Thunderbolts* is Marvel’s latest attempt at clawing out of an existential void

The MCU’s new crossover tentpole is focused on trauma, bad jokes, and getting the movie franchise back on solid footing.

The MCU’s new crossover tentpole is focused on trauma, bad jokes, and getting the movie franchise back on solid footing.

Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

Marvel’s movies have yet to stop being box office juggernauts, but in recent years focused on multiversal storytelling, the studio’s interconnected cinematic franchise has often felt adrift and unfocused. Rather than working as films that can stand on their own,

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