Random Most Impressive Feats Of Strength In The MCU (17 items)

(#8) Captain America Stops His Best Friend From Helicoptering Away

When: Captain America: Civil War (2016)

The moment in which Captain America grabs hold of an ascending helicopter to prevent his brainwashed best friend from escaping is truly memorable - and not just for its gratuitous display of Steve Rogers’s biceps. Holding down a moving helicopter is the sort of feat only a supersoldier could pull off, and the physics behind the act are seriously astonishing.

Men’s Health estimates just the weight of the helicopter itself - with a metallic-armed Winter Soldier on board - sits at around 3,000 pounds. Once one factors in the force of the rotors trying to lift off, we’re left with thousands of pounds of resistance on each of Cap’s biceps. Is there any truer testament to the power of friendship?
(#3) Classic Loki Creates The False Asgard Illusion To Distract Alioth

When: Loki (2021)

This isn't in the realm of physical strength, but the metaphysical art of illusion casting. The Loki MCU fans are familiar with could never pull off something as crazy as conjuring the entirety of Asgard. A couple of people, sure... but an entire realm? No way, Jose.

Classic Loki, played by the great Richard E. Grant, lived most of his life in isolation, working on his powers. And after he realizes in the fifth episode of Loki that a person can change their fate, Classic Loki decides to sacrifice himself by distracting Alioth so Sylvie and Tom Hiddleston's Loki can get past the gas-beast and take on whomever runs the TVA.
(#14) Gamora Tows Drax By Hand Through A Space Crash

When: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Not all feats of strength are as obvious as lifting or punching something. When the Guardians of the Galaxy crash-land on the planet Berhert while Drax is still being towed behind their ship, it looks like game over for the Destroyer - until Gamora steps in to save the day with her prodigious strength.

Just as the winch towing Drax breaks free of the Milano, Gamora grabs hold of it, proceeding to dig her feet in and tow Drax by hand. Drax - who traditionally weighs upward of 1,000 pounds - careens around, hitting trees at ridiculous speeds, but Gamora still manages to keep hold of him long enough for everyone to survive the collision.
(#12) Captain Marvel Personally Stops Thanos From Snapping Again

When: Avengers: Endgame (2019)

In one of Infinity War’s most exciting scenes, several super-powered individuals try to stop Thanos from closing his fist while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet - but they fail. Even when Mantis renders the Mad Titan comatose, the assembled heroes are unable to pry the Gauntlet from his hand. Come Endgame, however, only one superhero is needed to prevent Thanos from snapping his fingers - Captain Marvel.

Carol Danvers is a late arrival to the final fight against Thanos, but she makes an immediate impact. With the chips down and Thanos once again in possession of the Infinity Stones, he attempts to snap and eradicate the entire universe - but Danvers flies in at the last minute to physically stop him from completing the action. Seconds later, she takes a headbutt from the Mad Titan without blinking - with this, she adds another item to her resume as the strongest hero in the MCU.
(#2) Hulk Stops A Leviathan - And So Does Ant-Man

When: The Avengers (2012)

Bruce Banner telling Captain America he’s “always angry” and proceeding to stop the charge of a Chitauri Leviathan with a single punch still stands as one of the greatest moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s also a rather physically impressive feat, with each Leviathan presumably weighing hundreds of tons, including a particular beast traveling at a high speed, which probably requires an awful lot of momentum to halt with a right cross.

If the Hulk is to be given accolades for stopping a Leviathan in its tracks, then Scott Lang definitely deserves a shout-out. In Giant-Man mode, he accomplishes the same feat in Avengers: Endgame - sending one of the living warships hurtling to the earth with a mean left hook.
(#11) Spider-Man Catches A Jetway

When: Captain America: Civil War (2016)

When Captain America and Spider-Man first meet on opposite sides of a superheroic clash, Cap cleverly tests the young hero’s strength - and he likely finds it to be rather prodigious, indeed, because he then proceeds to drop a jetway on top of the wall-crawler.

There’s no way of knowing the exact weight of the aerobridge Spider-Man is holding up, but some Redditors estimate it at somewhere around 10 tons - which is pretty impressive for a teenager from Queens. This might look like an attempted slaying by Captain America, but it’s just him giving Spidey an opportunity to show off his radioactive muscles - and taking him out of the fight at the same time.