10 Secret Abilities The Avengers Never Use

Wow, I bet Tony would be really ticked off if he found out some of his teammates were hiding a few tricks up their sleeves. The MCU Avengers are some of the greatest examples of how to translate characters from the page to the screen. They are unbelievably powerful, wielding some of the universe’s strongest weapons and defeating some of the toughest villains the wide multiverse has to offer. We’ve seen the best moves from our favorite heroes, or have we? No, in fact even with all the power we’ve seen, our favorite MCU Avengers are hiding some powers from the comics. Let’s take a look at the powers and abilities that the Avengers have but have never used in the MCU right now.
If there’s one MCU character who no longer has anything to prove in terms of how powerful she is, it’s the scarlet witch, even though she may now officially be gone. Wanda showed nearly unbelievable power in the MCU including taking on Thanos all on her own, and creating an entire fictional world within a hex where she had a family and took the entire town hostage. Are we surprised that Natasha Romanoff’s secrets have secrets? The best heroes always keep a trick or two up their sleeves, whether those sleeves be made of metal, leather, or even if they don’t have sleeves at all. Which hidden ability do you think we will most likely see a character use in the MCU? Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment your answer, or Hulk will never do that super clap thing again, and come on guys I really like that one.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Scarlet Witch Hex Spheres
2:07 Super Giant Ant Man
3:35 Mjolnir’s Portals
5:13 Hulk Sees Ghosts
6:34 Captain America’s Hacking
7:51 T’Challa King of the Dead
9:04 Natasha’s Super Serum
10:23 Dr. Strange’s Telepathy
11:43 Star Lord’s Element Guns
12:56 Quick Intelligence
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[@cbr]

Which ability do you want to see in the MCU the most?

[@nourin_1]

Wait a sec.. I need to watch the full video... After that I'll reply..

[@KINGEDWINN]

Black pather with the dead people

[@Ariverse_]

@@nourin_1 me too, will just edit the comment

[@fortnite_kid_7773]

Shapeshifting

[@boblivion3831]

Hulk... SMASH!!!!

[@tentacle_love]

Hulk seeing ghosts is precisely the kind of thing that would find its way into a post credits scene for laughs.

[@aushwada]

He is just eating a taco in tony’s lab and some drops on the floor. Tony appears, scares the sh*t out of bruce and gets mad at him for dirtying up his lab while bruce sits there frozen in confusion with the taco still halfway to his mouth.

[@Sture-dw5jf]

He was seen as a ghost by the ancient one.

[@Jake-rv8td]

HULK SEE DEAD PEOPLE

[@ravenlorans]

They Also Forgot, Hulk Gets Stronger the Angrier He Gets.... like in the First Movie about him... But never go back to in all the others and should Not have been defeated by Thanos.

[@jiffypoo5029]

It is extremely heavily implied that the Widows are enhanced. Natasha falls off a roof, smacks a metal walkway on her way down with her ribs and then lands on her feet uninjured. Natasha falls from thousands of feet in the air without a parachute and when she lands she not only lives but can keep fighting. She is stronger than muscular/athletic men who are twice her size throwing them like ragdolls. Natasha is equally effective against alien foot soldiers as Captain America. And then there are the flashbacks of Natasha and the other Widows getting the actual injections.

[@trippytimesjosh355]

In my head canon the Black Widows in the MCU have to have a version of the serum. How else would Black Widow & Okoye have been able to go toe to toe w/ Proxima Midnight in Infinity War?? I can give Okoye a pass as she has Vibranium infused weaponry.

[@YourFavoriteSephardi]

If she can jump out of a plane midair and still fight after she hits the floor then why'd she die I'm endgame? That boggles my mind because as u said she is as strong arguably as captain America.. very interesting

[@jiffypoo5029]

@@YourFavoriteSephardi Captain America would have died from that fall too. I agree, the last fall scene in Black Widow from a base in the clouds was a bit much.

[@YourFavoriteSephardi]

@@jiffypoo5029 your definitely right one that cap would've splatted too lol but hey they tried to make widow movie more exciting it happens I guess haha

[@brimcd]

@@YourFavoriteSephardi Probably cause she wanted to. Or rather, Black Widow made sure to land the worst way possible so Hawkeye gets the stone.

