The Infinity Imbalance Theory

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has expanded to fifteen films across the span of almost ten years. By the time Avengers: Infinity War is released in May of 2018, there will have been a whopping nineteen movies in the series. Unprecedented outside of the James Bond movies. Rather unsurprisingly, there’s a lot to handle with fifteen movies in the way of continuity, not to mention the plethora of TV shows currently running and soon to be released. The MCU’s a triumph of entertainment if it’s nothing else. However, I’m here to tell you it’s a hell of a lot more than that. The MCU, as we all know, has been building up to a cinematic event that will hopefully be remembered for generations to come, not only in its scope, but in its storytelling. To that end, we’ve seen fifteen movies build up to this  event, but there are so many mysteries left for us to solve in regards to the MCU’s deepest history. It’s my goal to piece together as much as I can about the universe and present a comprehensive theory as to where the MCU has been and indeed, where it’s going. To kick off, why call the whole thing “The Infinity Imbalance Theory”?

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are the guys behind the screenplays for all three of the Captain America movies and are also providing the screenplay for Avengers: Infinity War. In an interview featured in the special features of the Doctor Strange Blu-Ray, McFeely gave us a hint as to what it is exactly that Thanos is being motivated by. Thanos of course being the primary antagonist and schemer behind much of the foibles faced by the MCU’s heroes. McFeely said the  following:

“His [Thanos] goal is to re-balance the universe as he sees it. So when he figures out that the Infinity Stones could do this for him at the snap of a finger, that becomes his main goal.”

In order for there to be a re-balancing, there must first exist an imbalance. From that starting point, I decided to move away from my initial theory; that the MCU exists as part of an endless cycle and these events are predictable, and instead move toward the idea that a series of events have led to an optimum period of time for Thanos to enact his grand schemes. This period of time is what we’re seeing unfold in the movies right now. For the sake of simplification, we’ll call that period of time the Heroic Era. In order to get to that point, and given the vastly cosmic nature of Thanos’s scheme, we have to go back to the primordial days of the universe itself. Luckily, we’ve had plenty of glimpses at the MCU’s cosmic history, and piecing all of this sort of stuff together isn’t as much of a task as one might think. So first, let’s establish as much of the MCU’s cosmology as we can.

COSMOLOGY

Unlike with our universe, where we have to rely only on earthly knowledge to come to logical conclusions about things – in the MCU, there are space gods to tell us all about how things were before the universe existed. The closest thing there is to a creation story in the MCU, that applies to the whole universe, is the one given to us by the Collector in Guardians of the Galaxy.

“Before creation itself, there were six singularities. Then the universe exploded into existence and the remnants of these systems were forged into six concentrated ingots: Infinity Stones.”

This brief quote offers us our only explanation as to the nature of the Infinity Stones and their relation to the beginnings of the MCU. Most MCU movies, especially those that are more cosmically-oriented, have consultants who are professors of astrophysics and quantum mechanics. These are things that are genuinely incorporated into MCU movies. Kevin Feige has expressed that the sorts of things discussed in shows like Cosmos are what magic is really like. Not only that, but the notion that is well established in the MCU is that magic is science that mankind doesn’t understand yet, and that what we call magic, more advanced races simply see as science. All of the “magic” in the MCU can be explained, in some way or another, on a scientific basis. Albeit a relatively tenuous and hypothetical one. So, when the Collector talks of singularities, we can look to science to provide us with the answers as to what it is he’s talking about.

 

Singularities:

A singularity refers to the point at the center of a black hole, where gravity’s pull is so strong that all matter is infinitely dense. These singularities are thought to be where information from within the universe is broken apart, whereupon it then resides on the black hole’s event horizon. This information could be anything from matter, to energy, to light. Once it has been broken down, it cannot be reconstituted. The MCU, however, provides us with a means of entering a singularity while also maintaining some semblance of reality and physicality – the quantum realm.

