History ArchEnemy / MarvelCinematicUniverse

* Wade Wilson has Ajax also known as [[EmbarrassingFirstName Francis]]. [[spoiler:Running an illegal research program on people that were terminally ill, Ajax performed experiments on them, creating them into Mutants before selling them off on the black market. After Ajax tortures Wade and unlocks his mutation, Wade manages to escape and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against his army. This in turn causes Ajax to kidnap Vanessa and lure him out in a final confrontation.]]

* Wade Wilson has Ajax also known as [[EmbarrassingFirstName Francis]]. [[spoiler:Running an illegal research program on people that were terminally ill, Ajax performed experiments on them, creating them into Mutants before selling them off on the black market. After Ajax tortures Wade and unlocks his mutation, Wade manages to escape and goes on a RoaringRamapgeofRevenge against his army. This in turn causes Ajax to kidnap Vanessa and lure him out in a final confrontation.]]

* Wade Wilson has Ajax also known as [[EmbarrassingFirstName Francis]]. [[spoiler:Running an illegal research program on people that were terminally ill, Ajax performed experiments on them, creating them into Mutants before selling them off on the black market. After Ajax tortures Wade and unlocks his mutation, Wade manages to escape and goes on a RoaringRamapgeOfRevenge against his army. This in turn causes Ajax to kidnap Vanessa and lure him out in a final confrontation.]]

* Wade Wilson has Ajax also known as [[EmbarrassingFirstName Francis]]. [[spoiler:Running an illegal research program on people that were terminally ill, Ajax performed experiments on them, creating them into Mutants before selling them off on the black market. After Ajax tortures Wade and unlocks his mutation, Wade manages to escape and go on a RoaringRamapgeOfRevenge against his army. This in turn causes Ajax to kidnap Vanessa and lure him out in a final confrontation.]]

** T'Challa, the Black Panther, has [[spoiler:his cousin]] Erik "Killmonger" Stevens [[spoiler:(real name N'Jdaka)]], his EvilCounterpart who wishes to claim the throne of Wakanda and use its advanced technology to get back at his oppressors. Killmonger is the result of a CreateYourOwnVillain by T'Challa's father who murdered N'Jdaka's father N'Jobu due to their differences in how Vibranium should be distributed amongst the world beyond Wakanda. It's also worth noting that Killmonger is ultimately responsible for T'Challa's death posthumously, as by burning the Heart-Shaped Herb during his brief reign in Wakanda, Shuri is unable to find a cure for her brother, who [[KilledOffForReal eventually passes away due to an unspecified illness]].

** [[spoiler:Mysterio deceives him and takes advantage of Peter's grieving emotional state to acquire an arsenal of attack drones [[TragicKeepsake Tony left him]]. He then tortures Peter with a series of grueling illusions, nearly killed Peter, and forces him to step up his game to stop him.]] Both in the scale of his criminal activities and the degree to which it affected Peter on a [[ItsPersonal personal level]], this villain surpasses all the other villains Spidey had to face by himself up to the point, and even when Peter stops his scheme he gets the last laugh by [[spoiler:revealing Spidey's secret identity to the world from the grave and turning him into a [[FrameUp framed]] HeroWithBadPublicity, all but screwing over Peter's life. While the Goblin does the most personal damage to Peter, the events that led to it would never have happened if not for Mysterio.]]

* Nick Fury and Talos in ''Series/SecretInvasion'' have [[spoiler:Gravik, a renegade Skrull terrorist who wants to overthrow humanity and claim Earth in the name of the Skrulls.]] For Fury, [[spoiler:Gravik murdered [[BestFriend Maria Hill]] in Fury's form, destroyed Moscow's town centre and framed him for it, leaving him stripped of his titles and alienated from his allies, despite Fury taking him in as a youth. This leaves Nick with a strong vendetta against him and he does whatever he can to bring him down, even if he does so alone.]] For Talos, [[spoiler:Gravik derides him as a coward for wanting peace between Skrulls and humans, manipulated his daughter G'iah into joining his terrorist faction and is heavily implied to be responsible for Soren's death. Talos wants nothing more than to bring him down and stop his plans before peace becomes an impossibility. Gravik ultimately manages to kill Talos, leaving only Nick Fury left in his way to stop him. However, Talos finally started to get back through to Gi'ah before he died, and she promptly turns on Gravik and kills him at last.]]

* The Great Protector had the Dweller-in-Darkness, a DraconicAbomination who she helped seal away. [[spoiler:When the Dweller-in-Darkness was freed in modern times, the Great Protector defeated it again with the aid of Shang-Chi, who killed the Dweller-in-Darkness outright.]]

->'''[[Characters/MCUTonyStark Tony Stark]]''': I get first crack at the big guy. Iron Man's what he's waiting for.\\
'''[[Characters/MCUVision Vision]]''': That's true, he hates you the most.

* Doctor Strange has Kaecilius, who kills Stephen's mentor.

** Ivan Vanko, who seeks revenge on Tony [[SinsOfTheFather for his father's actions]], as Tony's father had Vanko's father deported, and who has the technological expertise to create armor which enables him to challenge Iron Man in combat, which he does twice.

* Iron Man has the [[HiddenVillain Mandarin]] and [[BigBad Thanos]] as his arch enemies. The former is mostly just related to Iron Man's origin by way of the terrorist organisation he commands and most of Tony's battles with said group happen off-screen after ''Iron Man'', with the real Mandarin and Iron Man in the end never meeting. Iron Man's war with Thanos, and the effect the latter has on his psyche, are on the other hand one of the fundamental aspects of the MCU and drive much of the plot in Phases 2 and 3, with Thanos also being an EvilCounterpart with VillainRespect for Iron Man. Their dynamic leads to [[spoiler:Iron Man erasing a past Thanos using the Infinity Stones in a HeroicSacrifice]]. Tony also had personal enmities with several other villains.

** Ivan Vanko, who seeks revenge on Tony [[SinsOfTheFathers for his father's actions]], as Tony's father had Vanko's father deported, and who has the technological expertise to create armor which enables him to challenge Iron Man in combat, which he does twice.

* Iron Man has the [[HiddenVillain Mandarin]] and [[BigBad Thanos]] as his arch enemies. The former is mostly just related to Iron Man's origin by way of the terrorist organisation he commands and most of Tony's battles with said group happen off-screen after ''Iron Man'', with the real Mandarin and Iron Man in the end never meeting. Iron Man's war with Thanos, and the effect the latter has on his psyche, are on the other hand one of the fundamental aspects of the MCU and drive much of the plot in Phases 2 and 3, with Thanos also being an EvilCounterpart with VillainRespect for Iron Man. Their dynamic leads to [[spoiler:Iron Man erasing a past Thanos using the Infinity Stones in a HeroicSacrifice]]. Iron Man also had personal enmities with several other villains.

** Ivan Vanko, who seeks revenge on Tony [[SinsOfTheFathers for his father's actions]], as Tony's father had Vanko's father deported.

* Iron Man has the [[HiddenVillain Mandarin]] and [[BigBad Thanos]] as his arch enemies. The former is mostly just related to Iron Man's origin by way of the terrorist organisation he commands and most of Tony's battles with said group happen off-screen after ''Iron Man'', with the real Mandarin and Iron Man in the end never meeting. Iron Man's war with Thanos, and the effect the latter has on his psyche, are on the other hand one of the fundamental aspects of the MCU and drive much of the plot in Phases 2 and 3, with Thanos also being an EvilCounterpart with VillainRespect for Iron Man. Their dynamic leads to [[spoiler:Iron Man erasing a past Thanos using the Infinity Stones in a HeroicSacrifice]].