10 Unused X-Men Villains MCU Phase 4 Could Introduce

10. Cyber

Who? Silas Burr is an artificially enhanced mutant. He's got the classic super-strength and has the ability to track individual brainwaves.

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The big story here is that the skin on his body (minus his face) has been bonded to adamantium! X-Men fans will recognize this right away as the metal that coats Wolverine's claws and skeleton. So that means the MCU gets to introduce a new metal as well as mutants.

Since claws seem to come included in the bag when you get an adamantium upgrade, you can bet Cyber has got those too. His claws come with toxins as an added bonus!

How he fits in the MCU: Cyber has a backstory that stretches into WW1. If Kevin Feige chooses to cannon-correct as if mutants have always been in the MCU, then you start there and possibly do some foreshadowing to the introduction to Wolverine, as he was Logan's superior officer in the military. Otherwise, the MCU could start with a story-line that has the scientist who discovers adamantium in present-day and the shady experiments that go into creating characters such as Cyber, Sabertooth, Lady Deathstrike, and yes...all roads lead to Wolverine.

Cyber gives the MCU an alternate to Sabertooth (who we've seen twice already) as a main foil for Logan. In the comics, he handed Wolverine one of his most severe beatings. Starting there will let audiences know that Cyber is no push-over.

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