Marvel Research Paper

Marvel is an ever expanding universe of superheroes and villains mostly created by Stan Lee. The cinematic world of Marvel is centered on making the heroes in the comics come to life through action-packed movies. There have been thousands of characters throughout history, including superheroes, villains and certain groups of individuals that have all shaped Marvel’s cinematic universe. Usually, in the films, they will slightly differ from the original comics and take on their own roles. What has changed, then, in line with Marvel’s comics and its cinematic universe up until now, and what exciting new characters are going to appear in future films? Also, how are actors taking on the roles of these famous or otherwise infamous characters?
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In the comics, “the group began with the random teaming of Thor, Iron Man, Wasp, Ant-Man and Hulk” (Marvel, 2015). (http://marvel.com/universe/Avengers). On the other hand, in the movies, Iron Man is the at the start of the Avengers Team and is soon joined by Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Hawkeye, and Bruce Banner (aka the Hulk). It was only after Phil Coulson was presumed ‘dead’ that his vision for an Avengers Team would come into full play under director Nick Fury’s command. Yet, that team would be evolving ever more so as the comics rolled on and progressed. New characters are continuously being added to that team as we will see in the majority of Marvel’s upcoming