10 Essential Marvel Teams Not Yet Used In The Movies
Assemble the A-Teams! No, not the Avengers. Not all of them, anyway.
With Avengers: Infinity War just on the horizon, everyone and their mother is ready for the crossover to end all crossovers, and the team-ups that'll come of it. But with many expecting an end to this particular incarnation of Hollywood's favourite super-team, it's about time for the MCU to look to others in their comics roster to take over, whether to honour the Avengers' legacy or to blaze their own trail.
The Marvel comics universe has a huge stock of teams and organisations, both good and bad, and some questionably amoral, that carry with them the same nuanced storytelling and interesting characters that make up their roster. Some of the characters included have already been seen flying solo or in other teams in the MCU so far, but each of these characters is sure to shine when you put them with newer players on the big and small screens.
Some of the most iconic and interesting teams that have graced the pages of Marvel's comic universe would do well in Marvel's film or TV universes, whether to take over after the last Avengers film or to provide Marvel with fresh new stories sorely needed in the golden age of comic book adaptations...
10. Heroes For Hire
Already, the Defenders have made a splash in their Netflix TV series, but Heroes for Hire is a different animal entirely. Seeing Misty Knight take centre stage, along with Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Colleen Wing, and other down-to-earth street heroes, come together to make superheroing a profitable business venture, would be something audiences haven't yet seen in the MCU.
For the most part, being a superhero has been a pro bono side hustle that these characters have taken up either alongside or in lieu of their actual jobs, and having them turn their heroics into their actual jobs would make for the entertaining mix of realism and camp that the MCU ought to milk. It also provides the opportunity to bring in new players, supers and metahumans who didn't have the motivation to go out and help people before it got monetised.
Questioning the morality of doing specialised good deeds for money would provide some gravitas and even some humour to the whole situation. It's the perfect follow-up to the team-ups of Netflix heroes past, and something fans have been waiting for since Misty quit the police force. Hop to it, Marvel!