So this is what we're going to do while we wait for Avengers: Endgame to come out...
Thanos has long been built up as the big bad of the MCU and now we've seen him flex his fingers we want to ask: is he the best villain of the franchise? We've pulled together a list of 32 villains from the MCU as a whole and organised them into brackets using randomisation.
Each battle will consist of three rounds, each worth one point . The first round will determine who was most successful in their villainous scheme. After this the next point will be awarded to the villain who would win in a fight. The final point will go to the best and most interesting character.
Without further ado, here's our line-up!
To kick things off we're going with the upper left side of the table, four match-ups spanning the three phases of the movies and the best parts of the TV shows.
BENJAMIN POINDEXTER - 'BULLSEYE' VS KILGRAVE - 'THE PURPLE MAN'
Successful Villainy: Our first bout brings together two memorable TV enemies from and respectively. Bullseye (Wilson Bethel) was brought in to season 3 to tarnish the reputation of vigilante by donning his signature red suit and murdering up the place. To this end he was quite successful and he even bested Daredevil in their first encounter. Unfortunately his psychosis continued to cloud his judgement, sending him off the rails even after he started working for Fisk. Jessica Jones
Bullseye had some wins in his rocky career, but Kilgrave (David Tennant) is a genuine monster. He fulfilled a couple of side quests, such as murdering his parents, but his real goal was getting into Jessica Jones' head and he did that with horrifying levels of success. Kilgrave may no longer be among the living, but he still haunts Jessica. For as long as we've been following Jessica's story he's been an integral part of her psyche. This round goes to Kilgrave.
Poindexter would need to get up pretty early to get the drop on Kilgrave, but the Purple Man would need to exert almost no effort to win this. Do you get the feeling that he's going to have an easy time with this category? Another point to Kilgrave.
EMIL BLONSKY - 'THE ABOMINATION' VS MALEKITH
OBIDIAH STANE - 'IRON MONGER' VS ALEXANDER PIERCE
LOKI, GOD OF MISCHIEF VS HELA, GODDESS OF DEATH
That's it for the first instalment! Kilgrave, Abomination, Alexander Pierce and Loki will face off eventually, but right now we've got some more battles to sort out. What are your predictions for the next set of battles?
