The MCU is filled with its fair share of powerful beings and characters.
The Infinity Saga contained some of the most powerful fictional creations that comic books
have ever produced, yet, there are limitations to what we’ve seen up on the big screen.
While Thanos and the infinity stones seem like the be all end all, there are other more
powerful entities and beings that exist in the comics, and outside of Marvel’s panels
as well - the DC multiverse is home to a slew of awesome creations, some of which would
be considered WAY too powerful to ever adapt.
So today, we’re taking a look at some of these characters in comparison to what we’ve
seen adapted in the MCU, with our list of the top 10 DC characters too strong for the
MCU.
10 Kismet The word kismet in urdu means fate - a fitting
title for an entity in the DC universe who is also known as the illuminator of all realities.
Kismet first appeared in the Adventures of superman issue 494 back in 1992 - not much
is known about her, but she saved Clark Kent’s father while he was dying in search of his
son.
She can manipulate time, magic, energy, reality and boundaries, is omnipresence, omniscience,
eternal, and can warp reality.
In other words, she is a cosmic entity who can use her vast cosmic power in pretty much
any situation.
Think of her as the equivalent to Marvel’s Eternity, the cosmic entity who is the embodiment
of time - a character many speculated would appear in Avengers endgame as part of a story
arc with Doctor Strange, but that was not the case.
9 Anti-Monitor Anti-Monitor is one of the more well known
supremely powerful villains in the DC universe.
First debuting in the Crisis on Infinite Earths story event back in 1985, Anti-Monitor was
it’s main antagonist, stirring up some trouble with his near limitless cosmic powers.
He’s capable of matter and energy manipulation, reality warping, has super strength, durability
and longevity, and of course, can absorb entire universes.
And, fun fact, many consider Anti-Monitor to be the most formidable foe of the superheroes
of DC’s multiverse - he’s responsible for killing off the most prominent characters
in the DC universe compared to other villains who have appeared in the panels of the publisher’s
comics, along with consuming thousands of universes in order to increase his power.
8 Martian Manhunter Martian Manhunter is one of the most underrated
superheroes in DC Comics.
He’s by far one of the most powerful beings, and has even earned himself a spot as one
of the original seven members in the Justice League.
First appearing in 1955’s Detective comics issue 225, J’onn J’onzz has many abilities
- he can shapeshift, he can go invisible, he can be intangible, he has a regenerative
healing factor, can fly, has photographic memory, a genius level intellect, superhuman
speed, strength and endurance, heat vision, he’s telekinetic, telepathic, and, of course,
the most fascinating of his powers - he’s got nine senses, a trait unique to Martians.
What those other 4 senses are outside of the five we humans have, who the hell knows.
But it definitely makes him a threat on the battlefield.
He’s also one of the last of his kind, with his race of green skinned martians having
been almost completely wiped out by white skinned martians, with his biggest weakness
being fire and his pyrophobia.
7 Superman The man of steel is historically one of the
most OP characters to ever exist in comics.
There’s very few individuals in the DC universe who can take him down.
Hell, the one time he did die during the Death of Superman story arc, he wasn’t even really
dead - he went into a Kryptonian coma which only made it look like he was dead.
That whole arc was...ugh yeah.
Regardless of the way the character has been written over the years, he’s always remained
one of the strongest and most powerful superheroes in the comics industry.
6 Mister Mxyzptlk First appearing in Superman issue 30 back
in 1944, Mr Mxyzptlk is an impish character from the 5th dimension, who is capable of
reality manipulation, teleportation, he isn’t bound by third dimensional laws, can alter
laws in a way that resembles magic, can break the 4th wall and retcon things, and is near
omnipotent.
Perhaps the closest the MCU has to a character like that currently is Scarlet Witch, who
is capable of manipulating reality, but has yet to come into her full powers.
Anywho, Mxyzptlk can only be stopped if he’s tricked into saying or spelling his own name
backwards, which returns him to the 5th dimension and keeps him there for a minimum of 90 days.
Or, at least that was the case prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths, which now altered that
rule for him to willingly leave after the conditions he’s set have been met.
5 The Spectre The Spectre is another character who first
appeared in the Golden Age of comics, debuting in More fun Comics issue 52 back in 1940.
