10 Avengers Enemies That Are MORE Powerful Than Thanos

Since his first appearance in 1973, Thanos has been one of the most formidable foes The Avengers and company have ever faced.

With the Infinity Gauntlet at his side, it truly seems as if no one could pose a threat to his might. Or could they?

As it happens, there are actually a number of heavy hitters within the Marvel Universe that could certainly give Thanos a run for his money. Though we may sadly never see some of these dastardly denizens of destruction hit the big screen, it’s hard not to imagine just how much damage they could do were they allowed.

Fortunately - thanks to the seemingly endless wealth of villainy within the Marvel continuity - we can still crack open a comic to see many of these monsters for ourselves, even if they never hit the big screen.

Whether they're an immortal cosmic entity or just a man with powers beyond even the gods, it takes quite a punch to put Thanos in his place. Lucky for them, these fearsome villains might just have the mettle to take him on...

A true warlord of time, to judge Kang by his blue and purple spaceman appearance would be a serious underestimationof his power.

Before taking on the Conqueror identity, Kang was once Nathaniel Richards; a 31st century historian who was believed to be a descendant of the Fantastic Four's own Reed Richards.

Fascinated with the breadth of knowledge and power the history of Earth had to offer, he soon became drunk with ambition. After discovering some time travel technology left behind by long-time villain Doctor Doom, Richards traveled back to ancient Egypt and began his ruling as Pharaoh, known simply as Rama Tut.

Finding resistance in the form of the pesky Fantastic Four, Kang was soon defeated and forced from the timeline, discovering an alternate future Earth left completely in ruins. Easily conquering this abandoned future, Richards took on the name of Kang and vowed to conquer all of history.

While not physically superhuman, Kang's intellect and mastery of future technology is unsurpassed, possessing a powerful suit of amour and a time ship that allows him to travel in both time and space.

But what makes Kang truly powerful is his ability to move between alternate timelines rather than moving back and forth on the same one. This means if he fails at conquering one timeline, he has an infinite number of other to choose from. Beat that one, Time Stone.