Possible Avengers Villain Revealed?

Alright, this is kind of a spoiler.  But only kind of.  It also includes a spoiler for Thor, which YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN BY NOW!




So we know Loki will be being a colossal dick during the Avengers, and will almost certainly be bringing the Cosmic Cube with him.  Loki is dangerous enough as it is, and giving him an artifact of unbelievable power sounds like an Avengers-level threat.  But Loki could never be the only villain for the team to face, and we know that from the beginning.  Thor alone has already beaten up his brother (and I'm sure has given him a fair share of wedgies over the years), so it would be kinda lame if it took a whole team of heroes to take down this one guy.  So we knew there was another.  And honestly, it's a bit obvious.


So the long standing rumor was the alien Skrulls, which would be perfect if you ask me, and will certainly appear sooner or later in a Marvel movie.  But now where hearing something different that the other villain will be....Thanos!  Master of Death, he has frequently waged war to bring the entire universe to it's demise.  Wielding reality controlling Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos is one of Marvel's most powerful villains, and also one of their most interesting.  As such a powerhouse, he's one of the few individual villains that could go up against the entire Avengers team.  And why was this obvious?  Oh, mostly because this was shown at Comic-Con last year.

It's kind of a dead giveaway.

The Gauntlet was revealed during SDCC, and also made a blink-or-you-miss-it appearance in Thor, as one of the artifacts in Odin's vault.  So yeah, Thanos being a possible villain shouldn't surprise anyone.  Marvel clearly put some effort into designing this thing, and we're going to have to see it on screen sooner or later.  Although I still prefer to see the Skrulls (they give the team an army to tear apart), a live action Thanos could be unbelievable if done right.