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  • Marvel’s MODOK is No Moredok

    Marvel’s MODOK is No Moredok

    Marvel’s TV enterprise has grown just a little bit smaller, as their animated series MODOK won’t be coming back for a second season. The stop-motion show starred Patton Oswalt as the titular bigheaded Marvel baddie in a comedy series about him trying to balance his somewhat normal life as a suburban family man in the…


  • What If Turned Thor Into Marvel’s Most Obnoxious Only Child

    What If Turned Thor Into Marvel’s Most Obnoxious Only Child

    Before Thor: Ragnarok singlehandedly turned Odin’s eldest son into one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s golden children, the Asgardian thunderer was still more of a supporting character within the franchise’s larger picture and felt like the odd alien out among his fellow Avengers. Though Thor’s gone on to become much more, Marvel’s What If remembers…


  • Marvel’s What If  Characters’ ‘Ripple Effects’ Shape the World

    Marvel’s What If Characters’ ‘Ripple Effects’ Shape the World

    In each of What If’s self-contained stories from different parts of Marvel’s multiverse, specific characters emerge as people whose actions have an outsized impact on the arc of history. While the universal consequences of people’s actions may be obvious to viewers (and the Watcher), the big flashy differences in scenery aren’t necessarily the most interesting…