This week, we discuss the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How do we think Phases 4 and 5 have held up? What has the critical response to everything been? What should Marvel change or keep doing in the future? All of this and more on this episode of the Cinematic Comicverse!

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We have a Curtis Lowe (host of the podcast Chance Time!) join us to talk about the Spider-Verse! We start with the comic event, and then delve into the movie, Into the Spider-Verse! The comic storyline is very different than the movie, but it's interesting to see what elements they did end up using. We also have a special segment where we review the Spider-Verse Whopper from Burger King.

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Comics We Read:

Edge of the Spider-Verse Begins

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #4-6

Superior Spider-Man #32-33

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #7-8

Edge of Spider-Verse #1-5

Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 #5

Spider-Verse Team-Up #1

Spider-Verse #1-2

End of Edge of Spider-Verse

Spider-Verse event Begins

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #9-10

Spider-Man 2099 v2 #6

Scarlet Spiders #1-2

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #11

Spider-Verse Team-Up #2

Spider-Woman vol. 5 #1-2

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #12

Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 #7

Scarlet Spiders #3

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #13

Spider-Verse Team-Up #3

Spider-Woman vol. 5 #3

Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 #8

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #14

Spider-Woman vol. 5 #4

The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #15

End of Spider-Verse event

Ultimate Spider-Man #160 - The Death of Spider-Man

Ultimate Fallout #4 - First Appearance of Miles Morales

After recently re-watching all of first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we decided to give our individual lists of how each of them rank!

We finish off the MCU's phase 3 with Spider-Man: Far From Home! We look at Mysterio's beginnings in the Amazing Spider-Man, and how he differs from his cinematic debut!

Comics We Read:

The Amazing Spider-Man #13 - First Appearance of Mysterio

The Amazing Spider-Man #66-67 - The Madness of Mysterio

We finally made it to Avengers: Endgame! The culmination of the entire MCU (up to this point) is a celebration of all the movies that came before it, but quite different from Thanos' original Infinity Gauntlet story. Is it for the better? We delve into it on this week's episode!

Comics we read:

Infinity Gauntlet #2-5 - Aftermath of Thanos getting the Gauntlet

We have special guest, Paul Bills (host of the podcast Chance Time!), to discuss Captain Marvel! We talk about Carol Danvers intro as head of Security, and then the hard pivot into writing. we see how she got her super powers and the reason she decided to take on the mantle of Captain Marvel. Then we discuss the 2019 film and how these comics play into her cinematic debut. Paul also gives us some insight into comic book collecting, and his recent history with comics.

Comics we read:

Captain Marvel (2012) #1 - Ms. Marvel becomes Captain Marvel

Marvel Super-Heroes #12 - First Appearance of Mar-vell

Marvel Super-Heroes #13 - First Appearance of Carol Danvers

Ms. Marvel (1977) #1 - First Appearance of Carol Danvers as Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel (1977) #2 - How Ms. Marvel gets her powers

Fantastic Four #2 - First Appearance of the Skrulls

It's a short episode today! We discuss Ant-Man and the Wasp! We read how the original Wasp ended up teaming up with Hank Pym and the delve into the first appearance of Ghost! Then we discuss the film, and we are somewhat divided on how we feel about it, but also, we are kind of on the same page.

Comics We Read:

Tales to Astonish #44 - First Appearance of the Wasp

Iron Man #219-221 - First Appearance of Ghost

Extra Reading:

A-Next #(7,) 10, 12 - First Appearance of Hope Pym

The Avengers #32 - First Appearance of Bill Foster (Goliath)

Black Goliath #1 - First Appearance of Bill Foster as Black Goliath

We discuss the Thanos' quest for the infinity gems and how it was adapted into the silver screen. We loved reading Jim Starlin's take on the cosmic universe within Marvel comics, and we delve into what inspiration Infinity War took from the comics.

Comics We Read:

Silver Surfer (1987) #34-38 - Rebirth of Thanos

Thanos Quest #1-2 - Thanos Collects the Infinity Gems

Infinity Gauntlet #1 - Thanos wipes out half of life

New Avengers vol. 3 #8-9 (and Infinity#1) - First Appearance of the Black Order

We take a look of where the infinity gems came to be in the Marvel comics and what they have evolved into over time. We discuss who has used the infinity stones in the past, take a broad look at how they relate to the cosmic side of marvel, as well as figure out which stones we would want for ourselves!

Davis hosts this week as we discuss the origins of T'Challa, and also read some of Christopher Priest's run on Black Panther to see how they influenced Ryan Coogler's Black Panther!

Comics we read:

Jungle Action #6 - First Appearance of Killmonger

Fantastic Four #52 - First Appearance of Black Panther

Fantastic Four #53 - First Appearance of Klaw/Vibranium, T'Challa's origin

Black Panther (1998) (Various Issues) - This run by Christopher Priest introduces a more political side to Black Panther

Black Panther (2005) #2 - First Appearance of Shuri