Featured in the climax of Ant-Man and glimpsed during Steven Strange’s trip through the multiverse in Doctor Strange, the quantum realm is described by Hank Pym as a place where all concepts of time and space are irrelevant, and it occupies the space in between atoms. Pym implies that it’s infinite, saying that once you enter the quantum realm you simply shrink for all eternity. The implication here is of course that just as space would seem infinitely large, it must also be infinitely small. Everything has to be made up of something. So what is there to make up the quantum realm? Given its appearance, I’d say the answer is Dark Energy. This is a hypothetical form of energy, but in the MCU, it’s made quite apparent that it’s something being heavily researched by the likes of Erik Selvig and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. Dark energy is believed to permeate all of space, accelerating the expansion of the universe. If dark energy does exist, then it would have to exist in a place where it can indeed force the expansion of the universe. Hence, the space between atoms is probably a good place to start. But how does all of this relate to the Infinity Stones? Well, the universe is believed to have begun as a singularity. So, when Collector says that the Infinity Stones were forged from singularities, he may well be implying that the Infinity Stones are concentrated space. In order to further understand that, we have to first take a look at the multiverse theory.

 

The Multiverse:

The MCU exists as a multiverse. This does not mean that there alternate realities, but rather extra dimensions to the MCU’s physical reality. We were formally introduced to the concept in Doctor Strange, but as I mentioned above, we first got a glimpse of it in Ant-Man. Each dimension of the multiverse has different physical properties to the others. In the Dark Dimension for example, there is no decay. Time doesn’t work in the same way there, it is devoid of entropy. In the mirror dimension, matter does not behave in any way that it should. Solids act as liquids, air can be made into a solid blade, and so on and so forth, but nothing can come to physical harm. In the quantum realm, none of what could be considered to be normal physics applies and space is visibly occupied by dark energy. In the Astral plane, one’s soul can become detached from the body and move around the physical world having little to no effect on it. These layers of reality exist simultaneously without having any effect on each other, unless made to, through interference by exterior forces. The way these dimensions interact is governed by magic that definitely has its roots in theoretical quantum mechanics and astrophysics. These dimensions exist parallel to the main physical reality of the MCU. They have unique physical properties of their own. The dimensions of the MCU are linked directly to the Infinity Stones, which act as conduits for those dimensions’ particular energies. To that end, the implication is that there are six layers to the multiverse, one for each Infinity Stone. I’ve listed four of those dimensions above, while obviously the regular physical plane is another of those dimensions. The question now is: How do the Infinity Stones relate to each of the different dimensions?

 

Different Dimensions:

First off, let’s just establish each of the Infinity Stones:

1. Space
2. Mind
3. Reality
4. Power
5. Time
6. Soul

Along with each Infinity Stone there also seems to be an accompanying relic or device or mechanism attached to them in order to make their use easier, or to protect people from the power of the Infinity Stone itself. If we were to correlate each Infinity Stone to a different dimension, then we must first establish the capabilities of each of them.

The Space Stone allows space travel. As well as that, the Tesseract around it seems to allow for the Space Stone to generate portals to other parts of the universe when enough energy is applied to the structure. The Tesseract is typically used to demonstrate four dimensional space, in which time is a factor as well as length, width, and height. The Tesseract allows for the Space Stone to overcome these restrictions, quite literally condensing space together around a particular point, allowing  immediate traversal from one point in space to another.

The Mind Stone seems a little trickier to understand. From what I can tell, it relies on the notion that the physical form is limited only by the mind’s perceptions of reality. This is something that seems to be put across in Doctor Strange. For example, let’s look at the Mind Stone in relation to Vision, as he is thus far the character to utilise it most prominently. Vision’s abilities are derived from the Mind Stone. He can become intangible, change his appearance at will, alter the density of his body to be super light or super heavy, and of course he can shoot lasers out of his forehead. The Mind Stone is also said to have an internal structure not dis-similar from an actual brain. The idea behind it all is that the Mind Stone unlocks the full potential of a mind. Where Vision was essentially newborn and totally unbiased about the world, the Mind Stone allowed him to defy the laws of physics because he was totally ignorant of his limitations. Let’s look at other products of the Mind Stone: the Maximoff twins. Their powers can be linked to that same premise that I applied to Vision. Quicksilver’s ability to move so fast is all down to his mind. Essentially, any human can move that fast, they just need to ascend beyond the physical limitations that their minds pose on them. The same goes for Scarlet Witch. Any human can generate energy that influences physical matter, they just need to overcome the limitations of their mind. This is also a great place to show where the magic and science of the Infinity Stones begin to intersect. Loki is another character who has wielded the Mind Stone, but his magic displays the same sorts of properties as the powers of the Mind Stone in Thor, before we even encounter it. Loki can alter his appearance, project copies of himself and even move so quickly that he appears to teleport. If you watch Thor back, you’ll notice that when he generates all those other copies of himself, there’s a delay on each and every one of them, although they’re all doing the exact same thing. Loki isn’t literally projecting a copy of himself, he’s just moving so quickly that it appears to be the case. We see him use this ability to trick a Frost Giant on Jotunheim, and again to trick Thor in Avengers. He’s standing in one place, then someone dives through him, he mirages, and appears in a separate place. They’ve never explained this. The only explanation I can find is the one I’ve presented here. This raises another interesting point: as magic relates so prominently to these other dimensions, then it must also relate to the Infinity Stones. The Stones are the point at which the science and the magic aspects of the MCU meet.