[@MichaelBrown-vq3ud]

You forgot to mention Thor's belt. It doubles the strength of Thor and his hammer and it's called megingjörð.

[@yisraelaufrichtig6742]

Isn't that from the mythology

[@OG_Agrivar]

That IS mentioned in the MCU though. In Homecoming, when Happy is talking on the phone during the move from Avengers Tower he specifically mentions Thor's belt and eve struggles to pronounce it.

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Wanda did use a probability hex on that stark shell that destroyed her childhood home, that's pretty close to her probability discs

[@zakifadleik]

THIS

[@littlebear274]

Not sure how you can justify not including the Falcon here! Over the years in the comics his telepathic connection to birds has grown to a point where he can be basically a one-man surveillance state. He even has a Stark-made computer chip in his brain that can convert the psychic input into audiovisual clips that are then uploaded to a server so other people can see what he sees. Back in the Civil War Files, which was a collection of dossiers Tony Stark made about the characters actively opposing the SRA, he was described as one of the best aerial fighters in the world and possibly Tony's better in hand-to-hand aerial combat. He even recommends that if Sam manages to get into the air they simply *let him go* rather than trying to get into a fight with him, mentions he has to be knocked unconscious if captured because he can use birds to interfere with targeting and movement as well as recon and spying, and finishes up by saying that if they capture Steve but not Sam the rest of the opposition *will* turn to him for leadership (after spending a whole paragraph talking about all the different groups that look up to him even outside the superhero community). No opportunity for creating a power vacuum there. The final line is "It's best to clip the wings and silence him ASAP." It's pretty clear he's *very* well-regarded by the other heroes in the comics and it's no wonder that both Tony and Carol put effort into trying to recruit him during CWII.

[@the2ndAngel1980]

That was highly informative, gracias! He is a very enigmatic character in the MCU. He is loyal and a total team player with a strong moral compass, like Steve. I love his development in the MCU and hope to see greater feats from him in upcoming projects. Fantastic actor as well ofc

[@MrGriff305]

Hulk can also heal like Wolverine, but that'd just make him too OP in the MCU

[@AlwaysTheGoat]

isnt it funny how OP isnt even a word and it came from mc but we all stil use it lol

[@-Grovesy-]

@@AlwaysTheGoat what do you mean mc? Minecraft? Because that's definitely not the case, considering it's an abbreviation of Over-powered. The source could've come from anywhere.

[@AlwaysTheGoat]

@@-Grovesy- Over Powered shortened to OP came from Minecraft.

[@atomram6890]

@@AlwaysTheGoat shut up nerd

[@AlwaysTheGoat]

@@atomram6890 Stay out of it. Just by reading your random comment i know your the type of people who think every conversation is about them. Its not.

[@robertadamsx2]

There's sorta an explanation for hulk's ability to see ghosts in the immortal hulk line. It was said every gamma being can see into another plane of existence. A plane where there's ghosts and creatures unlike anything before.

[@versuzzero5335]

I thought the super soldier serum enhances everything about him including his brain. So I thought Captain America could also become a genius in technology if he just studied. Maybe not as smart as Tony but he would sure be smarter than most way above average.

[@1Outis1]

I swear there was a comic book where he was dying due to something from the super serum, and they showed that he had some kind of telepathic abilities too.

[@theloyaltheoristMP]

And nat's serum?

[@1Outis1]

@@theloyaltheoristMP it was a Soviet knockoff, and apparently didn't have exactly the same results. Yes she had heightened reflexes, speed, and strength, but most of her intelligence and mental faculties came from training.

[@stickywilliams2820]

Man they really undersell quill, let my boy shine and show him beginning to wield some of his celestial powers in vol 3!

[@mr_ghost.7785]

Hulk out here like "I see dead people"

[@canis2020]

I think the Hulk's ability to see ghosts is like She Hulk's 4th wall break but weaker

[@TommyGordon82579]

Nope. Banner gave Hulk the ability to see ghosts and astral forms through science because Banner was afraid that his father would haunt him post mortem.

