10 Marvel Characters Who Deserve Their Own Disney+ Series
Now that we’ve got Moon Knight, might Squirrel Girl be on the Disney+ horizon?
Though the MCU has always contained a television strand to it through the likes of Agents Of SHIELD and the Netflix Defenders shows, it’s always felt very much like an unnecessary add on. Some of the show’s were good, sure, but they always felt distinctly different from whatever Iron Man and the rest were doing.
With Disney+ though, that’s no longer the case. Big MCU players like Winter Soldier, Scarlet Witch & Loki will be featured in the shows, while characters like Kate Bishop and Ms Marvel are clearly using their TV series’ as a jumping off point.
For a bit of variety, the first five characters here have previously featured in the MCU and just need a bit of spotlight. The top five though are all newbies who need a chance to shine.
The MCU continues to expand, and with that comes more and more adventures. Spidey may be going, but there’s lots of heroes still waiting for their chance to shine. Quite how much weight Disney will be putting behind Disney+ remains to be seen, but so far it does seem like the Marvel shows are here to stay. Hopefully they’ll be prepared to take some risks with it.
10. M’Baku
It seems strange given the massive critical and commercial success of Black Panther that the sequel isn’t coming until 2022. Apparently even an Oscar nomination isn’t enough for Marvel to deviate from their planned trajectory.
We know T’Challa will still be featuring in the interim, with a What If...? story exploring the possibility of him being abducted rather than Peter Quill. Presumably, in this reality, Erik Killmonger ascends the throne naturally. How these experiences shape both characters sounds fascinating, and will most likely focus on the age old nature versus nurture question.
However, a one off What If...? in Wakanda doesn’t really feel like much. Thanos’ first Snap happened in Wakanda, the first Black Panther film ended with T’Challa switching isolationism for globalism, the line of succession will have been destroyed by the Snap...
Even without all that though, it’s just an interesting setting which makes a change from superheroes in New York (give me a break). M’Baku has been a fairly minor character so far, but would give us a closer look at Wakanda and could do with extra development. Setting it just after the Snap would avoid stepping on Black Panther II’s toes as well.