Marvel Cinematic Universe Phases (HASAMU TENSHI)

Marvel Cinematic Universe is the expanded universe based on Marvel Comics, with president and producer, Kevin Fiege, coming with the creative productions and projects for the cinematic universe. In 2010, when this cinematic universe was in it's prime days, Fiege signed a contract with Fox Studios to retain the rights of the X-Men, Deadpool, and Fantastic Four arc characters back and produce those characters into the larger universe beyond the Avengers characters. Fiege has opened his mind to producing more R-rated films for the more adult themed characters such as Wolverine, Deadpool, and more on. He, along with directors James Gunn, James Mangold, and Anthony Russo, confirmed that many series on both Netflix and ABC will take place in the expanded universe. The television shows being produced over the years will be Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Heroes For Hire, The Defenders, Moon Knight, Blade, White Tiger, Deadpool, Agent Venom, Gambit, Ghost Rider, Cable & The X-Force, The Thunderbolts, and The Punisher on Netflix, as ABC will feature Agents Of SHIELD, She-Hulk, Blue Marvel, Nate Grey, The Inhumans, Silver Sable, New Warriors, Night Thrasher, and Legion.

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Phase 1
Release Date: 2008
 * Iron Man

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Tony Stark, son of a wealthy and arrogant weapons manufacturer, Howard Stark, is a modern-day billionaire playboy philanthropist who is in over his head. Tony's mindset changes forever when terrorists known as the Ten Rings kidnap him and he is forced to make a weapon of mass destruction; a weapon from his own business that would inflict global conflict. Instead of obeying these orders and making the weapon, Tony creates a suit of armor powerful enough for him to escape. Upon escaping and bringing along kidnapped airforce pilot, James Rhodes, Tony returns to the United States and dons the identity of the Iron Man, enhancing his armor and making the armor even more powerful to counter terrorists and fight terror as a superhero. His rival, Obadiah Stane, intends to make Tony's life a secret living hell and plans on using his weapons against him...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, James Rhodes, JARVIS, and Agent Phil Coulson

Antagonist: Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger

After Credits: After driving home to Malibu, California, Tony sees a strange figure in his house. The figure speaks and the figure tells Tony that he is not the only superhero in the world. Nick Fury, director of SHIELD, proposes the "Avengers Initiative" to Tony. The screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Ho Yinsen (could not make it in time to help Tony stop the Ten Rings; Yinsen intended to die to see his family in the afterlife. Motivated Tony to get out of the cave and escape once and for all) and Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger (feel to his death and crushed inside the giant Arc Reactor he was building the entire movie) Release Date: 2008
 * The Incredible Hulk

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Spending his life running away from the government and his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross, Bruce Banner spends his days in Mexico trying to create a cure for the gamma radiation in which is contaminated in his cells and turns him into the green monster whenever his temper is peddled with. Banner is forced out of hiding when Ross manages to find him and puts Banner face-to-face with a power-thirsty spy who turns into a monster even worst than the Hulk...

Protagonists: Bruce Banner/The Hulk and Samuel Sterns

Antagonists: Emil Blonsky/Abomination and General Thunderbolt Ross

After Credits 1: Sterns's head grows significantly larger after being damaged by Abomination. Sterns smiles and the screen fades to black...

After Credits 2: The US government, after the volcanic eruption in Europe, go investigate the eruption in hazmat suits. They find the shield of Captain America and the silhouette of a figure; Captain America, the Super Soldier and the first Avenger. The screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Major Kathleen Sparr (grew a romantic relationship with Blonsky when Blonsky signed on with Ross; Blonsky slaughtered her after transforming into the violent Abomination) Release Date: 2010
 * Iron Man: Legacy

Rating: PG-13

Story:

