Welcome back to your Marvel crash course. Today’s part will discuss the first third of Phase Three, which includes thirteen movies and six shows, included since their first season falls in this part of the timeline. However, Spider-Man movies will be temporarily skipped. Phase Three began in April 2016 with “Captain America: Civil War” . After the events of Avengers Age of Ultron, namely the destruction of an entire small country, the government wants to require heroes to reg

Welcome back to your Marvel crash course. Today’s part will discuss Phase Two, comprised of six movies and the beginning of three TV shows. Phase Two operates from 2013-2015. A year after the release of “The Avengers”, audiences were brought “Iron Man 3”. The final installment in the franchise finds Tony Stark dealing with a terrorist attack connected to his past and some arrogant actions. The Mandarin, the antagonist, is revealed to be a scientist that Stark had arrogantly

All the best stories start from the beginning. In the case of Marvel, some of their best stories started the universe. We’re talking about Phase One, the six Marvel movies released from 2008 to 2012. We’ll break down in release order, but it’s important to note that chronological order is different. Don’t you worry, I’m here to shepherd you through the mess. “Iron Man” was released in May of 2008 and would launch not only the corresponding franchise but the MCU itself. The fi

The best way to explain how to get invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its tie-ins in this day and age is to tell you to learn quantum physics, advanced math, and genealogy. I’m an expert in none of those things. Raised by a D.C. Comics fan father and a non-nerd mother, it took me until the release of Black Panther in 2018 to have interest in Marvel. Once COVID-19 struck, I roped my parents and my younger brother into watching every Marvel movie with me. Despite s

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