The Spectre has an impressive collection of abilities - he can warp reality, he’s got
cosmic level energy, can manipulate space and time, he has cosmic awareness, knowledge
of events that occured before Crisis on Infinite Earths, he has limitless matter control, superhuman
strength, he’s omniscience, and hear omnipotent.
Oh, and immortal.
Duh.
Many consider the Spectre to be the strongest DC superhero, if you don’t include some
of the other entities kicking around in that universe.
Spectre does have his weaknesses though - he needs a human host, and the voice, aka the
presence, who we’ll get to later on in this list, can impose divine limitations on him
and what he’s capable of doing, along with enforcing boundaries that Spectre cannot cross
without facing dire punishments.
4 The Endless The Endless are a group of characters who
embody aspects of the universe, found within The Sandman, created by Neil Gaiman.
Having existed from the dawn of time, they are perceived as the most powerful being in
existence, more distinct than most gods.
They are Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium, with Dream being
the protagonist of the Sandman series.
They’re kind of like a dysfunctional family of sorts, siblings, who aren’t necessarily
personifications of their names, or rather, their functions - they are their functions.
They are a creation of the consciousness of living beings, and are as old as the concepts
they represent, although that exact age is completely unknown.
3 Lucifer Morningstar First appearing in The Sandman issue 4 in
1989, this interpretation of Lucifer, the Devil, the fallen angel, was crafted by Neil
Gaiman, and is quite the powerful being.
He’s got superhuman strength, seed, stamina, durability, endurance, agility, reflexes,
metabolism and has a genius level intellect.
Plus, superhuman charm.
That sure comes in handy.
Aside from all of those superhuman abilities, he can shapeshift, he’s telekinetic, has
a regenerative healing factor, eternal life, he’s invulnerable, immortal, can manipulate
energy and matter, is nigh omnipotent and nigh omniscient, is capable of hypnosis, can
resurrect beings, can reincarnate them, can travel interdimensionally, is able to speak
and understand any language on earth, can induce temptation, has both the physiology
of demons and angels, and much, much more.
So yeah, that’s power right there for you.
2 The Presence The Presence is considered to be the highest
form of being within the DC multiverse.
He’s also one of the oldest characters kicking around, having first appeared in More fun
Comics issue 52 from 1940.
The Presence is omnipotent, onisciencent, omnipresent, and, of course, immortal.
Essentially, the Presence is the equivalent of the Abrahamic God - DC’s religious inspired
characters tend to follow the abrahamic iterations.
Anywho, the Presence can empower various angels, resurrect the dead, is everywhere and cannot
be destroyed.
The Presence has been depicted in varying lights over the years though, like in the
Lucifer series, in which he was shaped by external forces, the thoughts and imaginations
of mankind.
He also is depicted as having clear limitations and therefore isn’t an absolute omnipotent
character.
Then again, Lucifer is technically in the Vertigo Universe rather than the DC, so that
version of the Presence can be technically considered different than the one who appeared
in the DC universe prior.
1 Doctor Manhattan Doctor Manhattan is a character created by
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons for Watchmen, the graphic novel mini series published in
1986 and 1987.Referred to as a post human god, Doctor Manhattan is Doctor Jonathan Osterman,
a nuclear physicist who in 1959 was trapped in an Intrinsic Field Subtractor.
The accident caused him to be disintegrated, but he reconstructed himself, and upon reanimating
in this new form, he was immediately put into the service of the US government, causing
significant changes to the timeline - Nixon asked him to intervene in the Vietnam war,
resulting in the US coming home as victorious.
So what makes Manhattan so powerful?
Well, he’s got the unlimited ability to manipulate matter and his own body, he has
subatomic perception and control, clairvoyance, and he’s completely invulnerable.
Perhaps what makes Doctor Manhattan’s power so frightful is how Watchmen paints the character
and his indifference - in a realistic way that hits home and becomes not only a commentary
on the genre of superheroes, but a commentary on determinism and ethics that is easy to
relate to.
He tops our list, because compared to some of the other entities we’ve featured, Manhattan
is a character who has received a cinematic treatment - one that would overpower pretty
much almost everything that we’ve seen in
the MCU so far.
There we have it friends!