Avengers Had a Powerful Secret Weapon They Somehow Never Used Against Thanos
For many years, the Avengers have had an overpowered secret weapon that could've helped them tremendously. What was it and why'd they never use it?
The Avengers have confronted one too many existential threats in the past decades, including the all-powerful beings like Thanos and Galactus — and each of those confrontations rained havoc and destruction upon the common folk.
Many lives were lost, and many cities were damaged far beyond their construction budget's capabilities for restoration.
These devastating acts were mostly presented as inevitable — but in reality, as we just recently learned, there was a simple and efficient way the Avengers could've prevented most of them from happening.
The thing is, for about a dozen years, they've had a secret weapon that could've helped them out massively.
In Avengers: Beyond #2, it is revealed that there's an alien woman living in New York (because where else could she have possibly lived) who has a very special ability: by her mere presence, she can grant superpowers to any human or boost the powers of those who already have them.
Do you see where we're going with this? This woman's name is Sel Sennan, and she can alter any human's DNA.
Typically, she is in control of her power and can use it when she wants, but in Avengers: Beyond #2, The Beyonder messed with it so that she basically turned the entire city's worth of office workers into superhumans thus causing massive chaos.
But that's beside the point.
It is also revealed that the Avengers have known about Sel and her abilities for at least a dozen years, meaning they could've used her help on each and every occasion the planet was in danger.
Even Sel herself says that she could've been used by the Avengers to "make them stronger so they can fight Galactus or Thanos."
Despite such an obvious implication, the devastating all-powerful forces have come to Earth multiple times in that time span, and not a single Avenger has ever thought to holo Sel and ask her to aid them.
Imagine how much easier the most devastating battles could've been with the alien woman's help!
She could've boosted the Avengers' powers or granted special abilities to trained soldiers, and that would've dramatically increased the Earth's defenders' strength… And helped prevent mass destruction and countless losses.
But even knowing about Sel, for some reason, the Avengers have never come to her, their most powerful and fool-proof secret weapon ever, allowing for terrible damage to be done.