This is also evidenced in the Reality Stone, or Aether. Malekith the Accursed attempts to use the Aether to convert all the matter in the Nine Realms of Yggdrasil into dark matter. This is the power that the Reality Stone has: Whatever the main constituent of reality is, the stone can alter it so drastically as to reverse it completely. Its liquid state is a product of weaponisation by the Dark Elves, and we know that its true form is a solid one. Given that we see the Aether turn from liquid to solid in Thor: The Dark World, it can be assumed that it requires nothing more than a massive influx of energy to revert the Aether to its proper form. It’s worth noting also, that while the Aether produces red energy, it is tainted with black, a link to the dark matter aspect of the Stone no doubt. Wanda Maximoff can manipulate physical reality and alter reality within someone’s mind, and she’s been shown to overcome the power of the Mind Stone in Captain America: Civil War. The energy she produces is pure red, untainted by dark matter in other words.

The Time Stone was the most recent of the Infinity Stones that we were introduced to and its abilities are fairly clear-cut from the outset. Its wielder can manipulate time, either on an individual object or on all of reality. It’s also the Infinity Stone most closely related to magic, purely because of its appearance in Doctor Strange and the fact that it is contained within the Eye of Agamotto. Though this is true, all of the Infinity Stones can be linked to particular types of magic. The colours of the magic in Doctor Strange aren’t meaningless. Red magic is used to warp reality and allow the Dark Dimension into the regular plane of existence. Orange magic seems the most common, and I’ll get to why that is later, as it relates to the structure of the universe more-so than the different dimensions.

The Power Stone seems to simply possess the ability to totally obliterate any organic life it comes into physical contact with, unless the wielder is powerful enough to sustain the influx of energy, or they manage to attach it to something that can channel the energy into them. It’s also implied that this is the case with all Infinity Stones. We’re yet to see something that is organic touch one without meeting their demise. Red Skull died while clutching the Tesseract, after it was given a surge of energy. Malekith could only wield the Aether, likely a product of tainting the Reality Stone with dark matter, allowing him to overcome the power of the Reality Stone itself. Vision is synthetic, and Ultron was mechanical. Anyhow, the one noteworthy thing to take into account with the Power Stone is the fact that when Star Lord was holding it, he saw his mother.

We see what looks like a fledgling, or dying, universe behind him. This has puzzled me for quite some time as it seemed so out of place and out of left field that I just chalked it up to being a cool visual. However, I recently discovered some concept art that might shed some light on what this snippet from the climax of Guardians of the Galaxy actually means.

This is the same scene, depicted as if Peter Quill is in some other dimension, and his mother is a lot more than just her usual self, but some sort of energy being. This was probably too expensive to pull off and the scene we got was what replaced this concept, but the scene’s meaning wouldn’t have changed at all. Peter is entering a dimension of raw energy in the scene. If you look at him, he begins to fragment and explode, purple energy crackling across his body. But in this other dimension, he looks perfectly fine. Why does he see his mother though? Well, we can look at his father to answer that question.

Peter may well have been seeing something that Ego was projecting directly into his mind at that very moment that he took hold of the Infinity Stone. No doubt the Power Stone would’ve affected Peter’s biology enough that Ego would have felt it, through his connection to the Light within the planet that essentially is Ego. So, Ego sent Peter a vision, their connection heightened by Peter wielding the Power Stone, only to be broken when his friends took hold of him and drained some of the burden. The Power Stone would seem to act as a fuel cell for whatever it comes into contact with. In the comics, it’s essentially the battery that heightens the powers and abilities of the other Infinity Stones. Why wouldn’t it do the same to Peter, who is essentially a vessel for power?