After revealing to the world that he is Iron Man, a lot of people around the world have been questioning Tony's approach to handling the government attempting to regulate his weapons and armor manufacturing. In the awakening of all of this and in the aftermath of his battle with Iron Monger, Tony comes into conflict with the Soviet army and their dangerous electric armor, Crimson Dynamo. After this battle and Tony barely making it out alive, this causes a ripple effect and Tony finds himself in the cross-heirs of a Soviet assassin who calls himself Titanium Man and swears to kill Stark and his legacy once and for all. As Tony discovers more about his father's work, while trying to dodge government supervision, Tony must embrace his newfound identity and use it as an advantage to help people...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, JARVIS, James Rhodes/War Machine, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Director Nick Fury, Agent Phil Coulson, Dr. Gregor Shapanka, and Happy Hogan

Antagonists: Boris Bullski/Titanium Man, Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo, and Jack Frost/Blizzard

After Credits 1: After the damage the Hulk has done in Mexico, Coulson is sent by Fury to go check the damage out for SHIELD reports. Coulson parks his car in the hot and sunny Mexico and heads to the damage site, but instead sees something strange in the distance. Coulson calls Fury and tells Fury that they found "it"; the camera zooms into Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor... the screen cuts to black...

After Credits 2: Natasha and Fury meet in the bunker and Fury thanks Natasha for spying on Stark and "keeping an eye out" for him throughout the entire movie. Natasha welcomes Fury and Fury reveals that he did not call her in just to thank her. Fury then informs Natasha that Yelena is back. Natasha is hit with trauma and mutters, "Shit..." The screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Anton Vanko/Crimson Dynamo (killed by Bullski after Vanko decided to take the long-end of the deal they had and try to kill Stark for himself) Release Date: 2010
 * Thor: God Of Thunder

Rating: PG-13

Story:

As the son of Odin Allfather and the God of Thunder, Thor Odinson will soon inherit the throne of Asgard. However, on the day he is to be crowned, Thor reacts with brutality and ruthlessness when the Frost Giants break the peace treaty and attack Asgard. Thor goes after the Frost Giants and his position as King is upheld and put to hold after his ignorance in dealing with the Frost Giants. After this sticky situation, Thor must rebuild himself and this leads him to Earth. Thor finds out of Frost Giants' presence on Earth and at first seeing it as a useless planet, Thor finds a home on Earth and during his disappearance from Asgard, his mischievous brother, Loki, has plans of his own to take the throne from Odin...

Protagonists: Thor, Lady Sif, Heimdall, Hogun, Volstagg, Fandral, Frigga, and Odin

Antagonists: Loki and Laufey

After Credits: Erik Selvig, who signs on for SHIELD, gives the Tesseract to Fury, who stresses the fact that the Tesseract cannot be in the wrong hands or else the "end times will be near". Selvig shakes Fury's hand and promises not to tell anyone of the Tesseract. Loki appears in the shadows and says, "This is going to be fun", while having an evil grin. The screen cuts to black...

Deaths: N/A Release Date: 2011
 * The Incredible Hulk 2

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Bruce, who begins to teach himself how to control his powers and decide himself when to turn into the green monster, is led back into the game when a figure has been sampling and donating tons and tons of gamma radiation and bombs. Bruce tracks these bombs down, with the help of Rick Jones, who Bruce saved from death by one of the bombs. Bruce tracks the bombs to Arizona, where the "Leader" is. The Leader manages to detonate a bomb that kills 5000 people; enraged, Bruce swears to find the Leader, who he soon finds out is an old colleague of his. Little does Bruce know, these bombs have created superhuman enforcers and has created a secret society known as the Freehold. Bruce must put a stop to this madness before more people get killed. Will Bruce have to cross the line once moreto achieve peace?

Protagonists: Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Rick Jones, and General Thunderbolt Ross

Antagonists: Samuel Sterns/The Leader, Marlo, and Philip Sterns/Madman

After Credits: Ross, who is smoking a cigarette in a Mesa bar, Tony Stark approaches him and tells Ross he is putting a team together. Ross then takes out his cigarette and asks, "Who's we?" Tony looks at him and the screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Marlo (one of the superhumans who die when The Leader burns down the Freehold) Release Date: 2011
 * Captain America: The First Avenger

Rating: PG-13

Story:

It is 1941 and the world is in the throes of war. Steve Rogers wants to do his part and join America's armed forces, but the military rejects him because of his small stature. Finally, Steve gets his chance when he is accepted into an experimental program called the Super Soldier program. This turns him into a super soldier known as Captain America who backs the American forces against the opposing side. Joining forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter, Captain America leads the fight against the Nazi-backed HYDRA organization, who has plans on winning the war through their ruthless dictator, the Red Skull, who was part of the same program Rogers was in...

