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Who Killed the Marvel Juggernaut? πŸ”Ž

Let’s name the suspects

Marvel announced at Comic-Con β€” sound the trumpets β€” that in February 2023, the Cinematic Universe will officially move to Phase 5!

Phase 4, we hardly knew ye. But let’s face it, as Cinematic Universe Phases go, Phase 4 was no Phase 3.

The question of what distinguishes one Phase from another is above my pay grade. If you’re curious, throw out the question on Twitter and a few million people will be happy to explain in 57-Tweet threads whyΒ The EternalsΒ are clearly children of Phase 4 andΒ The ThunderboltsΒ could flourish nowhere but Phase 5.

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