10 Best Avengers: Infinity War Fan Theories

6. Thanos Will Resurrect All The Villains Who Were "Killed" By Infinity Stones

Forget just having Red Skull return to the fray to seek revenge on his arch-nemesis... there's another theory which claims Thanos, the galactic menace that he is, will use the Infinity Gauntlet to bring back all the villains who were "killed" by way of an Infinity Stone across the span of the Marvel Cinematic Universe canon thus far. In case you're wondering who that might include, it's near enough everyone. As mentioned previously, The First Avenger's Red Skull was absorbed into the Tesseract; Thor: The Dark World's Malekith was absorbed into the Aether; Guardian of the Galaxy's Ronan appeared to be absorbed into Power Stone; and then there's Ultron from Avengers: Age of Ultron, who Vision blasts into oblivion with the Mind Stone. Could it be that, Infinity Gauntlet assembled, Thanos will resurrect these evil-doers to fight for his own team against the superhero masses? This theory is, without a doubt, one of the coolest conjured up by Marvel fans to date - not only because it would bring things full circle (and would give some of the lesser villains a second chance to shine), but because it would make for the craziest and most insane Infinity War imaginable - especially if the Guardians of the Galaxy get involved, too.
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