Another thing worth noting is that the Power Stone’s casing, the Orb, quite possibly contained a map, or some sort of  detailed history of the  Infinity Stones. When the Collector is showing the Guardians what the Power Stone can do, we see it being used by Eson the Searcher, but we also glimpse the mural depicting the creation of the Infinity Stones by the Cosmic Entities, all six Infinity Stones as they were originally, plus the Aether, the Tesseract and the hue of the Mind Stone in other bubbles. The Orb is hooked up to some sort of mechanism on the Collector’s table and we see an intricate process of unlocking it. Each of the hologram circles that appears displays something different relating to the Infinity Stones. This is likely due to the destructive nature of the Power Stone and its role as the fuel cell for the other Infinity Stones.

We now come to the sixth and final Infinity Stone: the Soul Stone. This is the most important of the Infinity Stones. The reason being that it is orange, like the majority of the magic we see in the MCU. This suggests that it is the most readily available energy in the MCU, which also implies that there’s a lot of it to go around. We see not only earth sorcerers using orange spells, but Krugarr at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, also taps into this kind of magic. Almost all magical relics seen in Doctor Strange give off an orange glow. The barrier defending Earth from the Dark Dimension is orange. The projections of the soul forge seen in Thor: The Dark World are orange. Jane Foster refers to the latter as a quantum field generator, asking if a soul forge “transfers mollecular energy from one place to another”. So, if we broaden that examination a bit, then the “soul” does not simply refer to the human concept of a soul, but refers instead to the mollecular basis upon which the entire universe is built. You can romanticise that to imply that the soul is all about the connection of mankind to the universe and whatnot, and that’s probably the best way of putting it. The soul refers to the connection that everything has within the universe. As such, the Soul Stone is the Infinity Stone linked to the regular plane of existence. The Mind Stone is likely linked to the mirror dimension, where all limitations of the mind are foregone in favour of the total manipulation of reality by an individual. The Reality Stone is likely linked to the Dark Dimension, as we see that it requires red magic to summon Dormammu, who essentially embodies the entire Dark Dimension. The Dark Dimension also lacks life, and being dominated by one entity implies that reality, mind, power and all the other concepts represented by the Infinity Stones are one in the same. The Space Stone is likely linked to the Quantum Realm, as the Quantum Realm appears to be where dark energy is most prominent, and dark energy is what permeates all of space, thus making it the fuel that the Tesseract burns. Until we see more of the multiverse, I doubt I’ll be able to properly link all the Infinity Stones to their correct dimensions, but I can draw enough comparison to warrant it being a possibility.

So, now that we know what all of the Infinity Stones do, and how they relate to the multiverse, we can now begin to look at when things start to happen – the creation of the Infinity Stones.

The Infinity Stones were created by the cosmic entities of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an event depicted on the walls of the temple vault on Morag. Each of the entities is reaching for an Infinity Stone, presumably to heighten their own powers and influence upon the universe. I believe there were two more entities present at this event, and they are featured on the mural, just not in focus. The cosmic entities we see are Death (top left), Entropy (top right), Eternity (bottom left), and Infinity (bottom right). The other two beings I believe to be present are the Living Tribunal, whose wholly covered face sits atop a pair of broad shoulders at the top of the mural, and the Midgard Serpent is also coiled around the outer extremities of the scene. There’s a faint scale-y form protruding out from behind different characters. The Living Tribunal’s role is to maintain the cosmic balance of the universe, by ensuring that no one entity gains more influence or power than another. When his face is wholly covered, that means the action being undertaken is necassary to maintain the balance. We know the Living Tribunal exists in the MCU, as Karl Mordo wields a staff in Doctor Strange that he refers to as the Staff of the Living Tribunal. Though it may just be an Easter egg, I believe that Thanos’s motivation hinges on the Living Tribunal’s existence, or eventual lack thereof. Each of the cosmic entities represents an abstract concept of the universe. Eternity is all of space, Infinity is all of time, Entropy is the process of decay, and Death is death. The Midgard Serpent is necassary for the creation of Yggdrasil, the World Tree that links the nine realms. I believe that this mural depicts the beginning of Yggdrasil, as well as the creation of the Infinity Stones. If you look at the mural, there are nine orbs, one of which looks to be a blazing sun, closest to Death. This could well be Hel, while all the other orbs could represent any one of the Nine Realms. That’s to be discussed later though, for now, let’s focus on why the creation of the Infinity Stones was necassary. Essentially, Death and Entropy represent the Darkness. Eternity and Infinity represent the Light. Meanwhile the Living Tribunal and the Midgard Serpent act as mediators between the two.