[@ProfessorGunk]

​@@TommyGordon82579 really? thought I'd be connected to the fact that the hulk is an immortal being from the below place but I haven't gotten to any medium stuff yet, only on issue 246

[@playersap4821]

@@ProfessorGunk why the hell are you bringing death in the middle of fear?? They haunt him not kill...

[@playersap4821]

@@ProfessorGunk oh... Um... What is post mortem?

[@wearethechampions312]

Post mortem "after death"

[@trippytimesjosh355]

In my head canon the Black Widows in the MCU have to have a version of the serum. How else would Black Widow & Okoye have been able to go toe to toe w/ Proxima Midnight in Infinity War?? I can give Okoye a pass as she has Vibranium infused weaponry.

[@nicholaslombardo2321]

Great video man..loved it

[@kingofcomics5951]

So your saying hulk can see Quicksilver Too soon?

[@noahgarza3259]

IT STILL IS VERY MUCH TOO SOON

[@the2ndAngel1980]

*ahem*...well played, sir.

[@noahfitness3974]

The variants of Black Widow & Steve Rogers can have the secret abilities from the comics

[@mrgaudits]

Marvel never seem to amaze with some brilliant projects to come. Can't wait to see madam Web and kraven? Bring it on. Shunts Chi 2 as well, looking good one again.

[@bull_city9199]

Awesome video thank

[@mtheapes]

You guys actually show a glimpse of the Hulk using this ability in the last seconds of your video when Smart Hulk talks to the Ancient One. She is technically alive still in this scene but he does communicate with a sorcerer supreme via astral communication.

[@Ariverse_]

I never knew Hulk can see Ghost

[@supersaiyen3406]

Don't give spoilers before vedio

[@bterry6164]

Yea

[@Ariverse_]

@@supersaiyen3406 😂

[@livandmaddieftwrobloxnoobs8518]

@@supersaiyen3406 that was in the thumbnail anyway

[@highnoonkitty7205]

@@supersaiyen3406 learn to spell super saiyan before telling other people what to do , plus thats the point of having a comment section smart one

[@Jake-rv8td]

I know it is not technically in the MCU (Until the 3rd movie comes out) but Deadpool can teleport. Although it is due to a device he wears on his belt or chest not an actual power. Also not MCU yet but it will be soon, Wolverine is probably the best trained martial artist in Marvel Comics. He was, just to name a few: A Samurai, Ninja, Kung Fu expert, WWII paratrooper, Canadian Army, Canadian Special Forces/Alpha Flight, CIA, SHIELD, Weapon X program, and Cage Fighter. He never shows any of this in the movies and usually only beats trained fighters by just outlasting them like a Rocky movie; when in reality he could go toe to toe with Captain America even without his powers.

[@KINGEDWINN]

Heyy cbr love your video’s 😁

[@Glathgrundel]

Hulk is either immune or at least has enormous resistance to being mind controlled.

[@yisraelaufrichtig6742]

Bro forget Hulk's hidden powers they don't even give him his core powers like getting angrier the stronger he gets

[@briandaleske5139]

I think it would be great if each of the members of the AVENGERS, revealed some of their secret abilities in a few M.C.U. movies, and in a few M.C.U. shows as well.

[@skeetermagee2487]

Biggest secret the Russo brothers didn't know was that Hulk has Gamma Regeneration

[@nourin_1]

I straight came here watching another video when cbr notification shown up.

[@trexadvent4726]

What would happen if we saw another version of Quicksilver in the MCU just like how we saw another version of Gamora during Avengers Endgame?

[@MARVEL_KING1114]

OMG You won congratuslations 😱😱😱😱

[@herotozero1242]

it wasn't another version of Gamora it was the same Gamora from the past.

[@Joel0000101]

@@herotozero1242 I was thinking this is a different timeline would possibly mean a different version, but are you talking about how she is still from the same universe?

[@herotozero1242]

@@Joel0000101 there was never a Gamora from another universe.