Protagonists: Steve Rogers/Captain America, Sergeant Bucky Barnes, Peggy Carter, and Dum Dum Dugan

Antagonist: Johann Schmidt/Red Skull

After Credits 1: Steve wakes up in what looks to be a hotel room. Steve looks outside, which looks like 1941 Brooklyn, in his neighborhood. Steve hears a familiar baseball game playing on the radio; a game he and Bucky attended when they were in high school together. Steve sees a woman walking in to check on him, but Steve catches on quickly and sees multiple SHIELD agents surrounding the "room". Steve dodges the agents and walks out, where he sees technology and encounters the modern world of New York; he is surrounded by cars and Nick Fury walks out of one of them; Fury then informs Rogers that he has been asleep for 75 years. Rogers looks confused and sad at the same time; Fury asks Rogers what is wrong. Steve then tells Fury that he had a date... with Peggy...

After Credits 2: Steve is working out in the gym, where he meets Nick Fury again. Steve then asks Fury if he is trying to get Steve back into the world. Fury then replies, "I'm trying to save it". Steve looks up intently and a small teaser of the Avengers plays, with Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk assembling the Avengers...

Deaths: Sergeant Bucky Barnes (fell to his death after he was shot backwards by a HYDRA agent during the train heist by Red Skull; Steve mourns the death of his best friend) and Johann Schmidt/Red Skull (not being powerful enough to wield the Space Infinity Stone, Red Skull disappears into a space vortex before Steve's eyes, assumed dead) Release Date: 2011
 * The Spectacular Spider-Man

Rating: PG-13

Story:

15-year old Peter Parker is an ordinary high school science wiz; his life changes forever when a radioactive spider bites him. After the bite, Peter develops super strength, the ability to climb walls, and pretty much everything a spider can do. At first, Peter uses his powers to show off in his school by impressing the girl of his dreams, Gwen Stacy. But Peter quickly realizes his wrongs when his beloved father figure, Ben Parker, is gunned down by a criminal due to his blind recklessness. Peter, going by his Uncle's saying, "With great power comes great responsibility", uses his powers for good and becomes the Wall-crawling superhero known as Spider-Man. Peter uses his powers and responsibility to go after a highly trained criminal known as the Vulture, who threatens everything Peter holds dear.

Protagonists: Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Captain George Stacy

Antagonists: Adrian Toomes/The Vulture and Herman Schultz/Shocker

After Credits: After Toomes expresses his hatred for the Osborn name, Norman admits to himself that Spider-Man saved his life and Harry's; that is something Norman will remember forever. Norman seems to be talking to himself, but afterwards, the figure comes out; it is Kraven, the world's most dangerous hunter. Kraven tells Norman that Spider-Man is renowned as New York's hero; stopped Toomes from smuggling weapons into the city and even sent Toomes to prison, despite Toomes leaving his dying daughter behind his path. Kraven tells Norman, "You have my word; Spider-Man is mine..."

Deaths: N/A Release Date: 2012
 * The Avengers

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Thor's evil brother, Loki, takes his chance to arrive on Earth and manages to steal the unstoppable power of the cosmic cube, the Tesseract. Loki tears apart the main SHIELD facility and afterwards, Fury initiates the Avengers: Initiative as full-action. The likes of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk assemble in the effort to find the Tesseract and stop Loki before he uses it's power to conquer Earth. As each members find themselves conflicted with one another and the members finding out dirty SHIELD secrets, the Avengers must put their differences aside to fight for the fate of humanity...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Director Nick Fury, Agent Phil Coulson, JARVIS, Agent Maria Hill, and Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Antagonist: Loki

After Credits 1: The Other brings the news of Loki's defeat and how Loki has been imprisoned back on Asgard. The Other's master stands up and The Other kneels. The Other then warns his master that challenging the Avengers is courting death. The leader turns back to the camera and reveals himself as Thanos, the mad titan...

