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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