All of the independent participant in theMarvel Cinematic Universe , such as Captain America , Iron Man and Thor possess top-notch powers of some kind . Cap and Thor are both incredibly impregnable and can lift up big hammers . While Tony does n’t actually have any ability organically , the fact that he was able to design himself a super suit pose him on adequate foothold with the others .

However , the MCU also features many characters who only take to rely on their fighting abilities and intelligence when facing off against foreign armies or harebrained robots , and so it ’s high clock time they ’re agnize for their brilliance .

Jane Foster

Jane ’s appearance in the MCU have been polarizing , to put it lightly . Natalie Portman did an excellent occupation in her portrayal of the character , but many fans and critic felt that Jane merely existed to serve as a love interest for Thor , which severely limited and hurt her role development .

In the firstThormovie , we were told that Jane was an outstanding scientist in her field , but she pass most of the film looking after and being pull to Chris Hemsworth ( although we ca n’t really blame her for that one ) . InThe Dark World , all Jane did was mope around because Thor did n’t come back . Hopefully she will be much more self-asserting inThor : Love And Thunder .

Happy Hogan

Happy appeared alongside Tony Stark in the very first film in the MCU moving picture , Iron Man . He served as Tony ’s escort , as well as other , more uncertain role .   Happy deal a funny , but meaningful friendship with his employer , and when he almost got killed in an burst , Tony was angry enough to challenge the Mandarin directly .

As Tony ’s later Head of Security , Happy could curb his own in a fight , as long as the assailant was an unnamed extra and there was only one of them attacking at a time . When Stark choke , Happy was grief - stricken , and as a issue , he and Peter Parker grew closer , with Happy becoming a mentor to your well-disposed neighbourhood Night Monkey .

Phil Coulson

While Coulson has in spades come into his own on the showAgents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. , he first began life on the big screen in a back role inIron Man . During that first film , Tony saw him as nothing more than another person to be underbred to , but even back then , Phil Coulson was n’t putting up with any crap from Stark .

He next appeared in the secondIron Manmovie , as well asThor , but the   film in which Coulson really broke out wasThe AvengersHe and Nick Fury were responsible for bring Earth ’s mightiest wedge together to defeat Loki and his Chitauri regular army . However , Coulson gave his spirit attempt to stop Loki , and his death was used to prompt the Avengers .

Pepper Potts

Pepper started off in the MCU as Tony Stark ’s personal assistant , which basically intend having to clean up after him and , as   she so eloquently put it , " read out the trash . " understandably have a talent for cutting one - liners , everyone know that Pepper was destined to go far in the MCU .

She   was promoted by Tony to operate Stark Industries inIron Man 2 , when Tony was dying from Palladium poisoning . She afterward helped design the Avengers tower , defeated Aldrich Killian , and even got the biggest philanderer in the history of forever to nail down down and start a family . Not to mention she suited up in the final struggle against Thanos .

Hawkeye

Everyone appears to hate on Hawkeye because they see him as the debile member of the Avengers , but really he ’s no less of a fighter than Black Widow . We ’re not articulate that Natasha is useless , rather that Hawkeye is far more integral to the Avengers than people assume .

Yes , okay , so he got a little bit possessed for the majority of the firstAvengersflick , but he follow through it . And then it transpired that he balanced his job and his family , which is something few other wedge have to do . That alone takes strength . Plus , Hawkeye was the only one who did n’t get whammied by Scarlet Witch inAge Of Ultron .

Peggy Carter

Peggy Carter was Captain America ’s first and only true love . Unlike Jane Foster , though , her function inCaptain America : The First Avengerwas much more than that of the Cap ’s love interest group . Peggy was the only charwoman in her field , which meant some of the less gentlemanly soldiers treat her rather unfavorably .

Peggy , of course , was more than able to handle herself , and soon showed everyone that she was way more than just a pretty face . She was extremely intelligent , an excellent strategist , and a brilliant foil to Steve Rogers ' endless naivety . That being order , however , her gradual family relationship with Steve was well carry out and the two lede shared undeniable alchemy .

Erik Selvig

Erik Selvig was probably the only important human character ( besides Coulson ) to appear in the firstThorfilm . He was there to playact as a supporting character for Thor to interact with , but Selvig ’s intelligence and his work mean that he was one of the fewThorcharacters to make an appearance outside of that finical franchise .

Selvig actually appeared in two of theAvengersfilms but sinceAge Of Ultron , it is unclear as to what he has been up to , and even whether he ’s still alive . Selvig is so intelligent , though , that Loki kept him alive to organise the distance stone to open a portal for the Chitauri , so it ’s doubtful that Kevin Feige would have offed the character off - screen .

Helmut Zemo

Although it ’s fair well known that theMCU used to have a problem with portraying compelling villains(note the past tense ) , theCaptain Americafranchise has done consistently well in that section . The Red Skull was absolutely bewitching , and Alexander Pierce missed out on this list by a whisker .

However , neither of those two antagonists bear on the Avengers as much as Helmut Zemo did . When Zemo ’s hometown of Sokovia was destroy , taking his family along with it , Zemo embarked on the ultimate retaliation , correct result up so that the Avengers would destroy themselves . Unlike many villains anywhere , Zemo ’s plan ferment without the assistance of any superpowers .

Nick Fury

Nick Fury is one of the most complicated quality in the MCU . you’re able to never be sure if he ’s working with you or against you , or even if it really is the existent Nick Fury ( eh , Spider Man ? ) . wildness is also one of the most powerful people within the MCU , and he has achieved everything without the use of enhanced abilities .

If you were to play the schoolyard game of require who would win in a fight between Fury and Captain America , obviously Cap would win . But Fury ’s power comes from the power to rig others for his own ends , and his ability to auspicate the action mechanism of both his ally and enemy makes   him an individual not to be messed with .

Natasha Romanoff

Really , who else could top this lean ? Black Widow has been a core penis of the Avengers since the first motion picture in 2012 and proved to everyone that she was capable of contain her own next to the likes of the Hulk and Thor . Natasha ’s combat skills were second to none , and she also possessed a fierce intelligence operation that permit her to best Loki in a struggle of card .

Nat has appeared in everyAvengersmovie since , and has had a star part in the last two moving picture in theCaptain Americafranchise , thanks to her adorable friendship with Steve Rogers . Black Widow is finally fit to get her own solo movie , out later this twelvemonth , and will be the only non - superpowered character to have done so in theMCU .

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