And in Marvel-land… Peter Parker Goes On Vacation

And Jake Gyllenhaal unleashes the power of B.A.R.F.

Countdown to Endgame #22: We Made It

I love you three thousand.

Countdown to Endgame #21: Infinity War Goes Dark

In which we fully explore our complicated feelings about Thanos.

Countdown to Endgame #16: In Spider-Man, the MCU Takes Heroism to High School

Bopping around to the Ramones, all nervous and spazzy, getting sweaty-palmed over a pretty girl and stressing about Academic decathlon, this 15-year old Peter Parker is a trademark high school movie hero.

Countdown to Endgame #15: Dense and Deep, Civil War Levels Up

Captain America: Civil War kicks off phase 3 with a banger. All the Avengers are here (well, almost) – and things are not going well.

Countdown to Endgame #13: Age of Ultron is Homework

Take notes, kids – this will be on the test.

Countdown to Endgame #8: Iron Man 3 is a Real Mess

Aldrich Killian is the Guy Pearce of superhero villains – he’s rich, successful, white, and handsome. No one’s really sure why he keeps doing what he’s doing, but I guess we can’t stop him?

Countdown to Endgame #7: You are Required to Watch The Avengers

In The Avengers, all the momentum of the character-and world-building origin stories comes together – we’ve got all our heroes, S.H.I.E.L.D., P.E.G.A.S.U.S., the Tesseract, even Loki – and in the steady, loving hands of Joss Whedon, everything is fireworks.

Countdown to Endgame #4: Iron Man 2 (aka Favreau’s Folly)

Boy does this film double down on America’s love of incorrigible arrogance.

Countdown to Endgame #3: Iron Man Holds Up

The little movie that started it all, Iron Man is the first MCU film, released 11 years ago.