Marvel Fatigue Is More Obvious Than Ever After San Diego Comic Con

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San Diego Comic Con brought with it an avalanche of new announcements for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kevin Feige took the stage and unveiled several new streaming shows, feature films, and entire phases of the timeline set to arrive in the coming years. It was a lot, and served to cement a feeling of fatigue many of us have begun to dread in recent months.

Not only is Phase 4 coming to end, Phase 5 and 6 have been announced which will conclude with the release of two new Avengers films based on a number of characters we haven’t met yet and storylines that are yet to even start. The Secret Wars are coming and are filled with exciting possibilities, but goodness me is the road there going to take lots out of us. Keeping up with superhero media has become a part-time job, and that dedication will continue in the years to come whether we like it or not. Personally, I’m in need of a nap.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to wrap up Phase 4 - which is already the longest in MCU history - as a new slate of TV shows and films open up Phase 5 in 2023. The list coming out of San Diego Comic Con is exhaustive. Blade, Fantastic Four, Captain America, She-Hulk, Secret Invasion, Echo, Ironheart, Daredevil, and Thunderbolts are just a few of the names being thrown around, all of which are set to receive adaptations in the years to come as Marvel’s media machine continues pumping things out. Most of the stuff making up Phase 6 wasn’t even revealed, so who knows what will be included there.

It isn’t sustainable, and audiences are already struggling to keep up as the quality dips and its cohesive storytelling falls to the wayside. Part of me is