[@Joel0000101]

@@herotozero1242Srry, was trying to ask if that was the reason you said it wasn’t a different version. I know that there has not been another Gamora show up from another universe, at least not yet lol

[@hole386]

this guy sounds like the story teller from the purge episode in rick and morty

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do a video about all powers and abilities of Adam Warlock from the comics along with which all we could see in the MCU? Can you do a video about how and why we could see the Gladiator, Hyperion, Blue_Marvel and Sentry in the MCU? Could they be portrayed the same way as Adam Warlock?

[@greenboy1108]

Good video

[@officialvickyp]

Let's all agree this never disappoints 😘

[@bigteo90]

4. I mean now that he interacted with the sorcerer supreme in Endgame what if some of that power just stayed with him as the Hulk or as Banner he was even able to manipulate her projection, he probably just did it intuitively

[@Sk1verr]

I think star lord is going to get his elemental guns in guardians of the galaxy vol. 3

[@josephkeenan6753]

The Hulk seeing ghosts I believe was answered when Gamma was identified. Along with the green door stuff and why pretty much why any Gamma Mutant is immortal. I was always hoping for a Hulk movie to have "The Leader". Limitless strength vs limitless intelligence with BOTH being immortal. With how dark they they got with Dr. Strange maybe there is hope in gamma being more then just scientifically explained. If your power comes from "Satanic" entities then why not be able to see spiritual forms, the logic is sound.

[@afatchimp]

Wanda officially gone? I doubt it. They never showed her die, which leads me to believe that she's still alive.

[@michaelhoust5801]

Caroline Leavitt is the breath of fresh air New Hampshire needs.

[@whitesage2066]

For me DR. STRANGE forgot that he can just travel and borrowed JEAN GREY and the X-men. Long Range attackers EMMA FROST, MAGNETO, PROFESSOR X, PYRO, ICE MAN, CYCLOPS, STORM. Front fighters Wolverine, Shadowcat, Psylocke, Mystique, Rogue, Colossus. Secret Weapon(S) JEAN GREY ( Phoenix mode ) and MAGIK ( Queen of Limbo ).

[@sidizen2672]

I think when rogue is introduced to the mcu she'll be an omega level threat. Especially if she kills Carol Danvers

[@whitesage2066]

@@sidizen2672 she can kill Carol if she held her long.

[@sidizen2672]

@@whitesage2066 in the comics rogue gains the ability to fly by killing captain marvel

[@justintyler7402]

Scarlet witch also just whispered kill all mutants once in comics and every single mutant in existence died

[@AstaBolt.ed1tz]

Elizabeth Olsen actually said that she is having a break from playing Scarlet Witch

[@VaibhavShewale]

yeah that was sad when they killed off quick silver so early

[@fernandocambundo2336]

this avengers secret Abillities are cool

[@rolandahlberg4849]

Scarlet is alive. When she collapsed that temple, aka her "death scene" you could see her fly off in the distance.

[@little-wytch]

It seems most of the MCU heros got their powers from some sort of exposure... Hulk w/ Gamma rays, Wanda and Pietro from the Mind stone, Carol from the core of the FTL ship, Monica from over-exposure to the Hex boundary etc... For the Hulk's seeing dead people and astral forms power... if they bring that into the MCU, they might already have an exposure set up for it... when the Ancient One knocked the Hulk out by forcing Bruce's astral from out of his body. It's an idea anyway.

[@youraverageweeb3823]

comic: hulk can see ghosts mcu: hulk looks at books through his glasses

[@RIDGEMATIC]

Fox Quicksilver was sooooo OP they HAVE to bring him back!!!

[@way2toxic30]

I'd have loved to see Matt murdock and Steve Rogers go hand to hand

[@TommyGordon82579]

This guy needs to brush up on his information. Banner gave Hulk the ability to see ghost via science experiment due to fear of his father coming to haunt him post mortem. Hulk can absorb, redirect and manipulate gamma energy. He can also produce other Hulks as well as see and communicate verbally and physically touch ghost, astral forms and noncomporeal objects. He can see through illusions and can absorb dark energy.

[@Glathgrundel]

He is also immune to mind control … even someone as OP as Professor X cannot control him.

