This past year has been quite the major one for all-things Marvel. Granted, not all of the releases came from Marvel Studios (yes, we're talking about the Sony Pictures' Spider-Verse movies, too!), so there have been plenty of ups and downs in there. But if we were just talking about Marvel Studios, the operative word would undoubtedly be: Comeback. It was a comeback year through and through.
After having an uncharacteristically weaker year in 2023, Marvel Studios needed to come into 2024 strong and they did. They absolutely did. And that's pretty impressive considering there was only one Marvel Cinematic Universe movie arriving in theaters this year. But somehow, some way, they pulled it off.
Deadpool and Wolverine's big-screen release brought two beloved Marvel characters together on-screen and in the MCU; the interest was always there, but boy oh boy did the fans come out to see it, making it the franchise's first billion-dollar phenomenon in almost three years. And over on the Disney Plus side, things were excellent as well, as the MCU left the dark days of Secret Invasion behind to find itself in the awards-nominated grandeur of Agatha All Along and X-Men '97.
Things weren't as promising on the Sony side of the Marvel sphere as a year of more releases than ever also brought some major disappointments that may well have sealed the live-action Spider-Verse's fate.
From the highs and the lows, the witches and warriors, let's look back at all of this year's titles starring Marvel characters and see which ones truly stood out.
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