Martin Goodman, a pulp magazine publisher, founded Timely Publications, which eventually became Marvel Comics in 1939. Today, Marvel has become a huge franchise, and it is not wrong to say that it functions as a corporation. They have produced Standalone Superhero films that have established their leading characters, these characters have crossed each others’ paths in the multi-billion dollar franchise of Avengers, they have also created different universes, or a “multiverse” as they are called. But what mostly goes under the radar of the average viewer are the existing series produced by the company.
These series’ are not only standalone narratives (some are), which are not part of the cinematic universe of Marvel, but they also provide alternate storylines and contexts for the company’s upcoming films. They are also quite favorable for the films as they save a lot of time for the establishment of characters and the inner workings of the characters and they also manage to give these characters a bigger canvas to explore their narrative and complexities that they have to deal with. Today, we will explore these narratives as we discuss the Marvel comic TV series that leapt from page to screen.
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WandaVision (2019)
Just three weeks following the finale of Avengers Endgame (2019), Wanda Maximoff and Vision have settled into a peaceful local life in Westview, New Jersey, attempting to cover up their real identity. As the world around them shifts across different eras and they meet various television cliches, the couple worries that the events may not be as they appear.
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Loki (2021-2023)
A middle-aged man villain joins forces with an elderly man space and time continuum cop in order to put a lid on the many dangers to the universe’s space and time continuum. Establishing who can be trustworthy to accomplish the missions is quite tough.
The Punisher (2017-2019)
After seeking vengeance on the people responsible for his family’s deaths, the first season sees ex-Force Recon Marine Frank Castle, also known as “the Punisher” in New York City, finding an additional plot above whatever happened to him and his family. In the second season, Castle, who had been leading a quiet existence on the road, gets attracted to the mystery surrounding Amy Bendix’s attempted murder, causing him to figure out whether he should accept his identity as the Punisher. The Punisher is a spin-off from the Marvel Series Daredevil (2015-2018).
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Iron Fist (2017-2018)
Danny Rand returns to New York City in the first season, 15 years after being believed dead, to retrieve his family business against Harold Meachum and his two daughters, Ward and Joy. When danger arises, Rand has to decide from his family’s legacy and his responsibilities as the Iron Fist. In the second season, following what happened in The Defenders (2017), Rand stands up to safeguard New York in Matt Murdock’s absence from work, but a new rival compromises Rand’s identity and the people he loves most.
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Hawkeye (2021)
It follows the lives of Clint Barton as Hawkeye and Kate Bishop as Hawkeye. It is Marvel Studios’ fifth television drama in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), following the franchise’s narrative, with the series taking place after the events of Avengers Endgame (2019).
After a year following the climactic finale of Avengers Endgame (2019), Clint Barton has to team up with Kate Bishop to face opponents from his previous life as the Ronin to return to his family in time for Christmas. Jeremy Renner reprises his role as Clint Barton, and Hailee Steinfeld joins as Kate Bishop.
Jessica Jones (2015-2019)
Jessica Jones is a woman with superpowers who enjoyed a short superhero career until the supervillain Kilgrave forced her to kill someone. Following the event in question, she became a private detective. When Kilgrave reappears, Jessica must step up to stop him. Jessica Jones learns in Season 2 that her mom is still alive due to Karl Malus’ experiments.
In the third and final season, Jessica Jones battles Gregory Sallinger, an opponent attempting to prove she is a phony, and Trish Walker, her adopted sister turned deadly outlaw.
The Defenders (2017)
Picking up several months after what happened in the following season of Daredevil, as well as one month after the happenings of Iron Fist, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist are the heroes of Marvel’s The Defenders, a group with distinctive characters working together to safeguard New York City. This is a narrative of four individual characters, each dealing with their own particular issues, who discover they could be greater when they work together.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Just six months after taking up the Captain America mantle after Avengers Endgame (2019), Sam Wilson collaborates with Bucky Barnes in a worldwide quest to bring down an anti-patriotism community, the Flag Smashers, who have been strengthened with a re-development of the serum known as the Super Soldier and have the belief that everything was better during the Blip.
It is an essential part of the Fourth Phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series got excellent reviews, with critics praising the actors’ rapport and the show’s social satire but was called out for its lack of pace. It won numerous awards, receiving five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Captain America Brave New World (2025), a feature picture co-written by Spellman, is being developed as a series continuation.
Moon Knight (2022)
Moon Knight chronicles Steven Grant, a polite, gentle gift-shop salesman who gets blackouts and recollections from a past existence. Steven understands that he has dissociative identity disorder and the fact that he has a body with the ruthless Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s opponents come in, they have to handle their stuck-up identities while involved in a deadly mystery regarding Egypt’s great gods.
It is also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four. The series got favourable reviews, with special mentions for the acting performances (especially those of Isaac, Calamawy, and Hawke), its darker nature compared to the earlier MCU series, and its representation of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Daredevil (2015)
Drew Goddard created Marvel’s Daredevil for Netflix, drawing inspiration from Daredevil’s character. It also takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with consistency from the franchise’s movies, and was the very first Marvel Netflix series to lead to the overlap miniseries The Defenders. Charlie Cox plays Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a blind attorney by day who fights injustice as a hooded superhero at night.
In the first season, lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his increased senses from having been blinded as a kid to fight corruption at night in the busy sidewalks of New York City’s notorious Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood as Daredevil, revealing a criminal underworld plot ordered by Wilson Fisk.
In season two, Murdock keeps up with his life as an attorney and Daredevil while meeting Frank Castle / Punisher, the vigilante with much more deadly tools, and the reappearance of an ex-girlfriend, Elektra Natchios.
In season three, when Fisk gets out from jail, Murdock, having been absent for months since the finale of The Defenders, reappears as a destroyed guy having to choose between hiding from the public as an attorney for criminals and living his daily life as a heroic avenger.
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