Episode 68 - Avengers: Endgame - The Final Gauntlet
This week we get ready for the second half of the Infinity War saga that started in 2018 by looking at some comics that play upon some themes from Avengers: Endgame.
This Week In Comics
Jeff the Land Shark and Alligator Loki Assemble Super-Powered Pets for Infinity Paws
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/jeff-the-land-shark-alligator-loki-infinity-paws-super-powered-pets/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week
https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-10-22

Recommendation: Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/public-domain-1

This Week's Stack
What If vol 1 #5  
Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Prelude #1-3 
Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6 

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics
What If vol 1 #5
Duane's first What If Story
In continuity but not really
Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes don't die in WWII and continue to crime fight back at home
Buck Barnes takes over for Steve Rogers and Rogers becomes the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
Kinda jarring to read (it isn't suppose to happen this way!)
Often Re-enforces the idea of canon events

Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Prelude #1-3 
Comic book adaptation of a MCU movie that's an adaptation of a comic book(s) story arc
Panels were pulled right from the movie - both in look and dialogue
Art is good, but something is missing
Missing the impact...
Hard to recommend

Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6 
Explores the idea of a universe without Thanos
Except it isn't...
New version of the Guardians includes some unexpected characters
Beta Ray Bill!!!
Gamora and Peter are going through things and Rocket is MIA
Eros aka Starfox - should have seen it coming
Hela a stand-in for Death?

Final Thoughts
What's Next 
Avengers: Endgame from 2019.

Signoff 
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