[@TKailan]

i dont see the point off this video as we saw in the last Spiderman Movie, each version of him has different powers and backstorys. even in the comics they get rebootet and/or we get to see the hero's of a different univers. so saying we din't see them use theses powers could be that in the MCU Univers they simply do not have them.

[@jetboy2233]

hulk can see ghosts because of his abusive father and after his death he was afraid he would haunt him

[@jetboy2233]

His dad is also the reason why he has the hulk personality all his pent up anger just unleashes itself from bruce

[@Batata-se3wb]

Make a video about dr strange’s powers

[@Royalbananaz]

Fans of avengers 👇

[@kevinlockhart2000]

7:51/9:04 What if this is what marvel is doing in the mcu for black panther wakanda forever? So t'challa died. Shuri became the new black panther and queen of wakanda. And when t'challa returned he became king of the dead.

[@SvElAdKe]

didnt we kinda see the hulks "ghost powers" when he talked to The Ancient One?

[@dergecko92]

No a

[@rahullutchman7826]

"Wanda was one of the most powerful mcu characters even tho she might be gone" later signing for 10 more years

[@brianl8481]

Hulk should get angry and become a villain, Kluh.

[@voidq.]

x-men quicksilver is like 200,000x faster than the mcu one...

[@user-qp5ik1ke9x]

'L0W-LEVEL BURGLAR' L0L

[@InternetGravedigger]

Wanda was also the one who depowered almost all the mutants on Earth in the M-Day comic arc...

[@t-mack8513]

Wasn’t just earth she did that across the multiverse

[@purgatorysplayground7501]

They had to nerf their ability in the movies so they wouldn’t be absolutely overpowered

[@sadowolf]

Exactly. As would be said on Pitch Meetings, they nerf all the characters "So that the movies can happen" haha. The comics have to do some ridiculous things to make it all work that probably wouldn't translate as well to the films.

[@LGBTGROOMSOURCHILDREN]

It's laughable when anybody says the MCU character is now dead... Yeah time travel and the multiverse kind of ruins that concept of death.

[@GiveYasuoRedBuff]

Hulk actually keeps growing more and more whenever he gets angrier...but they already have Antman so the power isnt needed in the movie/would take away all of antmans shine

[@ifuckinghatelife2312]

The one ability we didnt see quicksilver use in the mcu was live. Which is probably the biggest fucking thing about him. The fact that he can survive most things because hes too fast for em. And yet he died to a few bullets

[@vibstudios2505]

well for doctor strange, too many people already have this power such as wanda and from guardians of the galaxy

[@hexelbloodfallen2026]

All right have to throw this out there cuz I don't understand how no one acknowledges him. So we have one hero that I've still yet to see anything about yet I remember the comic books and I remember the movie. (Still have the movie.) For those of you that did not know there is a superhero called Zoom (my favorite) and canonically he is faster than and I quote "Quicksilver, The Flash and Superman all put together!" So how is it that I don't see anything about him???

[@ravenlorans]

They also Forgot, Hulk Gets Stronger the Angrier He Gets.... like in the First Movie about him... But never go back to in all the others and should Not have been defeated by Thanos. They show him Stopping that HUGE Alien Ship the Size of a Skyscraper but a few punches from Thanos Defeats him???? Yeah, Fuck that...

[@alanmagana6891]

Majority of these "fans" only watch the movies and never read a damn comic book so they assume what they see on screen is the real deal

[@samuelmedina9984]

Well the 3rd eyes basically the brain seeing everything that includes thoughts

[@willrock598]

I hope they make a thor movie saying the last one was just a bad dream bc they ruined his image with love and thunder

[@thomassebastian7]

The One Below All (The counterpart of The One Above All) can possess only gamma radiated specimen to leave his dimension and to be abled to exist in other dimensions. So this is the reason Hulk could even see ghosts. The One Below All says that The Hulk is his Son and Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk is not accidental but intentional.

[@thomassebastian7]

Refer "The Immortal Hulk" Comic series for more information.

