Justin Hammer

Aside from Loki and Thanos, the major antagonists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have all been killed off or dispatched in some way almost as quickly as they’ve appeared. Justin Hammer is sadly no different.

Although he’s not dead, Sam Rockwell’s character was imprisoned following the events of Iron Man 2 and the only time he’s been seen since was ever so briefly in the Marvel One-Shot called All Hail the King.

That’s a real shame, because Rockwell did an awesome job portraying Hammer (he was funny and annoying, which means he did his job well) and it would be fun and interesting to see an ongoing business war between his company Hammer Industries and Tony Stark’s Stark Industries in the MCU.

In the comic books, Hammer Industries essentially took over the role of Stark Industries as the world’s leading weapon supplier when Tony Stark’s company stopped their involvement in that trade – it would’ve been cool to see that happen in the MCU and then see Stark and/or The Avengers deal with the inevitable repercussions of that scenario (even if it was just as a sub-plot in any given movie).