After Credits 2: The camera show Steve's feet, as he is speaking with someone; Steve says, "You did good this week, kid. We could use someone like you on the team. What do you say?" The camera zooms into Spider-Man, who is hanging upside down while talking to Steve. Spider-Man then wittingly replies with, "Thanks, but no thanks, Captain. I prefer to work alone. But hey; someday I might change my mind. Just not soon". After this, Spider-Man swings away and Steve smiles.

Deaths: Agent Phil Coulson (stabbed by Loki with the Staff containing the Space Stone; Coulson dies telling Thor not to let the team fall apart and to defeat Loki)

Phase 2
Release Date: 2013
 * Iron Man: Valley Of Spirits

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Driven by fear and post-traumatic stress, Tony finds it hard to sleep at night, as the memories from carrying the nuke through the wormhole in space still haunts him everyday. Tony resides to drinking, to both Pepper and Happy's disliking. Tony isolates himself from the world and finds his character becoming a monster. Things change when the truth spills and the Ten Rings have been exposed; their leader is the Mandarin, who is in China. The Mandarin challenges Tony and after The Mandarin destroys most of Tony's suits, Tony is forced to travel to China and dwell into the Valley of Spirits, where his worst nightmares become true and he is forced to face a power greater than himself; the actual and physical power of the Ten Rings. As Tony fights his alcoholism, Tony must rebuild his legacy and destroy the Rings once and for all...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, James Rhodes/War Machine, JARVIS, and Happy Hogan

Antagonist: The Mandarin

After Credits: AIM is shipping out MODOK to sell as a weapon to an unknown buyer. AIM unit leader tells his men that this buyer is very powerful and not to be toppled with. The men are questioning who the buyer is and the unit leader then says, "Cut off one head, two more shall take it's place". The screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Bethany Cabe (after Tony's ex-girlfriend comes back into his life to try and snap Tony out of his alcohol problem, Cabe is killed in the mansion firefight between Iron Man and the Mandarin) Release Date: 2013
 * Thor: War Among The Realms

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Thor, now the King of Asgard, has settled peace in his kingdom; his brother, Loki, has been imprisoned for his actions against the people of Earth and the Frost Giants are almost extinct. However, a greater evil lurks in the shadows of the Dark Elves, who are not happy about Laufey's disbanding of the Frost Giants and how Laufey was exiled from the Nine Realms. The Elves free Malekith, their ruler and a civil war erupts in the Nine Realms and one of Thor's loved ones is forced to pay the price. Thor, with this being his first act as King and being caught up in this civil war not only with the Dark Elves, but the entire Nine Realms, must protect his kingdom and go through the Nine Realms, which reveals dark revelations of its past...

Protagonists: Thor, Valkyrie, Heimdall, Odin, Lady Sif, Fandral, Volstagg, Frigga, and Hogun

Antagonists: Malekith The Accursed, Amora/The Enchantress, Skurge/The Executioner, Midgard Serpent, and Loki

After Credits 1: Volstagg and Fandral go take the Reality Stone to the safe hands; the Collector, who is the Elder of the Universe and preserves multiple living beings and artifacts from around the universe, including the Infinity Stones. Volstagg hands over the Reality Stone to the Collector and the Collector says, "Two down; four to go..."

After Credits 2: Amora arrives on Earth...

