Disney’s The Eternals represents perhaps the biggest swing of all from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an attempt to adapt a relatively obscure batch of sci-fi space-god characters from a ‘70s era comic by Marvel founding father Jack Kirby, then sell that adaptation to viewers in a post-Avengers world. Much like the MCU, the Eternals and…
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We explore the secrets of Shang-Chi ahead of the Marvel Studios release “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Marvel Comics’ What If…?, appropriately enough, was born from a moment of pivotal decision. After two years as the top editor at the House of Ideas, preceded by the better part of a decade as the right hand man to Stan Lee, Roy Thomas had stepped down from his position at the helm of the…
Loki and Sylvie have had enough of being told who to be, their lives lost in the shadow of the supposedly Sacred Timeline. They’ve fought through twists, turns, betrayals, apocalypses, their very selves, and even world consuming monsters at the dumping grounds of all variant timelines. They’ve pulled every last trick in their arsenal to…
It’s taken eleven years, eight MCU appearances, one pandemic and the death of the character, but Black Widow is finally getting her own solo film! Even better/sadder, Black Widow also represents the first MCU film entirely directed by a woman, Cate Shortland (Anna Boden previously co-directed Captain Marvel with Ryan Fleck). Thanks to her long…
It’s a Loki extravaganza, as we discover that pruned Variants are not erased from existence, but are instead shunted off to a distant future at the end of the Sacred Timeline to be eaten by smoke monster Alioth. Scores of Variants have fallen to Alioth, but Lokis? Lokis survive – and in the nightmare of…
Our deities of discord have avoided certain doom, but it’s out of the frying pan and into the torturous time-loop cells for them. An emotional connection between our two Variants has sparked a nexus event like none other. The TVA has an enormous mess to clean up – especially if they want to keep their…
Loki’s finally come face to face with himself – or has he? The Variant that the TVA has been hunting down calls herself Sylvie, and clearly wants nothing to do with the Loki name. A mad scramble and a ruined plan leaves the two on a moon on the verge of an apocalypse, and the…
He’s faced thunder gods, Avengers, fire giants, and even his own death – and now, Loki’s facing what may be his greatest challenge of all: on the job training. As a coerced consultant for the TVA, Loki’s tasked with tracking down his variant self, but being a team player has rarely been one of the…
Explore the history of Marvel’s mischievous trickster god in honor of his Disney+ debut! From stalwart super-villain of the Silver Age to one of Marvel’s first gender-fluid characters (depending on whom you ask, and when), Loki has amassed a large & complex history in both comics and via his appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,…
It’s the end of a long, winding, and politically muddled road in “One World, One People” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: Welp the six week journey of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has concluded and despite looking like it would end strong last week with it’s high point, the…
A white man faces consequences, a Black man learns about Black History, and a cyborg begins his White Boy Summer in “Truth” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: Another week, another Falcon and Winter Soldier! I am finding myself torn by being entertained and engaged by this episode and also just…
Ideologies come to ahead as John Walker, the Flag Smashers, and our titular Lads™ clash in “The Whole World is Watching” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: We are really in it now in this episode. This show is still pretty messy for me ideologically but now it’s finally committed to…
Sam and Bucky encounter An Old Enemy, A Forgotten Friend, and a New Locale in “Power Broker” from Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Kenneth Laster: We return to the life and times of Sam & Bucky! This week takes us to a locale that many X-Fans were either pleasantly surprised to see or…