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It takes until Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania for the powers that be to finally pull back the curtain and reveal that the new foe played by Jonathan Majors is actually Kang, a time-travelling Avengers villain from the comics. Unfortunately, not every MCU character gets the same level of treatment. Here are seven important Marvel characters you didn’t realize were already part of the MCU.
7) Doc Samson
Despite being the black sheep of the MCU, The Incredible Hulk is making a serious comeback. The Red Hulk and Betty Ross are back in the mix, as is Samuel Sterns, aka The Leader. While it might not seem like a big deal that Leonard Samson, Betty’s boyfriend from the 2008 movie, isn’t joining his friends, it’s actually a bit strange because he’s a major character in the comics, getting superpowers of his own and picking more than a few fights with Bruce Banner’s alter ego.
6) Ghost Rider
The multiverse opens the door for just about every past Marvel project to be canon. However, there’s one show that deserves to skip the line when it comes to becoming legitimate: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Once an extension of the MCU’s big-screen movies, it goes on its own path and introduces plenty of interesting characters, including Robbie Reyes, aka Ghost Rider. It feels like it’s only a matter of time before Reyes and his predecessor, Johnny Blaze, join the fray.
5) Miles Morales
Peter Parker remains the MCU’s one and only Spider-Man. The 2021 movie Spider-Man: No Way Home goes out of its way to include three versions of Peter and have them team up to defeat a group of rogue villains. There is another Spider-Person waiting in the wings, though. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Donald Glover’s Aaron Davis mentions that he has a nephew who needs protecting. Of course, Davis is talking about Miles Morales, the star of Sony’s Spider-Verse films.
4) Silk
When Peter isn’t swinging around in the MCU, he spends a lot of time at Midtown School of Science and Technology. In Homecoming, he’s part of the decathlon team alongside his crush, Liz Allan. One of their teammates, Cindy Moon, doesn’t get much screen time, which is surprising, given her history in the comics. Moon’s comic book counterpart becomes the vigilante known as Silk after being bitten by the same radioactive spider that bit Peter.