Deaths: Frigga (after Malekith manages to bypass Heimdall, Frigga and Malekith fight to the death, but one of the Dark Elves stabs her and she dies in honor) Release Date: 2013
 * X-Men

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

During the 1980s, when nuclear war is imminent and chances of World War 3 erupting are high, Charles Xavier, an immensely powerful telepathic and highly intellectual mutant, meets fellow mutant, Erik Lehnsherr. Despite their very different backgrounds and upbringings, with Lehnsherr growing up in the heights of the Holocaust and Charles growing up in a wealthy family. Charles and Erik find out there are more mutants arising every single day and they know that these mutants cannot be abandoned; Charles and Erik form the X-Men, a group of young mutants dedicated to help fellow mutants and protect a world in which hates them. The X-Men encounter an international group of mutants known as the Hellfire Club, who all consider themselves superior to the X-Men. With a madman powerful enough to erupt world conflict between mutants and society, Charles must gear up his students and protect the mutants and even the world that so much hates them...

Protagonists: Charles Xavier/Professor X, Jean Grey/Marvel Girl, Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Hank McCoy/Beast, and Warren Worthington III/Angel

Antagonists: Sebastian Shaw/The Black King, Emma Frost, Donald Pierce, and Tessa

After Credits: In modern-day era, Erik is still alive and he has formed the Brotherhood of Mutants...

Deaths: Tessa (absorbed by Shaw and killed in the process to show Charles that the Hellfire Club will destroy the X-Men if need be) Release Date: 2013
 * Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Now in his second year of high school, Peter struggles on balancing his double-life; his responsibilities as a high school student and the loving nephew of Aunt May, who Peter fights his best to try to take care of her after Ben's death, and his responsibilities as Spider-Man; protecting New York, his playground; his city. Peter applies at the Daily Bugle, where he becomes a freelance photographer taking pictures for Spider-Man and working under the hysterical J. Jonah Jameson, who enjoys branding Spider-Man as a menace. Things get awry when Spider-Man is targeted by the dangerous hunter known as Kraven, who wants Spider-Man as his "last hunt". Kraven proves to be a very harmful foe and this battle begins taking a serious toll on Peter's life, with both sides of his life having consequences resulting from this war. Will Peter be able to take up his responsibility and win the very war seeking to destroy his morality?

Protagonists: Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Captain George Stacy, and Detective Jean DeWolffe

Antagonists: Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven The Hunter and Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon

After Credits: Spider-Man was able to crack the code to the Osborn heir; the NYPD, with Captain Stacy being killed by Kraven and Smerdyakov, losing to Spider-Man, confessing to Ryker's Island about his affiliation with Norman Osborn, begin investigating Norman's secrets. Norman, with so many thoughts clouding his mind, takes out Globulin Green and downs the formula...

Deaths: Captain George Stacy (when him and Spider-Man go into the Manhattan Hotel to give Kraven a final visit, Kraven shots Stacy through the chest with an arrow, to Spider-Man and Gwen's dismay; Gwen begins growing distant from Peter) Release Date: 2014
 * The Incredible Hulk 3

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Instigating the trust of Earth and even General Ross, who only tolerates Banner as an ally, Bruce knows how to control his anger now and fully understand his abilities; with this, Bruce finds himself as a hero to many, but comes with a cost; the Hulk caused much of the damage in New York during Loki's attempted reign. While Bruce continues on his half-ego, he runs into a monster that is the darkest reflection of the Hulk; the Devil Hulk. Memories from his abusive childhood come to light and finds out the cold truth that his abusive father has come back to shed darkness on Bruce's life and make his life a living hell. Will Bruce break?

Protagonists: Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Rick Jones/A-Bomb, and April Sommers

Antagonists: Brian Banner/Devil Hulk and General Thunderbolt Ross/Red Hulk

After Credits 1: Ross is arguing with his superiors about how they are going to handle the destruction Ross has made in New Jersey and the superiors promise Ross that he will keep his position as long as he throws the serum that turned him into Red Hulk away. Ross says he will, but the screen zooms into the serum, which is in Ross's office, under his desk...

After Credits 2: Jones and April are about to make love until Bruce comes in and interrupts them.

