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Ever since early leaks confirmed Marvel’s plans to kill off one of its most influential new creations of the 21st century, fans have feared the worst for Kamala Khan in this week’s Amazing Spider-Man #26. And yet somehow her exit is even hollower than we could’ve predicted, laying bare the awkward artifice of superhero comics with none of their spectacle or cleverness.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightAs previously and regularly mentioned whenever a major comics publisher teases that Everything Will…

Image: Matt Ferguson/Marvel StudiosUp to release, the bulk of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s press cycle was rightly focused on what the film would do to serve as a memorial for Chadwick Boseman, in addition to gradually making clear that the next Black Panther would be taking their place. While the film itself can maybe bite off more than it can chew, Wakanda Forever handles the passing of Boseman and his character T’Challa with an equal amount of appropriate somberness and genuine love through its 161-minute runtime.…

Image: Marvel StudiosOf the many guest appearances that graced the first season of Marvel’s She-Hulk, the ones featuring Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk were among the most consequential. Banner showed up in much of the premiere, and also the second episode briefly to take a call from Jen, where it was revealed he had been calling her while going somewhere in space. But he hadn’t been seen or mentioned for the rest of the season, at least until the finale rolled around. After that, things...took a turn, and if you haven’t seen the…

Following her appearance on WandaVision as played by Teyonah Paris, and ahead of her upcoming jump to the movies in 2023’s The Marvels, Monica Rambeau is now being given a bigger push in the comics. In addition to serving as one of the members of the new, reformed Thunderbolts, she’s now due to receive her own comic book miniseries. The recently announced Monica Rambeau: Photon from Eve Ewing (Ironheart) and Michael Sta. Maria (X-Men Red),  will mark the character’s first time headlining a comic all on her lonesome.Monica…

Image: Mark Bagley/Marvel ComicsWriter Dan Slott has had a long, sometimes controversial history with Spider-Man. He’s the man behind the story for the Shattered Dimensions video game, along with the architect behind the “Superior Spider-Man” arc where Peter Parker died (technically) and had his body jacked by Doctor Octopus. When he jumped ship over to Iron Man and the Fantastic Four in 2018, it seemed like his time with the webhead had come to an end, but this being comic, things aren’t always as final as they seem.Come…