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Marvel on the Big ScreenWhat's your favorite Marvel movie? Character? Villain? Moment? Let's rank 'em.

Lingering Plot Threads That Need Resolution

Tiny Connections Only Huge Fans Notice

Most Selfless Acts of Heroism

The Dumbest Decisions in MCU History

Every Movie Marvel Has Planned

Deleted Scenes You Wish Made the Final Cut

Everything We Know About MCU Phase 4

Funny Thoughts We Can't Unthink

The Biggest MCU Moments of the Decade, Ranked

Complaints of Comic Book Fans

Foreshadowing You May Have Missed

Little Details That Blew Us Away

Terrible Early Marvel Franchises

Movie Mistakes We Can't Unsee

Easter Eggs from Every Movie

Weird Ways Films Influenced Comics

Surprising MCU Trivia Even You Don't Know

A Quick History for Casual Fans

Every MCU Movie, Ranked

Everything We Know Is Coming Up in the MCU

The MCU's Most Shocking Reveals

The Infinity Stones: A Timeline

These Timelines Make No Sense

Theories About MCU Phase 4

Scenes Less Brutal Than the Comics

Glaring Plot Holes You Can't Ignore

The Best Actors in Marvel Movies

The Worst Marvel Movies Ever Made

Best Actors in the Superhero Movies

The Best Films Based on Marvel

How Will 'Black Widow' Fit Into the MCU?

When We Thought Characters Were Done For

The Greatest Final Battles

Unexpected Inspirations

Burns That Still Sting

All the Onscreen Marvel Movie Universes

Dark Theories That Could Be True

Best Characters Not in the Comics

Truly Inspiring Quotations

MCU Characters That Are Nothing Like Their Comic Book Counterparts

Updated September 23, 2021 11.2k votes 1.9k voters 204.8k views

List Rules

Vote up the characters who changed the most from comic to screen.

When adapting comic book characters from page to screen, the various creative teams working at Marvel Studios can't always be 100% faithful to the source material. While some characters, like Iron Man's Tony Stark, are nearly indistinguishable from their print counterpart, others - like Yondu, for example - haven't been so meticulously recreated.

Why isn't Captain America: Civil War's Helmut Zemo a fascistic German baron like in the comics? Why is Guardians of the Galaxy's Drax not a reincarnated saxophone player? Why can Anthony Mackie's Falcon not telepathically communicate with birds? Why was Bucky Barnes not a teenager in Captain America: The First Avenger? All of these characters and more have been tweaked from the Marvel Comics characters they were based on. And before you start scrolling, there are plenty of spoilers for many Marvel Cinematic Universe films waiting for you down there, so be careful!