9 Marvel Characters Who Will Die Before The End Of Phase 3

3. Ultron

Following The Avengers' mid-credits reveal, everyone expected Thanos to be the big bad of the sequel. Oh how naive the world was to Marvel's forward planning. As the advertising won't let you forget, Avengers 2 will be telling Ultron's story, although don't be surprised if his Age doesn't stretch through even to the end of Phase 2, let alone 3. Marvel's tendency to kill off villains with nary a thought for the future has been one of their biggest recurring mis-steps, and although he's a bigger foe in a bigger movie, there's every chance the film will put a /end in Ultron's code. At the end of the day, the franchise's villains (Thanos aside) don't really have much of part to play in the multi-movie story. You see, like Loki before him, Ultron's real narrative purpose is to impact the Avengers and progress their story, rather than having his own. Created in response to the loss of S.H.I.E.L.D., he's going to bring the team into contact with "miracles" Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch and send Iron Man and Captain America on separate, ideologically opposed paths. That'll be his big impact on the MCU; he doesn't really need to be alive for the events of Civil War to unfold. When Will He Die: If convention is followed, Ultron will be deleted in the final act of Avengers: Age Of Ultron, although even if he makes it through both post-credits scenes (perhaps as a detached consciousness), he'll probably be dealt with before Thanos finally reveals his (golden gloved) hand.