The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding rapidly and that means it is filling up with powerful characters at an astonishing rate.

The versatility of the powers now on show is huge, with characters exhibiting super-strength, super-speed, energy blasts, illusion-casting, phasing and flight, amongst other powers.

However, one power that is noticeably missing from the franchise is telepathy. Loki and Scarlet Witch have demonstrated mind-altering powers, but not through psionic control in the manner of, for example, Professor Xavier.

With that in mind, we’re going to take a look at some psionic characters who should be introduced to the MCU in order to keep things varied. Here are five of them.

Xemnu

Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has expanded into the cosmos, some weird and wonderful characters (a walking humanoid tree, a talking raccoon etc) have already been introduced – so this guy wouldn’t be out of place.

Xemnu is an alien space criminal who resembles what a Yeti classically looks like in movie depictions – but he’s far more powerful than any abominable snowman.

In the comic books, he initially arrived on Earth when his spaceship crash-landed and subsequently used his telepathic powers to control the planet’s population into rebuilding his ship. He later attempted to abduct Earth’s children to take to his home planet in order to repopulate it.

He has clashed with MCU heroes such as the Hulk and Doctor Strange in the comics and he’d certainly be a visually striking addition to the franchise – and his story would be an interesting concept to adapt to the big screen.