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Marvel Fourth Batch

 "Thanks, I'm also a youth pastor"  Jimmy Woo in Ant Man and the Wasp.                                                                          (Spoilers below) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) The third official Avengers film was perhaps the most anticipated MCU film to date.   At the end of the first Avengers films there was a quick glimpse of Thanos and he appeared in a few scenes of Guardians of the Galaxy as a figure to be feared.   The MCU has built nicely to this crescendo by using the six infinity stones as MacGuffins in several of the other films.   I have a hard time keeping track of which is which throughout the series though Infinity War does a pretty good job of keeping us in the know. Narratively, the film has an enormous job as Thanos needs to obtain all six stones while interacting with and mostly defeating various Avengers and Guardians throughout the galaxy.   The Avengers are teamed up in interesting ways based on where they are located.   For exampl