Deaths: Betty Ross (killed by the Devil Hulk; to the anger of both Ross and Bruce, who battle it out over the death of someone they both loved) Release Date: 2014
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

After the cataclysmic events in New York with his fellow Avengers, Steve Rogers lives in the capital of the nation as he tries to adjust to modern times. An Attack on a corrupt counter-terrorist operations reveals the likes of Black Widow smuggling down secret SHIELD files. Growing distrust, Steve seeks out Fury and finds out about Project Insight; a secret SHIELD operation that deploys multiple helicarriers as a direct and immediate response to worldwide threats, especially after the attack of Loki and the Chitauri. An attack on Fury throws Steve into the mix of conspiracies revolving around this compromise... HYDRA has returned and SHIELD has been double-crossed. Steve finds himself on the run with Black Widow and new ally, Sam Wilson, while going up against an unexpected enemy known as the Winter Soldier, someone from Steve's dark past of war and violence...

Protagonists: Steve Rogers/Captain America, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sam Wilson/Falcon, Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Agent Maria Hill, Agent Gregor Shapanka, and Director Nick Fury

Antagonists: Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier, Alexander Pierce, Brock Rumlow, Yelena Belova, Batroc The Leaper, and Agent Jasper Sitwell

After Credits 1: New HYDRA leader, Baron Von Strucker, has collected the Scepter, which was once dueled by Loki. Strucker starts talking about how the Scepter is linked to the Mind Stone, which can read the minds of many individuals and Strucker finds Charles Xavier's mind; the X-Men are still out there, but they are not showing themselves to the world after their war against the Hellfire Club. The HYDRA right-wing then shows Strucker their newly obtained secret mutants; two humans who were revealed to be mutants through the Scepter; Wanda and Pietro Maximoff...

After Credits 2: Bucky is in the museum Steve was previously at, which shows the World War 2 expedition and eerie music begins playing and the camera zooms into Bucky, who remembers his past...

Deaths: Agent Jasper Sitwell (while accompanying Rogers, Romanoff, Wilson, and Barton on the freeway to the coordinates of Zola's Algorithm, Sitwell is choked by the Winter Soldier, who ends up destroying Wilson's van) and Alexander Pierce (shot dead by Nick Fury after Rogers manages to shut down Project Insight and have the helicarriers destroy each other instead of Earth's enhanced) Release Date: 2014
 * Guardians Of The Galaxy

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Kidnapped as a child by the Ravagers and spending the rest of his live in the galaxy as a brash space adventurer and outlaw, Peter Quill finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals the powerful Orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful Kree warlord. Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with six other intergalactic criminals; the knife-whistling Yondu, the Jupiter-powered Charlie-27, the gun-toting Rocket Raccoon, tree-like humanoid Groot, dangerous and harmful daughter of Thanos, Gamora, and vengeance-driven Drax The Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the Orb's true powers, the seven of them escape custody from the Nova Corps and must run off with the Orb and find a plan of action before Ronan uses it for the destruction of the galaxy. Will this family of misfits be able to stop this powerful Kree lord?

Protagonists: Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Gamora, Charlie-27, Drax The Destroyer, Yondu, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot

Antagonists: Ronan The Accuser, Nebula, The Collector, and Korath The Pursuer

After Credits 1: After the destruction of his collection, The Collector looks so desperately on, with his only collection being the Reality Stone he still has from Volstagg and Fandral of Asgard. Howard the Duck, one of The Collector's collections, then mocks The Collector and calls him pathetic while drinking intergalactic champagne.

After Credits 2: Quill asks the team if they want to go eat dinner somewhere and Drax takes this literally.

Deaths: Ronan The Accuser (after the team all hold hands to counter the powers of the Power Stone, Ronan realizes the stone is now in custody of the Nova Corps. Trying to kill Nova Prime, Ronan is instead killed by Yondu's whistling arrow) Release Date: 2015
 * The Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Rating: PG-13

Story:

The Avengers reassemble to take the Scepter back from HYDRA and reveals the existence of two powerful mutants known as Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. After obtaining the Scepter, Tony begins a peacemaking program known as Ultron; a technological landmark. When all seems to be well, Ultron becomes corrupt and ends up destroying JARVIS; Ultron dislikes the Avengers and their methods of world peace; after successfully escaping, Ultron grows stronger and fights towards one goal; human extinction, as Ultron does not have faith in human beings. While Tony feels the blame and guilt of creating Ultron and the team encounters the powerful Masters of Evil, this year-long battle determines whether Ultron was right...

