As the explosion of comic-book to big screen adaptations continues, it’s becoming harder and harder to be original. When the first Captain America film was released in 2011 (followed by the first The Avengers film a year later), it introduced ...

Marvel has created an empire of comic book adaptations and, at its pinnacle (right now at least), is the Avengers franchise, which feeds off the publisher’s other hits: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and Thor. The first film, The Avengers, released in 2012, is the biggest grossing superhero film ever made, and ...