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Characters Who Have Broken Captain America's Shield. Captain America‘s shield is one of the most powerful objects in the Marvel Universe – not because it has superpowers like Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, but because of its durability. Comprised of primarily – or wholly, depending on the timeline – of vibranium (metal found in the fictional country of Wakanda), Captain America’s shield is impenetrable. It absorbs any and all kinetic energy that impacts it, thus protecting its wielder, but it’s not without limits. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America’s shield is considered invulnerable; something that we’ve seen proven time and time again. In the comics, however, the shield has failed to protect Steve Rogers on numerous occasions, which unfortunately results in his demise.

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But to destroy such an object requires immense strength or godlike powers, and people with those kinds of abilities are far and few. With that in mind, here are 1. Characters Who Have Broken Captain America’s Shield. Doctor Doom. Doctor Doom is not only one of the most intelligent supervillains in the Marvel Universe, but he’s also one of the strongest. And while he’s the archnemesis of Mr. Fantastic and primarily a Fantastic Four villain, Doctor Doom has had some quality run- ins with the Avengers over the years. One of those run- ins was during Marvel’s massive limited series crossover event in the mid- ’8. Magnum Pi Season 3 Episode 1 Youtube.

Secret Wars. Masterminded by then- Editor- in- Chief Jim Shooter, Secret Wars features several superhero teams and supervillains, including Doctor Doom, as well as the cosmic entity Beyonder (who was, at the time, portrayed as being the most powerful villain in the Marvel Universe). In the story arc, the Beyonder transports Earth’s mightiest heroes and supervillains to the distant planet Battleworld to, quite literally, battle each other, with the promise that whoever wins will be granted whatever their heart desired. At one point in the story, Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder’s godlike power and then later uses it to incinerate the remaining heroes – all 2. Captain America’s shield, broken, lying in the wreckage. But we’re talking about comics here, a medium in which no one really stays dead, and an iconic object like Captain America’s shield cannot remain broken. Thanos. During Jim Starlin’s famed 1. The Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos aka the Mad Titan gets hold of the eponymous Infinity Gauntlet, which, at this point, is mounted with all six Infinity Gems – Power, Mind, Soul, Time, Space, and Reality.

By putting the Gauntlet on, Thanos becomes omnipotent, a seemingly unstoppable force. After Thanos wipes out half of all sentient life in the universe (simply by snapping his fingers), Adam Warlock leads Earth’s surviving heroes in an attack on the Mad Titan – which results in a catastrophic failure. In a last ditch effort, Captain America battles Thanos head- on, but with one swift blow, Thanos shatters Cap’s shield. Could this be what Tony Stark saw in his nerve- racking dream (premonition?) in Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron? Marvel Studios has been planning an epic showdown between the Mad Titan and the Avengers ever since they unveiled the supervillain in a post- credits scene at the end of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. Now, with four Gems having already been recovered, perhaps we’ll see Thanos break Cap’s shield in Anthony and Joe Russo’s (soon- to- be- renamed) Avengers: Infinity War.

Molecule Man. Very few characters in the Marvel Universe can damage, let alone break, Captain America’s shield, but with a character like Molecule Man, whose power is controlling virtually the entire multiverse (because, you know, everything has molecules), it’s not that difficult to destroy the Captain’s most prized possession. With his powers, Molecule Man can be considered one of the most powerful supervillains in the multiverse, something he proved when he battled the Avengers in the All the Ways of Power story arc. In The Avengers #2. Molecule Man’s wand attempts to enslave the Silver Surfer’s body, but fails to do so, and instead recreates Molecule Man. When confronted by the Avengers, the supervillain does what he does best – destroy his enemies’ weapons.

However, Molecule Man does not only disintegrate Cap’s shield, but he also destroys Thor’s hammer Mjolnir, Iron Man’s armor suit, and the Silver Surfer’s board – three things that are virtually indestructible. He later agrees to reassemble everything, except for Iron Man‘s armor, because its advanced circuitry is too much for Molecule Man to comprehend.

Sentinels. Similar to what we saw happen in the future timeline in Bryan Singer’s X- Men: Days of Future Past, in the alternate timeline Earth- 9. Sentinels were once dispatched by the U. S. government to eradicate the world of mutants. It was a genocide on the largest scale possible, and that didn’t sit right with the mighty Captain America, who embraces his morality above all else. With the virtually all of the mutants gone, including the X- Men, many of whom were Steve Rogers’ friends and allies, the surviving heroes on Earth sought to avenge their comrades and took the fight to the Sentinels. But just like what happened with the mutants, the Sentinels adapted to the powers and heroes they faced.

Captain America, with all his brute strength and high morale, never stood a chance. He was quickly defeated by the Sentinels, and all that remained was an image of his shield, with a piece broken off. Hyperion. There have been a number of alternate Earths and timelines in the Marvel Universe, which contain alternate versions of heroes and villains. One of those villains was Hyperion, who became commonly known as the God- Emperor. Watch Better Things Season 1 Episode 1 Online Free.

Years before his meeting with Steve Rogers, King Hyperion once ruled an Earth where the populace rebelled. Those rebels eventually brought about a nuclear holocaust resulting in the death of every human the planet, with the exception of Hyperion himself. After spending years alone on Earth- 4. King Hyperion was later saved and given Storm’s position on the dimension- hopping team Weapon X.

As leader of Weapon X, Hyperion sought to conquer all the alternate Earths in the multiverse with the help of alternate versions of Spider- Man and Ms. Marvel. But he was met with some resistance by members of the Avengers, namely Captain America, who tried to prevent Hyperion from taking over his planet, Earth- 4.

