Alex Abad-Santos
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos
One of the biggest comic book mysteries of the year has been solved.
The story of Thanos is really about how the thirst is real.
Fifty Shades of Grey might be greatest bait and switch ever perpetrated on Americans.
Jeremy Renner’s Black Widow idiocy is really about how comic books have objectified women.
It’s really about grief and mortality.
Ultron is disposable — just like the rest of Marvel’s supervillains.
29 hours in a movie theater will make you realize your own human frailty.
15 years ago, there was no reason to make an Avengers movie. Now there’s no reason to stop.
Marvel’s Ultron story has tracked fears of communism, of nuclear war, and now of artificial intelligence. But he began with a scheme that redefined comic book evil.