by the heroes' as they duke it out on-screen. A longtime member of the Avengers and a brilliant foil/ally for Thor, Hercules' origins were based on the character of Heracles, from Greek mythology (though Stan Lee and Jack Kirby used the name Hercules, from Roman mythology).
11 MISTER FEAR'S FEAR GAS
This villain is an academic who uses his fear gas to induce terror in his victims and wears a horrifying costume that gives him a truly monstrous visage. You'd be forgiven for thinking we're talking about classic Batman villain the Scarecrow here, but we're not; we're talking about not-so-classic-but-still-pretty-cool Daredevil villain Mister Fear!
Admittedly, perhaps this one might be a tough sell for the MCU considering Scarecrow appeared in The Dark Knight Trilogy, but we'd still love to see what sort of effects the fear gas would have on the characters in the MCU. The third Mister Fear, Larry Cranston, would be the best bet for the big screen, as he is the most dangerous.
10 GOBLIN GLIDER
With Tom Holland now in full swing as the MCU's Spider-Man, surely it's only a matter of time before he is menaced by the Green Goblin, his most famous antagonist? Hell, it doesn't even need to be the classic Norman Osborn character who has been seen twice on the big screen already, or even his son Harry Osborn.
It could be Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley or Jason Macendale). It could be Demogoblin or even Menace, a female goblin who dated Harry Osborn before she was transformed into a villain. There have been a comically large amount of people who have simply stumbled across one of Osborn's hideouts over the years and decided to steal his tech (including that sweet glider) to menace Spider-Man.
9 SCORPION'S BATTLE SUIT
Unlike some of the other entries on this list, this one has a high likelihood of becoming a reality sooner rather than later. Actor Michael Mando (Better Call Saul) played Mac Gargan in a few small scenes in Spider-Man: Homecoming (complete with scorpion tattoo on his neck) and in the post-credits scene had a conversation with Michael Keaton's Toomes (Vulture) about gaining revenge on Spidey.
Keaton has been confirmed to return for Spider-Man: Far From Home, but Mando has not (as of yet). We'd be surprised if we didn't see Mac Gargan in his classic scorpion battlesuit in that movie, though, even if only for a one or two scene cameo. We want to see that cybernetically-controlled mechanical tail whipping about and causing havoc!
8 BETA RAY BILL'S STORMBREAKER
In Avengers: Infinity War Thor had to go to Eitri, the King of the Dwarves of Nedivillar, to persuade him to forge him a new weapon capable of defeating Thanos. They christened the weapon 'Stormbreaker', but it wasn't successful in ending the Mad Titan. It's obvious that Marvel intended the weapon to be an easter egg for fans of Beta Ray Bill, an alien who bested Thor in a contest of wills but saved his life afterward.
He was deemed worthy to lift Mjolnir but felt it was rightfully Thor's, so Odin created him a new hammer: Stormbreaker! It's perfectly feasible that the MCU will include Beta Ray Bill in a future Thor sequel, so we'd like to also see his version of Stormbreaker; a hammer much more powerful than the one that failed against Thanos, perhaps?
7 PASTE-POT PETE'S GLUE GUN
Spider-Man: Homecoming was a very funny movie. Tom Holland has an enthusiastic effervescence to his performance that is at times super charming and at others downright hilarious. That movie also featured a small appearance from low-tier Spider-villain The Shocker, with two of Toomes' men acting under the monicker at different points.
We hope this idea continues in Spider-Man: Far From Home and we get some cameos from other lesser known villains. A hilarious one would be Paste-Pot Pete, aka the Trapster, an also-ran who is regularly teased and laughed at by Spidey during their encounters. His trademark weapon is his glue gun, which shoots a liquid glue/paste substance. We can already hear the jokes Peter Parker would make about that gun...
