Magneto & The Brotherhood (X-Men)

Now we’re talking! If you’re looking for another live action super-powered group to go up against the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers, you could do a lot worse than the Brotherhood of Mutants from Fox’s X-Men movie franchise.

Ian McKellen’s older version of Magneto (who is both more villainous and leads a larger group of mutants than Michael Fassbender’s younger version of the character) would find the Avengers protecting humans to be annoying and would undoubtedly oppose them – which would lead to an almighty battle of epic proportions.

Magneto himself would be in a strong position in the fight – able to manipulate things like Iron Man’s suit, Captain America’s shield and, quite possibly, affect Thor’s usage of Mjolnir – and with the likes of Pyro, Juggernaut, Multiple Man and Callisto amongst his ranks, it would be one hell of a challenge for the heroes.

You’d be hard-pressed to choose a winner here, but if the Avengers could overcome Magneto, you’d certainly fancy them to beat his henchmen.