The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared film franchise based on Marvel comic characters. It began with Iron Man in 2008 and includes over 20 films organized into story arcs. Marvel Television expanded the universe with shows on ABC, Netflix, Hulu, and other networks. Marvel Comics began in 1939 and featured many iconic heroes created by Stan Lee in the 1960s. Key characters that appear across films include Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Spider-Man. Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame told a two-part story involving Thanos' quest for the Infinity Stones and the heroes' attempt to reverse his actions.

1. MARVEL
CINEMATIC
UNIVERSEand comics

2. The Marvel Cinematic Universe(MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a
series of superhero films, independently produced by Marvel Studios and based on characters that
appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The franchise also includes comic books,
short movies, television series and digital series.The first Marvel Movie was Iron-Man filmed in 2008
which became the first phase of movies to appear in the crossover filmThe Avengers(2012). Phase 2
began with Iron-Man 3(2013) and concluded with Ant-Man(2015).The third phase started with Captain
America: CivilWar (2016) and is going to conclude with Spider-Man: Far From Home.The first 22 movies
of MCU are known as “The Infinity Saga”. MarvelTelevision expanded the universe with the tv shows:
Marvel’s Agents OF S.H.I.E.L.D(ABC), Marvel’s Daredevil(Netflix), Marvel’s Runaway(Hulu), Marvel’s
Cloak & Dagger(Freedom) and Slingshot(ABC).By 2005, Marvel Entertainment began planning to
independently produce its own movies through Paramount Pictures. As a result , Marvel Studios became
Hollywood’s first major independent movie studio since DreamWorks.

3. Marvel started in 1939 asTimely Comics, and by early 1950s became Atlas Comics. However, the Marvel era
began in 1961, the year that the company launched its more classic comics Fantastic Four and other
superhero titles created mainly by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby.The first modern Marvel comics
were the Sci-Fi anthology “Journey into Mystery” and “PatsyWalker” due to DC Comic’s success in reviving
superheroes in the late 50s and 60s particularly with Flash, Green Lantern and other members of the team
of League of America. Marvel Comics developed a reputation for focusing on characterization and adult
issues to a greater extent that the usual superhero movies which seemed to be appreciated by the older
generation more.This applied to The Amazing Spider-Man title in particular, which turned to be Marvel’s
most successful comic.
COMICS

4. Stan Lee (December 28 1922-November 12 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer. He rose
through ranks of a family-run business to become Marvel Comics’ primary creative leader for two decades, leading its
expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comic industry. He also
did some cameos in some of his movies such as Captain Marvel, X-Men, Spider-Man etc with his last cameo being in Endgame.
STAN LEE

5. Marvel’s SUPERHEROES
Marvel heroes are a lot and most of them do not even appear in any movie or tv show. So I am going
to focus on the ones appearing in Marvel Movie’s/TV show’s. Even though, most of
Marvel’s characters exist in the same universe they are divided in different teams. For
instance there are The Fantastic-Four,
The X-Men, The Avengers etc. I am mainly going to talk about The Avengers and the
other heroes that are
related to them as we saw them in The Infinity War. Here are some characters of
the MCU: Iron-Man(Tony Stark), Captain America(Steve Rogers), Thor, Hulk(Bruce
Banner), Black Widow(Natasha Romanoff), Captain Marvel(Carol Danvers), Spider-
Man(Peter Parker), Loki, War Machine, Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Star Lord,
Gamora, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, Nebula, Thanos, Wasp, Black Panther and many many
more.

6. InfinityWar and Endgame.
The two biggest plot twists in all cinematic
history?
Avengers: InfinityWar is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel
Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed
byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.The featuring cast is the following: Robert
Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Elizabeth Olsen etc. In the film,
the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to stop Thanos from
collecting the all-powerful Infinity Stones.
Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics
superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed byWalt
Disney Studios Motion Pictures.The featuring cast is the following: Robert Downey
Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner,
Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Bradley Cooper, and
Josh Brolin. In the film, the surviving members of the Avengers and their allies work
together to reverse the damage caused by Thanos in InfinityWar.

7. Personal Favorite
Captain Marvel is a 2019 American
superhero film based on the Marvel
Comics character Carol Danvers.
Brie Larson stars as Danvers,
alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ben
Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee
Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma
Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg,
and Jude Law. Set in 1995, the story
follows Danvers as she becomes
Captain Marvel after Earth is
caught in the center of a galactic
conflict between two alien
civilizations.