[@davidcompise5768]

The element gun is in the gradians of the galaxy show

[@bradonbyrd8061]

Oh my

[@akiralynn3338]

I just want to mix spider man with hulk with nano tech suit & maybe give captain camera shield & Thor hammer and couple of infinity stones :p

[@theinsomniac6366]

Stormbreaker stole mjolnirs ability and can use the bifrost transportation

[@Rex1hehry]

Anyone see the light turn on when he put on his shield

[@transilvlad]

They changed Star Lord's father this he doesn't have the ability to use an element gun because he's not a Spartaxian.

[@einiuslipskis6132]

Cool

[@andresdanielem]

Scarlet Witch is not gone for the 224252662263 time.

[@DaemonCaedo1]

Honestly, the MCU has nerfed most of the characters in it. Even Thanos was massively depowered.

[@BuildingPersephone]

Bruce Banner died in his accident. The hulk is undead, that's why he can see ghosts and return from being oblitterated into particles.

[@iwailolieveld8071]

I don't know how but Quick silver needs to come back!

[@Glathgrundel]

… as Magneto’s son.

[@LGBTGROOMSOURCHILDREN]

It's really strange to hear somebody say Ant-Man has powers, Ant-Man invented things he doesn't actually have any powers.

[@Dohnutz84]

Only in live action. In animated movies there a whole movie of the hulk seeing ghost and Astro projections

[@FishcatZombie]

WandaVision mentioned probability hexes which I think is this ability without the visuals... just asking, not a troll

[@T2NF]

Wanda still has to make it so mutants never existed.

[@bterry6164]

Yea

[@blixtdraken1104]

2:40 There is a text that says kuk wich is cock in swedish XD Very fitting for what abgle it is seen from

[@lukemeyer9449]

tho true most of the things you mentioned are form other universes the MCU is earth 616

[@DerVanatic]

You have see hulk ability in mcu. Bruce :Come oute Hulk : no! Think about it and Hulk where at the moment of the high magic priest fall. Befor Dr. strange get high magic priest. And she knowing somting bad will happen. Because Dr. Strange give time stone away. She is the person that can tell hulk what he have to do. Without Bruce knowing this.

[@Fred026]

See ghosts!!!

[@ionutcriveanu7019]

Hulk didn't do shit the entire series. I don't think the writers care about any of his basic abilities, let alone ghost sense.

[@robertmoorer9112]

the hulk has the ability to see goast because he is scared of his dead abusive father, his father is dead.

[@malevads_meme_account]

AUH!!!!

[@thisistheescapeplan]

Imagine what the MCU would look like now, if they had been a little more accurate in terms of "abilities". Black widow is such a fucking badass and they did her absolutely dirty. I mean she's still badass in the movie... but she could have been used sooooooooo much more. The same way they did Wanda dirty. I'm sorry, but bitch, she can literally change reality. Not just a town... actual reality. And what do they give us? Shooting red wiggly woo's out of her fingers. Dreamwalking? Nah, Dr. strange can do that. Ok, fine. She can send monsters through the multiverse... that's somewhat powerful. A brief glimpse of destroying an infinity stone... Ok ok fine. That is some god-tier shit. But still. Shit I could rant on and on about small things I wish had been in the MCU... but oh well. Can't have everything we want, or what things deserve, can we?

[@VaibhavShewale]

but didn't ant man died when he tried to prove that he can grow big as well?

[@judem.2333]

Sees ghost... everybody dies....

[@supernan312]

Wanda not gone yet

[@AnimeVampire234]

quick silver will never be the flash though lol.

[@moredsea]

Wakandas Greatest Warrior is The Avatar of The Kings Of The Past

[@CoolMan1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

Man, the comics are strange. Hulk's ability to see ghosts is weird.

[@chiu4comicuniverse866]

It's not man

[@CoolMan1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

@@chiu4comicuniverse866 yeah, it is.

[@TommyGordon82579]

@@CoolMan1_SonicAndOtherStuff Why? Hulk is a mystical being tied to TOBA. He’s also immortal. He resurrect via the green door and can absorb dark energy.

[@CoolMan1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

@@TommyGordon82579 he's just a guy who got infected with gamma radiation, that turned him into a Big Green Monster. There's nothing mystical about that.