The Marvel Cinematic Universe is probably going on the brink of kill many characters in 2026, given all the main releases which might be set to come back within the new yr, and I am satisfied that these characters are the more than likely to die when the MCU returns. When it comes to huge deaths, the MCU’s 2025 initiatives didn’t current an elevated quantity in any respect.
Foggy Nelson, White Tiger, Taskmaster, Muse, and Sue Storm, the latter of which was resurrected, made up the record of main deaths added to the MCU’s slate of initiatives this yr. With Avengers: Doomsday giving Robert Downey Jr.’s Physician Doom a important position, in addition to all the opposite huge upcoming MCU releases, an even bigger variety of characters might die in 2026, akin to:
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Steve Rogers
Chris Evans is again! Steve Rogers was the star of the primary Avengers: Doomsday trailer, which not solely revealed Captain America’s return, but additionally that he had a baby with Peggy Carter. The MCU has proven how Steve places his life on the road for his family members, and that could possibly be utilized in Doomsday.
Captain America dying to guard his child would make for an emotional second within the MCU film. Steve Rogers is likely one of the faces of the franchise, so his sacrifice would influence each the heroes and the followers closely. His return, solely to die, would set the darkish tone of the film and Physician Doom’s terrifying nature.
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Thor
One other authentic MCU Avenger who might die in Doomsday is Thor. Chris Hemsworth’s Marvel hero is almost the top of the street by way of his story potential. Thor has gone via devastating losses, rising again as much as type a contented life for himself alongside his adoptive daughter, Love.
It’s that life that he needs to guard, as seen in Marvel’s new Avengers: Doomsday trailer. The footage confirmed Love’s return alongside Thor, with the God of Thunder praying to Odin for him to come back again house after combating a brand new villain, presumably, Physician Doom. Thor sounded determined, so Marvel could be teasing a loss of life on the horizon.
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Ultron
Ultron is coming again to the MCU in 2026, showing for the primary time since he seemingly died in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. James Spader’s Ultron might doubtlessly come again to remain for a great time within the franchise after his return in Imaginative and prescient Quest. Nonetheless, I do not consider that’s the path Marvel is taking.
Ultron’s return will probably serve to assist White Imaginative and prescient perceive the unique Imaginative and prescient’s reminiscences and make peace along with his new id. As such, the villain may not even be actually “alive” once more after we see him. Ultron might exist purely as a reminiscence, one who tries to combat again and get to the true world, solely to be stopped and “killed.”
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Mr. Charles
Mr. Charles is an attention-grabbing addition to the record as a result of we’ve but to see him debut within the MCU and don’t actually know a lot concerning the character. Nonetheless, what Marvel has revealed of Matthew Lillard’s MCU character is sufficient for me to consider he’s not surviving Daredevil: Born Once more season 2.
Mr. Charles will reportedly be a part of Wilson Fisk’s world when the Daredevil sequence returns for season 2. Based on the Head of Streaming, Tv and Animation at Marvel Studios, Brad Winderbaum, Mr. Charles represents “a brand new class of energy gamers on the worldwide stage” in Mayor Fisk’s life. Kingpin could be enraged by Mr. Charles’ management, resulting in the latter being killed.
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Cherry
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Cherry just isn’t a significant character within the bigger scheme of issues for the MCU. Nonetheless, he has performed a key position in Matt Murdock’s life in Daredevil: Born Once more, serving as his P.I. and one of many few who know Matt’s secret. Cherry was final seen becoming a member of Daredevil’s new military to free New York Metropolis.
A Daredevil: Born Once more season 2 set video was shared on Twitter by @chrisagwrites, displaying Cherry getting hit repeatedly by a member of Fisk’s Anti-Vigilante Process Pressure. That, allied to the truth that Jessica Jones is again, and she will occupy Cherry’s position as Matt’s P.I., doubtlessly means Cherry will die in 2026.
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Scorpion
Spider-Man: Model New Day brings again Michael Mando as Scorpion, with the expectation being that the character will lastly don his comics-accurate costume to combat Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. Scorpion is understood for being a lethal fighter, and Mando’s villain needed to kill Spider-Man when he was final seen within the MCU.
As such, Scorpion could possibly be getting in for the kill in Spider-Man: Model New Day. Whereas I do not consider Peter Parker would ever kill the villain, Jon Bernthal’s Punisher is within the Spider-Man film, and he doesn’t go delicate on villains. If Scorpion places Peter or one other important participant’s life in danger, the Punisher might gun him down.
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Loki
I am combined on whether or not Loki will die. On the one hand, he’s a direct risk to Physician Doom‘s potential plans of reshaping the multiverse, as Loki is now its protector. As such, Robert Downey Jr.’s new MCU character might make his technique to the Citadel on the Finish of Time, kill Loki, and take his energy.
Nonetheless, Loki is reportedly a part of Captain America’s Avengers group in Doomsday. As such, he would have the backup to combat Physician Doom and never die. Moreover, Thor is alleged to be on that very same group, and he might shield his brother and even sacrifice himself for him — a transfer Loki might additionally pull, so the jury remains to be out.
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Professor X
The X-Males will return in Avengers: Doomsday, and that would lead to some monumental deaths. With so a lot of his mentees showing within the MCU film, Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier might find yourself being killed by Physician Doom in an effort to guard them.
If the X-Males’s universe finally ends up concerned with the primary MCU in an incursion, then Professor X can be on the forefront of methods to cease it. The hero has all the time tried to seek out concord between the mutants and different teams, so if Physician Doom killed him, maybe he might put the X-Males in opposition to the Avengers.
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Magneto
Magneto has by no means hidden the truth that he places the survival of the mutants above all else. If their universe is threatened with an incursion, then he might flip to attempting to kill whoever is on the opposite facet. As such, Magneto might die combating MCU heroes, which might be tragic.
If that’s not the case, Magneto might additionally die going through Physician Doom. Because of his standing because the Grasp of Magnetism, the X-Males villain might consider that he has the facility to take Doom down. Nonetheless, Downey’s MCU villain can also be expert in magic, and that could possibly be the top of the older X-Males film star.
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Bucky Barnes
Lastly, many MCU followers thought Bucky Barnes might die in Thunderbolts*. Whereas that didn’t occur, the door stays open for the previous Winter Soldier to die in Avengers: Doomsday. Bucky is likely one of the franchise’s most beloved characters, in addition to one of many MCU’s longest-running gamers.
His loss of life could be an enormous loss, and with Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday, the hero could be devastated if he misplaced Bucky after the whole lot he did to maintain his greatest buddy protected. A significant loss of life must have a long-lasting influence past simply shock worth, and Bucky’s would match that position within the MCU‘s 2026 initiatives.
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