The Latest Breaking News from Avengers

The guy who treats collapsing timelines like a crossword puzzle has one extra superpower this time around: he’s played by Pedro Pascal

Former OpenAI vice president Peter Deng says the secret to shipping hit products is assembling "a team of Avengers," not a squad of interchangeable generalists.

WOW, Pedro!

It may not be clobberin' time for Doctor Doom

In 2015, Marvel Studios was at the height of its power. A second Avengers movie had proved the success of the first one wasn’t a fluke (even if “Age of Ultron” wasn’t quite as well-received). The Marvel Cinematic Universe was coasting towards another major crossover with “Captain America: Civil War,”…

A Fantastic ensemble

Cue the FOMO.

Marvel has been publishing Ultimate Universe comics since 2000. The point of the Ultimates line was to reintroduce traditional superheroes with complex, canonical storylines that go back decades in a new, modern setting for new readers. Comic book storylines can go back decades. So, the editorial mindset was to make…

Some of the most valuable comic books of the 1960s were the inspirations for the billion-dollar comic book movies we all love now. This was the Silver Age of comic books. Comic book characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers made their debut during this era.

I'm listening.

As of this posting, the Thunderbolts* have barely made $381 million globally. Jump in the thread and tell me that is a success, please; then, also admit that Captain America: Brave New World is also a hit, since it made $415 million. Since the MCU retitled the film New Avengers,…