Essentially, when the universe began, all the energies that eventually became the Infinity Stones were all readily available in vast quantities, and thus, easily manipulable. Ego the Living Planet, one of the oldest beings in the universe, started out as a brain, before realising he could literally control matter and crafted a shell for himself. This supports the idea that the mind is capable of manipulating all of reality if the limitations of knowledge aren’t present. Essentially, if Vision were just a brain, he’d be much the same as Ego. Any beings that were born during the early life of the universe can be referred to as Celestials. However, the cosmic entities are above them in the cosmic hierarchy. Celestials should remain beneath the cosmic entities in terms of power, this is a means of maintaining cosmic balance. However, as evidenced by Ego’s own development, it’s possible that Celestials grew too big for their boots, perhaps there were simply too many of them. Their sheer numbers and raw power would pose a great threat to the cosmic hierarchy, and thus, the six Infinity Stones were forged, limiting the energies available to the Celestials and focusing them into individual rocks. As a further measure, the world tree Yggdrasil was created, linking nine worlds together and seeding in them the potential for great powers to arise. Yggdrasil is essentially the observable universe. Thor even says that it is glimpsed every day through the Hubble telescope in his first movie. So, Yggdrasil is created and the Midgard Serpent is mandated with the role of eventually destroying it, should the cosmic balance require it.

Due to the fact that the early life of the universe would have lacked time for most life to develop, any life that did develop belonged to the Darkness. Light was not yet something that was present enough in the universe. Races like the Dark Elves and the demons of Muspelheim were likely the main residents of the MCU during this period. These beings, having developed in a Lightless universe, one that would eventually experience a drastic shift in its physical makeup due to the presence of light, did not have souls. Their mollecular structure differs to that of races like Asgardians and humans. This is why the Reality Stone had to be tainted with dark matter in order for Malekith to wield it effectively and carry out his plan to revert the universe into its former state of Darkness. Ego spent millions of years adrift in space as a brain before finally gaining sentience enough to craft himself a shell. This is because Ego’s function was to turn the whole universe into one of Light, by spreading his own consciousness across the entirety of the universe. Where Celestials like Eson would go on to destroy planets, Ego sought to “enrich” them. Of course, these things happened much later in the sequence of events that lead up to the Heroic Era. First, the cosmic entities turned on and killed the Living Tribunal.

In order for imbalance to propagate, then the entity maintaining the cosmic balance has to be removed from the picture. I’m not saying all of the cosmic entities turned on the Living Tribunal, but at least two of them must have. It is likely that it was Death and Entropy. On top of there more than likely having been two of them, you must also bear in mind that they had  two Infinity Stones on their side, more precisely, the Reality and Mind Stones. With the universe being dominated by Darkness, they likely saw themselves as more powerful than the Tribunal and killed him in an attempt to further their own power. After this event, Light became far more prominent, spawning races all across the universe. Yggdrasil filled up with three times as many Light races as Dark. After the death of the Living Tribunal, it became the duty of the Celestials to maintain the cosmic hierarchy, with the Infinity Stones being passed onto them by the cosmic entities. Obviously the Stones would have been forcibly taken from Death and Entropy. Likely was the case that there were six Celestials, each one taking an Infinity Stone. The Celestials eventually developed a conflict among themselves and after the Celestial War, which explains Knowhere, and the Infinity Stones fell even further down the cosmic hierarchy, into the hands of what would be classed as the Gods of gods. The Asgardian Gods known as Those Who Sit Above in Shadow, exist in the MCU. It’s around here that things can get muddled. The main issue is this: There are two Infinity Gauntlets.

One of them is in Odin’s vault (right) and has six gems on it, while the other is in Thanos’s possession (left) and has no gems on it at all. While this was initially written off as a continuity error, it has been confirmed by Kevin Feige that there are two different gloves, a right hand glove and a left hand glove. Speaking to Cinemablend about the post-credit stinger in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Feige said:

“There are two different gloves. That was not Odin’s vault that you see at the end.”