Unfortunately, the Captain failed his mission – at the cost of his own life – as well as his shield, which cracked in the aftermath.

Jack Durden Fight Club Movie Analysis Explained (Are Bob, Marla and Project Mayhem Real?)Marla and Tyler Dress Alike. One of the first clues that Marla is not real is her likeness to Tyler. Fincher offers us clever, subtle hints that Tyler and Marla are the same person as Jack. One of the most obvious signs are the clothing that Marla and Tyler wear. Tyler’s hair is styled and worn almost identical to Marla’s throughout most of the film. Marla and Tyler are both seen wearing a similar faux fur coat, wearing sunglasses, almost identical rings and they are seen smoking in virtually every scene in the film. Even the framing of the shots is nearly identical when they are shown wearing similar clothes as well as the same facial expressions.

Marla and Jack (Edward Norton) Dress Alike. This is even more telling than Marla’s likeness to Tyler, but slightly more symbolic. Jack (the narrator, played by Edward Norton) is seen gradually looking more like Marla up until the final scene where we see the silhouettes of the two standing together, holding hands. From the back, it is virtually impossible to tell who is who. Note how Jack’s long coat and lack of pants have made it seem as if he is wearing a dress, a near perfect mirror image of Marla as they watch the 1. Marla Has No Reflection, Neither Does Tyler.

Marla and Tyler do not have reflections, because they do not exist. Unless Jack is with Marla (or Tyler) their reflection or image will not appear.

This is because this is the only time Marla is “real” to the narrator. We can see a great example of this in the scene when Tyler is saving Marla from suicide and goes to her hotel to save her.

On their way down the hallway they walk directly by a convex mirror. When they both walk by, neither of them has a reflection. The mirror is facing the camera and should show the reflection of the two walking by, but the only reflections we see are of the paramedics running past Marla and Tyler in the same exact spot where they had been walking.

We know for a fact that Jack’s imagined alternate personalities have no objective “image” in the real world. This is clearly the case in the final scene of the movie where Jack is fighting Tyler in the parking garage. The film cuts to the security cameras in the parking garage (which Jack never saw, just like he never saw the scene where Tyler saves Marla) and we can see that Tyler is not visible, since he does not exist. The reason we see that Tyler and Marla have reflections in other scenes (e.

Jack is checking Marla for breast cancer or when Tyler is looking in the bathroom mirror) is because at those points Jack was acting his himself observing the alternate personality as a separate person. In the scene where Tyler goes to save Marla, Jack is supposedly not there, meaning Tyler and Marla are not actually being observed (except by us). We are being told to “imagine” what it would be like to see Tyler and Marla escape the hotel and in doing so the illusion of Marla and Tyler’s existence begins to disintegrate. We are not watching Tyler save Marla in this scene, we are watching Jack leave the hotel completely alone, yelling at the paramedics franticly about how Marla is infectious human waste (hence the use of the 3rd person when Marla is yelling at the paramedics. Check the 3 slides above for proof or go to 5.

Any 3rd person view will show they have no reflection (which is why we don’t see it here, Jack is just telling us to imagine it – so we see them). This is just like at the end of the movie where we see the security footage from the garage. We see it is just Jack fighting himself alone, because Jack did not see the footage, we are just supposed to be imagining seeing it. The blue arrow in the first slide is showing the reflection in the convex mirror as Tyler approaches it reflecting the image of the metal box/cables on the wall. Watch The Return Download.

In the second slide you can see Marla and Tyler coming around the corner, directly in the line of the view of the mirror – and all we see is the reflection of the box on the opposite wall (even though the mirror is pointed TOWARDS them). In the 3rd screenshot they still have no reflection even though the paramedics, who are now behind them, have a reflection. Marla Takes Over Jack In the Laundromat.

In the laundromat scene we watch Marla take control over Jack, becoming his primary alternate personality. Marla opens 2 Speed Queen brand dryers and takes out multiple pairs of men’s blue jeans. She then walks to the vintage clothing store and sells them. This all takes place while Jack is negotiating with her about sharing the support groups. This marks the point in the movie where Jack is “becoming” Marla. If Jack is Marla then this means he is selling his own pants to the thrift store and figuratively surrendering his masculinity. Consider this: What are the odds that two dryers right next to each other would contain only men’s blue jeans and not some other clothing? How did Marla know those clothes were in there?

Is there any other article of clothing that is more representative of Western “masculinity”? It is obviously a deliberate metaphor for Jack’s masculinity being hijacked by Marla, his alter- ego. Later in the film we see Marla wearing a pink bridesmaid dress she claims she “got at a thrift store.” What if Jack, acting as Marla, bought this dress at the same time he sold his own jeans? This would make perfect sense since Marla is seen selling her clothes at a vintage consignment store, which is for all intents and purposes the same exact thing as a thrift store.

In fact, upon reading the script, we see that the vintage clothing store is literally labeled as “thrift store”. Marla is likely hinting at Jack being the true owner of the dress when she says to Jack, “you can borrow it sometime,” since she knows it is actually his.

Everything points to this scene representing the rapid change from Jack into Marla (Speed Queen…get it?) or at the very least the psychological transition of Jack into someone whose alternate personality is primarily Marla. Marla even physically grabs Jack by the testicles right when he asks, “You’re selling clothes?” to which Marla replies, “Yes, I’m selling some clothes” and releases her grip on him and resumes her transaction. The Speed Queen dryers, only removing men’s blue jeans, selling them in front of Jack and Marla’s later admission that she got the pink dress at a thriftstore are all very obvious signs this is what is taking place.