Welcome to Comic Book Guy, where this season punches harder than a Hulk-Namor team-up. Red Lantern Corps lights up the darkest sector of the DC Comics Universe. Captain America: Winter’s End proves Glen Powell’s Steve Rogers belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Marvel Universe heroes. Scarlet Witch drags us deep into chaos magic and nightmare fuel. Joker vs. Deadshot turns Gotham’s underworld into a Yuletide bloodbath. And The Avengers finally assembles Earth's Mightiest Heroes for a Galactus-sized war that actually lives up to the hype. Saddle up, true believers.
RED LANTERN CORPS
Red Lantern Corps is what happens when a studio actually has the guts to say, ‘Yes, we're putting a talking chipmunk and a space dog in our serious space opera — deal with it.’ And somehow, miraculously, Ch’p and G’Nort not only work, they straight-up steal the movie. If you ever wanted a Green Lantern movie that leans harder into the Geoff Johns 2000s cosmic angst while still letting a rodent save the day, this is it.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER'S END
Instead of drowning in magic stones or cosmic dread, Captain America: Winter’s End wins by going full Tom Clancy.... with a shield. Peter Berg directs it like he thinks Clear and Present Danger is peak art, and somehow, he’s right. The SHIELD elements don't always work - but they don't have to when Glen Powell kicks ass across the jungle.
SCARLET WITCH
If you ever wondered what would happen if Doctor Strange and The Exorcist got mashed together by a chaos magic-obsessed Sadie Sink, Scarlet Witch has your twisted little wish granted. Leigh Janiak turns Kamar-Taj into the spookier version of Hogwarts, complete with dead apprentices, Nightmare showing up like Freddy Krueger's artsy cousin, and a possessed Clea who stabs Jet Li right through the soul.
JOKER VS. DEADSHOT
Imagine if Lethal Weapon got drunk on eggnog and swallowed a whole deck of Joker cards - hat's Joker vs. Deadshot. Caleb Landry Jones is peak chaos as a deranged Santa, Walton Goggins is the grumpiest deadeye this side of Deadpool's Rolodex, and Danny McBride somehow makes brotherly dysfunction funnier than Harley Quinn on a sugar bender. Bonus points for finally answering the question: what if Home Alone ended with the mob getting blown up?
THE AVENGERS
I was a little worried about this one being a letdown - BUT - at long last, Earth's Mightiest Heroes assemble, and somehow it’s actually worth the 29 seasons of foreplay and cosmic breadcrumb trails. Bonus points for using the Ultimate Nullifier properly — meaning they actually read Fantastic Four #50 instead of just Googling it. RIP Tony Stark 1941–2025.
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