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Ms. Marvel looks confused in a wooly hat after being told she's a mutant in Ms. Marvel's mid-credits scene.
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Marvel fans kick the habit of a lifetime to celebrate the changes the MCU made from the comics

Some love for the MCU is nice for a change.

In a shocking turn from what has been the status quo of the Marvel fandom in the last few years, fans are reminiscing about and celebrating all the bold choices the Marvel Cinematic Universe has made that stray from its comic book source material.

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The discussion started when one Reddit user asked the community about their most disliked adjustment from paper to screen, prompting another resident of the Marvel Studios subreddit to ask the exact opposite — and arguably more interesting — question.

For the OP, RDJ’s interpretation of Tony Stark and Steve and Bucky’s childhood friendship are the two principal upgrades that Marvel Studios made from the comics, but commentators had a lot more examples to offer. One recent change that had everyone reeling was the MCU’s version of Namor the Sub-Mariner in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The cinematic adaptation, co-written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, took major creative liberties in the creation of the film’s main villain, changing the character from the prince of Atlantis to the king of an ancient Mesoamerican underwater civilization called Talokan.

In the opinion of another fan, the decision to make most superheroes’ identities known to the public in the MCU is a smart one. In the comics, most heroes would try desperately to keep their true selves hidden, but in the films, that only happens on very specific occasions, with most characters enjoying a kind of celebrity status instead.

Although at the time, the choice to make Kamala a mutant instead of an inhuman in Ms. Marvel was met with some reservations, it was surprisingly the pick of two fans in this thread.

Ultimately, the fun thing about comic book adaptations is trying to figure out how the source material might inform the plot of upcoming films while also knowing that there will always be wild surprises and major changes to keep fans on their toes.


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Francisca Tinoco
Francisca is a pop culture enthusiast and film expert. Her Bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences from Nova University in Portugal and Master's Degree in Film Studies from Oxford Brookes University in the UK have allowed her to combine her love for writing with her love for the movies. She has been a freelance writer and content creator for five years, working in both the English and Portuguese languages for various platforms, including WGTC.