Protagonists: Tony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Thor, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, The Vision, Sam Wilson/Falcon, James Rhodes/War Machine, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, and Rick Jones/A-Bomb

Antagonists: Ultron, Amora/The Enchantress, George Tarleton/MODOK, Baron Von Strucker, Justin Hammer/Crimson Cowl, Skurge/The Executioner, and The Mandarin

After Credits: The Infinity Gauntlet appears from a chamber and a figure walks through. The figure being the mad titan, Thanos, who grabs the Gauntlet and says to himself, "Fine, I'll do it myself..."

Deaths: Helene Cho (after getting the sources to create The Vision, Ultron kills her after she snaps back into her normal self) and Rick Jones/A-Bomb (after the Avengers feel defeated, Jones transforms into A-Bomb and holds off Ultron only to be killed by Ultron; this causes Bruce not to go after Ultron, but escape from Earth since he has lost both Betty and Rick...) and Ultron (blasted into dust by The Vision) Release Date: 2015
 * Ant-Man

Rating: PG-13

Story:

A down-on-luck electronics and burglar expert, Scott Lang uses his low-criminal activities to support his family. Arrested countless times due to his poor criminal status, Lang finds out that his daughter, Cassie, is dying of a failed heart condition and Lang seeks the help of a fellow doctor of Pym Industries. However, this doctor is captured by the mutated Darren Cross, who took over Pym Industries and the Pym Particles, which can turn enable the user to shift into small and even bigger physical sizes. Lang steals Hank Pym's old Ant-Man suit and is caught, but Hank offers Scott a chance at redemption; rescuing the doctor and clearing his criminal background and becoming the hero his daughter needs...

Protagonists: Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Hope Van Dyne, Hank Pym, and Luis Garcia

Antagonist: Darren Cross/Yellowjacket

After Credits 1: Hank, after conflict with his own daughter over her mother's death as the Wasp during the Cold War, makes it up for Hope by showing her the prototype suit for The Wasp, in which she will need; to partner up with Scott and be the hero her mother always wanted her to be...

After Credits 2: Steve and Sam have successfully captured Bucky and brought him back to his former state of mind. Steve suggests calling Tony, but Sam admits he does not trust Tony due to the "Accords". Steve then informs Sam that they are outnumbered and Sam then suggests to Steve that he knows a guy; Scott Lang...

After Credits 3: General Ross, now Secretary of State, despite keeping his secret of the serum he still has from battling off Banner, is in a board meeting with United States officials and officials from every country. Ross then shows the officials clips from all the damage the "enhanced" have done to Earth; Ross shows Loki in New York, the fall of SHIELD in Washington DC during Project Insight, Ultron's damage to Russia and the West Coast of the United States during that year-long battle, and the explosion from the battle between Ant-Man and Darren Cross. An official from Wakanda then tells Ross that these "superheroes" need to be regulated. After the meeting ends, Ross and his assistant are talking about how Ross will go to Avengers Facility in Upstate New York and inform Steve Rogers that they need to sign. His assistant asks Ross what will happen if they do not sign. Ross then says, "That's why we have him" and points to the mercenary, Crossbones. The screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Dr. Erika Sondheim (killed by Cross when Lang has double-crossed Cross the last time) and Darren Cross/Yellowjacket (sucked into the Quantum Realm after Scott dismantles the suit and gets the serum for Cassie) Release Date: 2015
 * Spider-Man: The Fall

