‘The Search for Barry Allen’ is on. (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the latest arc of The Flash sees a host of speedsters, including Wally West, Jay Garrick, Jesse Quick, and more, on a mission to locate their missing …
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Ms. Marvel episode 6 has brought a blockbuster finale to the first season of the Disney Plus streaming show – and with it, a final twist in the way Kamala Khan and her superhero origins are brought to the MCU. Spoilers ahead for Ms. Marvel episode 6 – don’t say …
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Ms. Marvel season one has wrapped with the finale now streaming on Disney Plus. And what can we say – Kamala Khan finally “embiggened”! Even though she used her signature power – and even the accompanying catchphrase – the results looked a little different in the MCU than in comics. …
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As far as everyone on Earth-Zero is concerned, the Justice League is dead – but in reality, Pariah has used the team’s essences to start creating a brand new multiverse. Each of these worlds is based on an individual hero, and for some, it feels like absolute heaven – at …
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What happened to Jason Todd? From the very beginnings of the Batman White Knight saga, created by Sean Murphy, that’s been the question on readers’ minds. Little hints have been given along the way but, so far, those hints only showed up as they pertained to other characters such as …
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“Who the hell is Wonder Man?” Unless you’re a long-time Avengers fan, there’s a solid chance you’re putting on your best Bart Simpson voice right now to express some level of confusion over the latest Marvel Comics character to get a Disney Plus MCU streaming series courtesy of Shang-Chi director …
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Pride Month may shine a particularly bright spotlight on the LGBTQIA+ community, but queer stories exist all year round, both in real life and in fiction. When it comes to comics, some of the most iconic queer romances have spanned years and even decades, especially at Marvel and DC. For …
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It’s been looking for a while now like Marvel Studios may be forming some version of a Dark Avengers (opens in new tab) team, adapting villain Norman Osborn’s private army of evil Avengers imposters in some form. However, a new report suggests that Marvel Studios plans to bring The Thunderbolts …
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No matter how many hours you devote to a video game, there’s always more to explore, especially when it comes to the story. Like any medium, video games are finite: they have a beginning, middle, and end. Luckily, media tie-ins exist to expand these worlds and give players and fans …
Read More »How the Marvel Universe became “Earth-616” and grew into an entire Multiverse
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is now in theaters, and in its exploration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or should that be Marvel Cinematic Multiverse these days?), well-read viewers may have noticed that the core MCU reality is referred to in the film by the number “Earth-616” – …
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