Marvel Names the MCU Villain Who Will Beat the Avengers—Not Thanos

Fans may consider Thanos MCU's final 'big bad' The Avengers defeated Thanos by bending time and space. Marvel Comics' bleak future shows the Avengers' defeater, not Thanos.

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Avengers: Twilight reveals their aging and greatest failure. Captain America retires in the book after losing Super-Soldier serum. Steve talks to Luke Cage and Matt Murdock, old men disillusioned by superheroes' retirement.

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Avengers: Twilight claims the heroes killed several New Yorkers years ago. H-Day killed Spider-Man and other Captain America allies.

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On ‘Hero Day’, the Avengers failed to defeat one villain, making the world hate them and forcing them to retire. No one defeated Ultron.

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In Avengers: Twilight #1 by Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña, Rogers discusses a docu-series featuring Red Skull as a secret hero.

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Captain America as a challenge to his ‘righteous’ Hitler overthrow on a talk Steve tried to clear the air, but cameras bombarded him with H-Day questions. Readers understood Ultron's role.

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Without knowing the details, Ultron likely defeated the Avengers forever. Ultron knew Hank Pym and hated the Avengers.

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With his superior cybernetically enhanced intelligence, Ultron made the Avengers squirm, not destroy the universe or court Death. Ultron defeated the Avengers and made the world hate them -- they lost.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron defeated Ultron days after MCU debut. Alt-universe Ultron was deadly in What If? Despite being inferior to Thanos in the MCU's main timeline, Ultron is always the worst in comics, and Avengers: Twilight is no exception.

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Due to his superior intelligence and hatred of the Avengers, Ultron must return to the MCU.Ultron, the MCU's finale, would redeem him and make him the Avengers' foe.

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Marvel Names the MCU Villain Who Will Beat the Avengers—Not Thanos

Fans may consider Thanos MCU's final 'big bad' The Avengers defeated Thanos by bending time and space. Marvel Comics' bleak future shows the Avengers' defeater, not Thanos.

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Avengers: Twilight reveals their aging and greatest failure. Captain America retires in the book after losing Super-Soldier serum. Steve talks to Luke Cage and Matt Murdock, old men disillusioned by superheroes' retirement.

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Avengers: Twilight claims the heroes killed several New Yorkers years ago. H-Day killed Spider-Man and other Captain America allies.

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On ‘Hero Day’, the Avengers failed to defeat one villain, making the world hate them and forcing them to retire. No one defeated Ultron.

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In Avengers: Twilight #1 by Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña, Rogers discusses a docu-series featuring Red Skull as a secret hero.

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Captain America as a challenge to his ‘righteous’ Hitler overthrow on a talk Steve tried to clear the air, but cameras bombarded him with H-Day questions. Readers understood Ultron's role.

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Without knowing the details, Ultron likely defeated the Avengers forever. Ultron knew Hank Pym and hated the Avengers.

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With his superior cybernetically enhanced intelligence, Ultron made the Avengers squirm, not destroy the universe or court Death. Ultron defeated the Avengers and made the world hate them -- they lost.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron defeated Ultron days after MCU debut. Alt-universe Ultron was deadly in What If? Despite being inferior to Thanos in the MCU's main timeline, Ultron is always the worst in comics, and Avengers: Twilight is no exception.

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Due to his superior intelligence and hatred of the Avengers, Ultron must return to the MCU.Ultron, the MCU's finale, would redeem him and make him the Avengers' foe.

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