6 ZEKE STANE'S BIO UPGRADES
The villain in Iron Man was Jeff Bridges' Obadiah Stane, Tony Stark's mentor and business partner. He wound up donning Iron Monger armor to battle Tony. We'd love for his son Zeke to be featured in an MCU movie, as his comic book incarnation is more interesting than Obadiah's. Zeke was created by Matt Fraction and Barry Kitson in 2008.
He has built bioweaponry and manufactured next-generation weapons for terrorists and supervillains from the age of nine. His genius level intellect and fortune enabled him to reverse engineer Tony Stark's tech from the black market, upgrading his own biology, including his hypothalamus (the portion of the brain which controls hunger, sleep and body temperature). He can also fire repulsor bolts from his fingers.
5 TRIDENT OF NEPTUNE
Not to be confused with the Trident Of Poseidon, which Jason Momoa's Aquaman is currently swinging around in James Wan's mega-budget DC movie, the Trident Of Neptune is closely associated with Namor the Sub-Mariner in the Marvel Universe. Around 2000 years ago Atlanteans began to worhsip Set, an Elder God, but Poseidon banished him and his cult.
He then lived among the Atlanteans as their protector, before leaving a copy of his fabled trident with their leader. This trident later came into the possession of Namor. It possesses water manipulation abilities and can also shoot mystic beams and transform objects (or people) into any desired form. Namor brandishing this weapon in a future Avengers movie would be pretty damn cool.
4 KRAVEN THE HUNTER'S ARSENAL
Kraven the Hunter has almost made it to the big screen a few times. The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb confirmed he would've been a member of the Sinister Six if the scrapped third movie had ever been made and Ryan Coogler revealed he initially planned to include him in Black Panther! It was then announced in October 2018 that Sony intends to make a Kraven solo movie (perhaps emboldened by the success of Venom) and is looking to Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer) to direct.
However, until that is signed, sealed and delivered, we can still hope against hope that Kraven will make his way into the MCU. It would be awesome to see Sergei Kravinoff and his arsenal (rifle, spear, exotic poisons, nets) hunting Spider-Man across the rooftops of New York.
3 RETROACTIVE CANNON
This is a totally random weapon that has only appeared in one issue (2006's She-Hulk #3), but it's clever and would be potentially hilarious if used in an MCU film. It is the main weapon of the Time Variance Authority, an organization monitoring the multiverse and attempting to keep temporal interference to a minimum. The cannon is designed to bombard an individual with anti-temporal rays, unravelling them backwards through time and erasing them from reality.
The name 'Retroactive Cannon' is a reference to 'retcon', the practice used by many comics writers over the years when they retroactively change elements of continuity. We could see this popping up in a Guardians Of The Galaxy movie, poking fun at story points the writers would rather forget!
2 MOON KNIGHT'S GOLDEN ANKH
Moon Knight is one of Marvel's best cult characters and, despite the fact that his comics are rarely able to sustain sales for long periods, his name is always bandied around when talks of new film or TV adaptations crop up. There have been rumors of a Netflix TV show for years and James Gunn tweeted in January 2017 that he had spoken to Marvel Studios about an MCU movie for the character.
As of yet, nothing has come to pass, but we'd love to see Marc Spector grimly avenging on the big screen. One of his mid-'80s weapons, the Golden Ankh, could be incorporated into the MCU by way of Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye, as in the comics it was a time-displaced Clint Barton who forged the ankh to help the Priests of Khonshu in their battle with warlord Rama-Tut.
1 KANG'S TIME CHAIR
Kang the Conqueror, one of the most famous Avengers and Fantastic Four villains in the Marvel Universe, has yet to appear in a live-action film or television show. A time-traveller who traverses time and space using his Time Chair, he does cut a very similar figure to DC's Fourth World character Metron, who also traverses time and space in his Mobius Chair.
Kang's time chair has advanced laser defences and a powerful force shield around it and was once used to bring the Avengers to an unnamed universe in which Earth and its inhabitants had been destroyed.