Top 10 Marvel Characters with the Most Wasted Potential

Definitely my #1 pick. I haven't watched Captain Marvel, but from what I've read, heard, and seen from Avengers: Endgame, she's definitely the character with the most wasted potential.

When I first heard she's getting a role in Avengers Endgame, I wasn't very excited (since I'm not a fan of her), but I was kinda hoping she'd be a good character and a very good use to the Avengers. The sad thing is, she was completely irrelevant throughout the entire movie except the beginning and in the end and from what I've read of Captain Marvel (the movie) and from what other people have been saying about her, she's a big disappointment. In fact, she had no relevance or weight in the franchise aside from just being an average Mary Sue. Heck, I would've been fine if she died in Endgame instead of Tony since she has no reason for existing (or any reason for us to feel sad for her).
To sum it all up, Captain Marvel is a character that had potential to be good, but sadly ended up as an average boring and bland Mary Sue. She doesn't even deserve to be in the picture for Endgame since she wasn't even that relevant of a character.

Easily one of the most wasted characters. They could've given us more scenes and characterization for Quicksilver to make his death more meaningful and sad, but he never got the characterization he could've had before he died. I mean, Tony, Cap, Thor, and the others got some characterization, why can't Quicksilver? Why must he die off with so much potential that could've been developed for him in Age Of Ultron?

He was supposed to come back in Endgame. Hawkeye was originally meant to go back to Age of Ultron events bring him back (instead of his child's glove).

Vision, was very promising and interesting at first. He started off very interesting and promising, but he never got any development of sort. He was very wasted in Infinity War, with him nerfed and wasn't even that relevant, making his death feel very hollow and not that sad compared to Spider-Man's and Dr. Strange's deaths.

The phoenix saga gets botched again and this time they don't have a new director to blame for it, though they can definitely blame Disney

I think Maria herself is quite well characterized as a side character, but I think there's more to her that could've been better.

I hope we still get to see her in future films.

How is she wasted if she wasn't introduced, her story might be what they bring into the next chapter since the first chapter is finally done
Though I'll admit I haven't watched the T.V. shows and maybe she was introduced there

Odin in the comics was very powerful and a complete boss, in the movies, he never got to do anything exciting, other than giving speeches to everyone. His death may have done a decent amount of an impact to Thor, but it kinda wastes him a lot since we never got to see him in action or at his prime as a character.

Odin was pretty wasted, they should have spent more time in Asgard in the first movie instead of having Thor on Earth for so much of the movie

While I admit Black Widow's death was very sad in Endgame, that doesn't excuse her from being on this list. I, myself like Natasha Romanoff, but I will admit she was quite wasted badly in Endgame. She never got any character arc before she died in the movie, and that's quite sad since she deserves one for being such a great character in the other movies. A shame she didn't get a proper conclusion :(.

Honestly, I thought they did it well. She died a hero and redeemed herself from the bad things she had done in the past.

Like Romanoff, I like Loki, but even I admit he was wasted badly in Infinity War and Endgame. Instead of getting some really nice and touching scenes in the movies, he just got killed within the FIRST 5 MINUTES of Infinity War without any touching scenes. It's even worse in Endgame since we never got any good dialogue or characterization.

Don't think he belongs on the list, his character is one of the most well thought out and complex characters Marvel has made, sure you might not like his death, but his arch was over before that point

(WARNING: LONG BLOCK OF TEXT AHEAD)
First off, this guy is NOT Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four. He starred in the very first story in the very first issue of Marvel Comics (at this time the company was called Timely: "Marvel Comics" was a series). The original Human Torch was an android created by Professor Horton, but due to a design flaw, when the android was exposed to air it would immediately burst into flames. The other scientists attempted to contain the android in a steel tube, inside a concrete block (for good measure) so he wouldn't cause too much damage. Turns out the tube wasn't quite as secure as the scientists believed and a little air got inside...one explosion later, the Torch is running around the city setting everything on fire.
Now at this point you might think this guy is a villain. Not the case-it turns out his wanton destruction is a result of the flames being uncontrollable, even by the android itself, who is actually trying to put himself out. After an encounter with racketeers who try to make money off of him, the Torch is soaked in nitrogen, allowing him to control his flames, which essentially gives him superpowers. After defeating the racketeers and delivering them to the police, Horton goes to his creation and tries to use it for fame and fortune. The Torch, outraged, flies off, burning down Horton's lab in the process.
After the original story, the Human Torch was used several times in the 1940s, even getting a kid sidekick named Toro. By the 1950s, Timely rebranded themselves as Atlas and began making horror stories, leaving their old superheroes behind. When Atlas became Marvel in the 1960s, their very first issue was Fantastic Four #1, which contained the more famous Human Torch, sealing the fate of the original.
To my knowledge, the last appearance of the original Human Torch was in one of the early Fantastic Four annuals, where the Mad Thinker reprogrammed him into thinking he was a villain and set him against the... more

Seriously, she never got the development she deserves. After the 2014 Gamora "reunited" with Quill, there wasn't much interaction. Now I will understand they couldn't give scenes during the battle against Thanos, but why not do it after Tony's funeral? Maybe they could give a few minutes to the other characters like Dr. Strange, The Guardians, and the other characters that were snapped away by Thanos in Infinity War.

She was done very well, easily the best developed character of the entire Guardians of the Galaxy, to have her you might as well add the rest of the guardians on the list

Not as wasted as the others, but didn't get enough development for her character.

She was done very well, especially for a go around of her being a mutant since Fox owned the mutants

So much screw you, Dark Phoenix!