![]() Steve’s desire to always do the right thing and help people – like when he jumps on what he thinks is a live grenade without hesitation in the first “Captain America” – speaks louder than any superpower. Anyone can have muscles and throw a shield, but it’s what’s on the inside that makes you a hero. Scrawny Steve Rogers just wanted to help his country however he could, even if that meant enrolling in an experimental Super Soldier program. There are almost too many iconic Captain America lines to choose from: “On your left,” “I can do this all day,” “I’m with you ‘till the end of the line,” “America’s ass” - but “just a kid from Brooklyn” may describe Evans’ character the best. Most recent appearance: “Avengers: Endgame” (2019) Ultimately, this corporate hairsplitting doesn’t matter: No matter how you slice it, Cox’s Murdock is pretty great.įirst appearance: “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011) After Netflix canceled “Daredevil” (as well as all its other Marvel series), Cox has been the only hero from those shows to jump to the MCU, with welcome turns in “No Way Home” and on “She-Hulk.” Except, apparently, the MCU’s Matt Murdock - who will continue in 2024’s “Daredevil: Born Again” - is not the same character as the Netflix version, even though the Netflix shows (which were not produced by Marvel Studios) were originally billed as being a part of the MCU. Cox was an instant hit when he debuted as Daredevil on Netflix, between the show’s brutal fight scenes, gray morality and the character’s burning Catholicism that informed his every move in court and on the streets. ![]() Most recent appearance: “Daredevil” Season 3 (2018), or “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” (2022) In descending order, here are all of the Avengers, web-slingers, mutants and more who are in the top 40 Marvel film and TV characters of all time.įirst appearance: “Daredevil” Season 1 (2015) Also, this is the multiverse, so multiple versions of a character are fair game, so long as they are distinctive individuals (as opposed to younger or older versions of pre-established characters). But our list does not take into account the Marvel comics themselves or any upcoming appearances - apologies in advance to the Fantastic Four, who did not make the cut after several lackluster films in the 2000s and 2010s, even though they’re set to appear again in the MCU in 2025. ![]() That means a lot of MCU characters will pop up in this list, but there are also many representatives from “Spider-Man,” “X-Men” and beyond. The criteria hinged on the actor’s performance and the character’s powers, pop culture popularity, story arc and overall importance to the past, present and future of the greater Marvel universe. They’ve given diehard fans hundreds of characters, quotes and fight scenes to, ahem, marvel at, and Variety has taken on the nearly impossible challenge of ranking the 40 best characters in the Marvel universe in film and on television.įor this list, nothing is off limits: the MCU, Sony’s “Spider-Man” series, Fox’s “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four” movies, New Line’s “Blade” trilogy and Netflix’s mini TV universe of street-level heroes - they all count. To date, the major studios have released at least 68 feature films based on Marvel comics, plus another 21 TV shows on linear and streaming. ![]() Then came “X-Men” in 2000 from 20th Century Fox, then “Spider-Man” in 2002 from Sony Pictures, and then, in 2008, Marvel launched its own independent film company, Marvel Studios, with “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk.” By the 2010s, the Marvel superhero revolution began trickling onto TV. That all changed 25 years ago with “Blade,” released by New Line Cinema. It’s hard to imagine this now, but there was a time when Marvel Comics had zero presence in film or live-action television.
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