COMIC CONNECTIONS: Avengers: Endgame - The Final Gauntlet

Episode 68 - Avengers: Endgame - The Final Gauntlet

This week we get ready for the second half of the Infinity War saga that started in 2018 by looking at some comics that play upon some themes from Avengers: Endgame.

This Week In Comics

Jeff the Land Shark and Alligator Loki Assemble Super-Powered Pets for Infinity Paws

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/jeff-the-land-shark-alligator-loki-infinity-paws-super-powered-pets/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-10-22

Recommendation: Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky

• https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/public-domain-1

This Week's Stack

• What If vol 1 #5  
• Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Prelude #1-3 
• Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6 

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

What If vol 1 #5

• Duane's first What If Story
• In continuity but not really
• Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes don't die in WWII and continue to crime fight back at home
• Buck Barnes takes over for Steve Rogers and Rogers becomes the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
• Kinda jarring to read (it isn't suppose to happen this way!)
• Often Re-enforces the idea of canon events

Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Prelude #1-3 

• Comic book adaptation of a MCU movie that's an adaptation of a comic book(s) story arc
• Panels were pulled right from the movie - both in look and dialogue
• Art is good, but something is missing
• Missing the impact...
• Hard to recommend

Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6 

• Explores the idea of a universe without Thanos
• Except it isn't...
• New version of the Guardians includes some unexpected characters
• Beta Ray Bill!!!
• Gamora and Peter are going through things and Rocket is MIA
• Eros aka Starfox - should have seen it coming
• Hela a stand-in for Death?

Final Thoughts

What's Next 

• Avengers: Endgame from 2019.

Signoff 

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