My top 3 heroes who have not made an appearance in the movies.

1. Black Bolt
Black Bolt is the leader of the inhuman's and he is supposed to be getting his own movie in the next few years. Black Bolt is a man of little to no words partially because his main power is his voice. Whenever Black Bolt speaks even the smallest of whispers his body releases enough energy to level a city. Black Bolts other abilities include superhuman strength, speed, and intellect.

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2. Namor
Namor is one of Marvel's oldest heroes and he get's sort of a bad wrap because he is basically a glorified mermaid. Namor is so much more he's the king of Atlantis and one of the most powerful people in the Marvel universe he's taken on Thor and the Hulk even beating them on several occasions. He hasn't received a movie or even made a cameo partially because the rights to the character are kind of all over the place but once his rights are eventually settled in court he'll definitely hit the big screen.

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3. The Sentry
The Sentry is pretty new to the Marvel universe only being around for about 15 years so he doesn't have pop culture on his side like other Marvel heroes do. He's basically Superman if Superman had mental health issues. Sentry suffers from split personality disorder one known as the Sentry and one personality known as The Void. He's a hard character to fit into any movie because of that and a lot of writers refuse to use him.

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My top 3 villains who have not made an appearance in the movies yet.

1. Carnage
Carnage is a force to be reckoned with and also the Marvel universe's most sadistic villain. Carnage has all of the abilities of Spider-Man except he's more powerful in every way. Throughout the years he's terrorized New York city and fought the likes of the Avengers, X-men, and the Guardian's of the Galaxy and has won his fair share of battles. Carnage is bound to make an appearance in the movies eventually.

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2. Galactus
Galactus was technically in the old Fantastic Four movies in the form of a cloud but that wasn't truly the Galactus comic book fans like me know and love. Marvel still doesn't technically have the rights to this character but in the next few years he should revert back to their ownership. Galactus is maybe the Marvel Universe's strongest villain his powers include matter manipulation, super strength, and the ability to devour and absorb entire planets.

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3. Bullseye
Seeing as Bullseye is Daredevil's archnemesis it's more likely he'll appear in Daredevil's TV show rather than a movie but either way I'm happy. Bullseye is one of the world's most deadly assassin's. He doesn't have any powers but he is a highly skilled martial artist and marksman.

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A History of The Marvel Universe - Part 1 - In The Beginning

3 things I hate about the MCU

1. Bruce Banner
I've always been annoyed that the actor for Bruce Banner has changed 3 times. Bruce Banner as a character is pretty boring anyway but I think Edward Norton did the best job in making him decent. Eric Bana's version was to depressing, and Mark Ruffalo who is the current version of the character doesn't really seem in it entirely partially because the writing just ignores the events from the other two Hulk movies as if they never happened.

2. The Villain's
Outside of Loki I think most of the villain's of the movies are very forgettable and the majority of them end up dying. Ronan the accuser, Whiplash, Malekith, and the Red Skull have all been underwhelming and most people probably can't really put a face to the names.

3. The Mandarin
The Mandarin is Iron Man's arch enemy and while I understand what Marvel was trying to do with the Trevor Slattery twist for most people it just didn't work. The Mandarin was marvel's chance to finally establish another good villain outside of Loki. The Mandarin for the first hour of the movie was scary he was making Tony Stark look stupid on live television and executing people. Once the twist was revealed Iron Man 3 was still good but it blew a chance to establish an iconic villain for later uses in the movies.

Dr. Strange

Dr. Stephen Strange first appeared in Strange Tales #115. Dr Strange is one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel universe and he is not known very well by the average marvel fan. Strange was once a gifted but egotistical surgeon who cared about nothing but gaining wealth. He only performed surgery on the richest people and ignored people who actually needed his help more. One day Strange was on his way to meet up with a wealthy stockbroker who was interested in a business deal so Strange without paying attention to the driving condition skidded off the road and drove off a small cliff. Strange awoke hours later in a hospital with his several broken bones and serious nerve damage in his hands, with the damage to his hands his career as a surgeon was effectively over. Strange fell into a deep depression and spent all of his wealth on experimental surgeries to fix the nerve damage in his hands but nothing worked. A year or so later Strange had spent all of his money and went broke until one day in a bar he heard an old sailor talking about a mysterious Chinese healer known as the Ancient One, with nothing left to lose Strange pawned the last of his possessions for a one way trip to the Himalaya's when he got there he searched for days for any trace of the mysterious being until he got caught in a terrible ice storm. Strange retreated into a cave to avoid freezing and there he found the old man known as the Ancient One. The Ancient One healed Strange but in exchange Strange had to become his student and learn the art of magic, Strange agreed to become the wizards apprentice and as the months passed Strange began to realize he needed to become a better person. Strange began performing uncharacteristically selfless acts impressing the old wizard enough to truly be trained in the art of magic.

Based on the early trailers for the new movie coming out it looks like the movie will pretty much follow the comic origins. I'm really excited to see Dr. Strange on the big screen because he will bring a new and genre to the Marvel cinematic universe.

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Iron Fist

With the arrival of the hit Netflix series Luke Cage, it's only natural I talk about Netflix's next Marvel series to hit Netflix in early 2017, Iron Fist. Daniel Rand AKA Iron Fist was created in 1974. Marvel created the character in response to the kung fu craze of the 1970s. Iron Fist knows nearly every form of martial arts along with the ability to channel chi into his fist allowing him to break through wood, rock, and even iron. Daniel Rand was born into a wealthy family of industrialist who were in search of the legendary city of K'un-L'un to learn of the martial arts in that city. While searching for the city Danny's father is killed by his best friend who wants the city's knowledge all to himself, after his fathers murder Danny and his Mother run away into the mountains where she sacrifices herself to save Danny from a pack of wolves. Danny eventually makes it to K'un-L'un where he is adopted by the citizen's and taught martial arts by them.

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Luke Cage

Seeing as the show just came out I thought it was appropriate to do another post about one of my personal favorite lesser known characters in the Marvel universe. Luke Cage better known as Power Man at the time first appeared in June 1972 in the comic Luke Cage#1 Hero for hire he became very popular early for being one the first black superheroes in mainstream comic books. Initially Luke Cage wasn't portrayed as a goody two shoe superhero because he was initially involved in gangs and some thought he was promoting racial stereotypes, eventually the outrage died down and Cage later gained popularity among young african american's.

Luke Cage was born in Harlem, New York where as a kid he and his friend Willis Stryker were part of a gang to meet ends meet. Eventually Cage got tired of being apart of gangs and running from the law and quit which did not sit well with his friend Stryker. Months later Cage was framed by his old friend Stryker who had planted drugs in his apartment and had him arrested by the police. Cage was taken to jail where he was offered to be in an experiment for less jail time. Cage took the offer seeing it has his only way out. Off course with this being a comic book something went wrong during the experiment and Cage gained superpowers like super strength and invulnerable skin. Cage used his new powers to escape prison and went into hiding until an old friend of his convinced him to use his powers to make money allowing him to become a hero for hire.

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