By Dave B.

​Following the events in “Avengers: Endgame”, Wanda Maximoff is bereft over the loss of her love, Vision. Eventually, she ends up in the town of Westview, somehow living the life of her dreams. Unbeknownst to her, the town has been cut off from the world, the residents mentally enslaved and living false lives, and her activities are being televised. As her idealized life begins to exhibit a dark underbelly, Wanda must face her past in order to embrace her future. 

By Dave B.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home (Marvel), the world is coping with the loss of some of it’s most beloved heroes, particularly Iron Man. Meanwhile, Peter Parker, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, is preparing for a class trip to Europe and hopes to woo his secret love interest. But a new threat has arisen and Parker must choose between being a “normal” teenager and accepting the mantle of the world’s savior bequeathed to him by Tony Stark.

By Dave B.

​We all know the general outline of the story: In Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (currently on Netflix), teenager Miles Morales finds himself thrust into the role of Spider-Man after being bitten by a radioactive spider. He faces incredible odds, suffers devastating losses, and manages to find a way to stand up again. It’s a tale as old as time (or at least as old as human storytelling) so the key to tell it successfully is to do so in new, creative, and compelling ways. Spider-Verse accomplishes these goals and so much more. 

By Dave B.

The hard-drinking, irreverent, super-powered antiheroine is back for her third and final season on Netflix. In this 13-episode season, the eponymous Jones is estranged from her sister following Trish taking it upon herself to end the threat posed by Jessica’s mother, once and  for all. After undergoing a radical procedure, Trish has gained superpowers of her own and is determined to bring justice to New York City. The siblings are forced to work together to defeat a non-powered, but brilliant serial killer, named Salinger. 

By Dave B.

In the second season of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger (Freeform) Tyrone (Aubrey Joseph) and Tandy (Olivia Holt) are coping with the repercussions of defying prophecy yet still saving New Orleans in last season’s finale. Tyrone, still on the run from the police for crimes that he didn’t commit, has decided to challenge the local gangs in a bid to rid his community of criminality. Tandy has thrown herself into pursuing her dream of becoming a dancer, while confronting the reality of the type of man her late father truly was. But both teens soon realize that their city faces a new threat. One that feeds on their fears and threatens to destroy New Orleans’ only hope for survival: the seemingly unbreakable bond that exists between Tandy and Tyrone.

By Dave B. 

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest release, a Kree warrior, named Vers (played by Brie Larson), suffering from amnesia discovers that her true origins lie on Earth, leading her to question the reality of the few things that she does remember. Vers immerses herself into a battle of galactic proportions, with the help of old friends and new, in order to protect the innocent and discover not only who she was, but who she is and is meant to be. 

By Dave B.

​Frank Castle returns for the second (and likely last) season of The Punisher (Netflix). Season Two finds Castle finally willing to consider opening himself up to the possibility of happiness. But when he spots a girl being hunted by vicious killers, he steps in, throwing his budding prospects for domestic bliss out the window. Thus begins a blood-soaked, emotionally forceful journey that forces Frank to confront both old and new enemies and to come to terms with the reality of who he himself truly is.

By Dave B.

In my review of Marvel’s Runaways: Season One, I confidently asserted that the show definitely didn’t completely suck. It’s slightly more difficult for me to make that same assertion with the second season. Marvel’s Runaways: Season Two (Hulu) picks up almost immediately after the conclusion of last season’s finale. Our heroes are homeless, directionless, and still on the run from their diabolical parents. Their otherworldly nemesis is still lurking around and has yet to give up on his plans to return home, a side-effect of which will be the destruction of California. Will the Runaways be able to stop him again, while growing into their newfound powers and adulthood?

By Dave B.

In Daredevil: Season 3 (Netflix, Marvel), a gravely injured Matt Murdock recovers from injuries sustained at the end of Defenders (viewing previous Marvel/Netflix shows is not required to understand the events in this season of Daredevil, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt). He’s lost hearing in one ear, as well as his senses of smell and taste. As he recovers in the basement of a church, he finds himself estranged from God, his friends, and even himself: he wants to discard his existence as Matt Murdock and exist solely as his alter ego, Daredevil, a vigilante who’s only rule is that he will not kill. That rule is put to the test when Daredevil must confront his archnemesis Wilson Fisk and deal with the rise of a new threat…one who never misses a shot.

By Dave B.

​In Venom (2018), disgraced journalists Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) attempts to revive his career and reclaim his life by uncovering a heinous corporate scandal involving illegal experimentation on San Francisco’s homeless population. An accident finds Brock bonded to the eponymous alien symbiote and he must learn to harness the great powers at his disposal in order to save the Earth from a cataclysmic invasion, while keeping the symbiote well-fed enough that it doesn’t begin to devour Brock’s own body.