ComicBook August 3, 2026

40 Years Later, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Turns An Abandoned X-Men Story Into Its Jean Grey Origin

image courtesy of sony and marvel Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a movie that doesn’t disappoint. That’s probably why Spider-Man is booming in the box office yet again, with the wall-crawler officially beating superhero fatigue (if that’s a thing). Personally, I was stunned by the quality of the writi

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Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

The short film featuring Peggy Carter handling a mission on the same day as the Battle of New York is the direct precursor to the Agent Carter television series — the proof-of-concept that demonstrated the character could carry her own narrative. At twelve minutes it is a tighter and more focused piece than many of the network episodes that followed from it, and Hayley Atwell's performance makes the case for the series more efficiently than any pitch document could.

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