MCU: 10 Most Shocking Moments In Marvel Movies So Far

1. Agent Coulson's Death

Quicksilver Death
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It speaks volumes about the importance of your character if you’re not a superhero in the MCU and STILL people care about your death. Count that doubly if you weren't even a comic book character in the first place.

So take a bow Phil Coulson. Killed off in Avengers only to be resurrected in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Coulson’s death ranks as one of the most shocking moments of the series so far. And of course he went out trying to be the hero, as Loki tricked him into thinking he had the upper-hand before stabbing him. Cue tears from Marvel fans far and wide.

Coulson’s popularity made the moment even more emotional than Marvel themselves may have first realised. And they brought him back for S.H.I.E.L.D after fans threatened to riot. Still the brutality of his death - the first the MCU had really dared to pull off - makes it a moment to remember.

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