Features

In the Features archive, find a wide array of articles, interviews, reviews, podcast discussions, and posts from Cosmic Circus writers and contributors.

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Secret Wars, Venom, and The Next Spider-Man Saga

It’s officially been one week since the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters, and it’s safe to say that this installment in the MCU Spider-Man’s origin story is perhaps the favorite amongst fans of the web-slinger’s story so far. It’s been an emotional week for everyone who grew up with the character. Regardless of the iteration and after such

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Secret Macro Marvel: ‘Secret Wars’ May Be The Next Step

As Anthony Flagg and I wrote the previous articles of the Macro Marvel series, it began to feel that there was a missing piece to a gigantic puzzle. We had a fairly good structure for each individual level, but the colliding event that brought our heroes together was lacking from our theory. However, after some investigation, it seems as if there

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Phase 4: The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Deep Dive into Grief

Phase 3 ended with large losses for our characters, including the death of Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and the disappearance of Steve Rogers to the rest of the world. This world is in pieces and disarray, our characters have lost everything, and we the viewers have lost something too. Phase 4 now has the opportunity to explore the themes of grief,

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Pitch: Ways To Move ‘Daredevil’ Forward in the MCU

For a long time, I’ve considered Netflix’s Daredevil series to be one of my favorite TV series of all time, so hearing that Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio would be back in their respective roles was exciting news. In the time since I’ve been occupied by wondering just how these characters and this world could come back into the MCU and

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Speculating On ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ and Talking Trailers

With only a few more weeks until The Book of Boba Fett premiers on Disney+ and very few looks at the new Star Wars story, I wanted to provide a review of the recent trailers and share some predictions for what we might see in the series. Watch out for possible spoilers for The Book Of Boba Fett below! From the

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Comics & CollectiblesRankings

My Top 5 Marvel Funko Pops!

As the years go by, the list of Funko Pops released for films inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown exponentially. With the MCU entering phase four and phase five, I expect that list to continue to grow substantially. Funkos have taken off in popularity over the past few years as almost every movie released has some sort of Funko along

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Assembling ElementsNews & Rumors

New Listings May Support Return of “WandaVision” Characters

Phase 4 has kicked into high gear. We’re already four films and 5 Disney+ series in, and it’s become clear that Marvel Studios is keen on expanding the borders of its universe farther than ever before. The Multiverse in the MCU was set up back in 2016 with the first Doctor Strange film, but it hasn’t been delved into much yet. The

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How ‘Spider-Man Across The Spider-verse’ Can Live Up to the ITSV

In the few short years since the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it has quickly become one of the most meaningful to me. Not only did it open my eyes to a new standard of comic book and animated filmmaking, but its themes have stuck in my head since the very first time I saw it. Watching a character I

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‘Hawkeye’ Theory: Laura Barton May Be Mockingbird

With four episodes down and two more still to come, Hawkeye hasn’t disappointed. The series has incredible action sequences, heartfelt moments, and more from our favorite archer. One of the greatest surprises of the series so far is the return of Linda Cardellini as Laura Barton. Not only was she back, but she seemed to be more of a right-hand woman

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