So, why are there two different gloves? Why does one have gems and the other not? Well, I’m afraid to say I haven’t the foggiest notion at all. This seems like something that will have to be answered later on, perhaps after Thor: Ragnarok, or maybe answers will elude us all the way up to Avengers: Infinity War. Which brings me to my next point, which is something that only recently came to light. There is  a scroll that documents the history of  the MCU all the way to the beginning of time, according to Jon Watts, director of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Watts commented:

“The scroll extends past a long conference table. ‘Uh yes, it’s very long. It’s the most amazing thing because it starts, honestly, at the beginning of time — I don’t remember specifically, but I think it has something to do with Thor.’ He laughs. ‘It is truly an amazing document.”

I have, in the past, attempted to make a timeline along these parameters. It involved calculating when Thor’s great grandfather Buri was born (around 17,398 B.C.), coupled with figuring out how many Convergences there have been (3), and from that, trying to decipher things about the MCU’s cosmology. Most of it though, involved Yggdrasil and its creation. All of it boils  down to the maintenance of balance though. Yggdrasil is essentially a boiling pot of life, both Light and Dark, and conflicts among its residents are a means of ensuring the balance never falls out of whack, hence why the Infinity Stones eventually found their ways into the hands of Dark Elves, humans and Asgardians. Only now, everything is ending up on Midgard and things are getting out of hand as they’re all so close together. Now that I’m talking so much about balance, let’s get to the meat of this: Why has Thanos made it his personal crusade to restore balance to the universe?

Thanos wants to be God. I mean that in the most literal possible way. It is Thanos’s desire to be the be all, end all of the MCU. The Alpha and the Omega, Judge, Jury and Executioner all in equal measure. In order to do this, he has quite rightly realised that the Infinity Stones are capable of elevating him to that level. Any time we see individual Infinity Stones being used separately from one another, we see that they’re capable of wreaking absolute havoc. They are, fundamentally, concentrated reality. All of them are essentially the universe made solid in six pieces. Like Lego bricks. When you put them all together then something happens that has never (allegedly) happened before in the MCU. Why? Well, for lack of a better term, the Infinity Stones are God.

Think of it this way: God is typically the word we assign to whatever it is  that predates and therefore created the universe. God permeates the universe, being present everywhere at once, like the energies upon which the Infinity Stones are based. Most of the time, whenever an Infinity Stone has been used by an individual, they’re undertaking some Messianic role in one way or another. Malekith tried to save his people using the Reality Stone and gave his life in the process. Doctor Strange suffered what may well have been an eternity at the hands of the dread Dormammu in the Dark Dimension. And then there’s Vision.

“I am not Ultron. I am not Jarvis. I’m… I am.”. You know who else said, “I am” in that kind of a context? God. In Exodus 3:14, which funnily enough, are the first three figures of Pi. The Infinity Stones are God. They are the inevitable and they are all powerful. Whoever wields all six of the Infinity Stones would literally become God. In a universe where the closest approximation of God, the Living Tribunal, has been killed, Thanos has decided to take it upon himself to assemble the infinity gauntlet and assume the role of the MCU’s God. What’s more? Below is the first splash page of the Infinity Gauntlet story arc, which will indefinitely be the main source of inspiration for the events of Avengers: Infinity War. It follows a brief monologue from Mephisto where he says:

“There can be no denying it. You are supreme. Anything you wish to be, you are. Anything you wish, is. Nothing in this universe dares challenge that claim. There be only one word to describe you…”

Even in the comics, above all else, Thanos’s desire is to be God. He wants to be the universe’s grand architect. Wielding the Infinity Stones is his way of achieving this ultimate role. Wielding the Infinity Stones is the only way he can truly restore balance to the universe, allowing the Light and the Dark to level out, and quite probably not for the better.

So, there you have it, folks. Any theory I have from here on in will be based upon this model. Also, I saw Spider-Man: Homecoming yesterday! If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re in for a real treat, it’s easily the best comic to screen adaptation of the wall-crawler we’ve seen yet.

Thanks a bunch for reading and be sure to share this with your friends, family, pets, and the cosmic entities you communicate with when you drop acid. I’m sure they’d all love to hear about it.