Marvel Comics
"Avengers: Infinity War" ended with a shock to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
If its sequel next year continues to shift the franchise in a new direction, and if veteran actors start to distance themselves, then new characters are inevitable to sustain the MCU going forward.
Fortunately, Marvel's comic books provide decades of content and hundreds of potential characters to play with: classic Avengers like She-Hulk and Wonder Man; New Avengers like Spider-Woman and The Sentry; powerful supporting players like Na mor and Silver Surfer; and villains who could cause problems for the entire MCU after Thanos is dealt with, like Doctor Doom.
Maybe we'll never see any of these characters in the MCU, but we also never thought we'd see Doctor Strange banter with Spider-Man on the big screen.
So, Business Insider has thought about what Marvel comics characters haven't been introduced yet into the MCU, but should be in the future.
A new report that Comcast is looking to upend the Disney-Fox deal could cause problems for any plans to introduce the Fox-owned X-Men or Fantastic Four characters into the Disney-owned MCU. But this list was made with the Disney-Fox deal in mind, and the possibility that those characters could be acquired by Disney and Marvel Studios.
Below are 13 characters that should be introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the "Avengers: Infinity War" sequel: