civil rights movement in popular culture
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The Russo Brothers Blame Marvel’s Struggles on the Kids, Not the Output
Even as Marvel Studios finds success on the small screen right now with X-Men ‘97 lighting fans up every week on Disney+, it’s not undiplomatic to say at this point that its star has faded a touch when it comes to its big screen tentpole releases. Is it the output itself, lacking a strong coherent…
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Where in the World Are the X-Men? Marvel’s Got a Map for That
Location-wise, superheroes tend to operate in two modes. Either they’re firmly in one city, with occasional stops at other places nearby, or they’re gallivanting around basically anywhere in the world (or galaxy, in some cases). It can be dizzying sometimes, to the point that you might need a map to keep track of everyone —…
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The X-Men Better Watch Out for Murd Blurdock, Space Lawyer
Immediately following the Hellfire Gala, it was impossible for humanity not to take note of what the X-Men were up to on Mars. By terraforming the whole of the frozen planet, dubbing it Arakko, and declaring it the new capital of the Sol system, the mutants put themselves on the intergalactic map and reminded everyone…