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Now a senior in high school and in his fourth year as Spider-Man, Peter has more control over his life and has fully embraced his true identity as Spider-Man; he is no longer the naive hero he was a few years ago. Peter uses the lessons learnt from the past to apply them to his present life as he finishes his last year of high school with Gwen, Harry, and Ned. In the last few years, Peter has been hunting down the remaining bits of the Russian mafia, who have had a major power vacuum in New York right after Kraven and Chameleon were both put away in jail, resulting in Peter encountering a new villain known as the Rhino. However, Spider-Man quickly takes notice of how many mafia are dying, as a suspicious figure is slowly taking the old gang out one-by-one; that figure is known as the maniacal Green Goblin, who nearly kills Spider-Man during their first encounter. Green Goblin seems to be aware of Spider-Man's personal life and uses this against him; Green Goblin is the one behind Kraven and Chameleon. Green Goblin mentally and physically shows his hatred for Spider-Man; he really wants to destroy Peter's life. How far will the Goblin go, however?

Protagonists: Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Captain Jean DeWolffe

Antagonists: Norman Osborn/Green Goblin and Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino

After Credits: Just a week after Gwen's death, Peter is walking home from the sandwich store after picking up a sandwich; Peter is clearly not himself; he has quit being Spider-Man and Gwen's death has made him depressed. Tony Stark arrives, out of Peter's surprise. Peter takes his headphones out and asks Tony, "What are you doing here?" Tony explains everything to Peter; the Sokovia Accords have been put in place and Captain America is now a wanted fugitive. Peter is surprised to hear this and Peter assures Tony that he is not interested in joining the Avengers. Tony convinces Peter and Peter asks, "How did you know where to find me?" Tony explains that Peter and his Aunt May have been under the supervision of SHIELD for his entire time of being Spider-Man. Tony explains that if Peter helps, he promises Peter that his Aunt and anyone close to him will be under the government's protection. Peter looks for a minute and the screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Gwen Stacy (killed by Green Goblin in an epic climax between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin on the George Washington Bridge)

Phase 3
Release Date: 2016
 * Captain America: Civil War

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

Political pressure ensues upon the Avengers after a brutal fight between Captain America and his Secret Avengers team and Crossbones, an old foe from HYDRA. After this fight causes almost a hundred women and children to die, the government propose a registration act known as the Superhuman Accords; all superhuman, including the Avengers, must turn themselves into the government and only act and fight if and when the government deems it necessary. The new status quo divides the two longtime Avengers allies, Captain America and Iron Man; Cap believes superheroes should be free to defend humanity, as he does not trust the government after HYDRA compromised SHIELD, but Tony, on the other hand, acknowledges his past mistakes with creating Ultron and his nonredeemable and haunting past of making weapons of mass destruction. As the debate escalates into an all-out feud, with Tony trying to convince his old friend to sign the Accords and the Winter Soldier returns, this feud brings in the likes of Spider-Man, who is forced to pick a side.

Pro-Accords: Tony Stark/Iron Man, Peter Parker/Spider-Man (at first), Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (at first), T'Challa/Black Panther, James Rhodes/War Machine, General Thunderbolt Ross/Red Hulk, and The Vision

Anti-Accords: Steve Rogers/Captain America, Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sam Wilson/Falcon, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, and Scott Lang/Ant-Man

Antagonists: Baron Zemo and Brock Rumlow/Crossbones

After Credits 1: Bucky is in a laboratory in Wakanda with T'Challa and Steve and farewells Steve; Bucky has agreed to T'Challa to freeze himself with Wakandan technology and cleanse his mind of HYDRA and Zemo; the Winter Soldier is dead. Bucky is frozen and Steve, now retired, looks out the window and Steve tells T'Challa that first Peter's aunt dies and Spider-Man becomes a wanted criminal and now Bucky and the rest of Cap's allies in whom rebelled the Accords are now on the run too. T'Challa feels for Steve and T'Challa tells Steve he owes Bucky; Zemo played both T'Challa and Bucky; with framing Bucky for murdering King T'Chaka. Steve, before he leaves, warns T'Challa that if the government knows Bucky is here, they will try to attack. T'Challa says, "Let them try". The camera zooms out to the statue of the Black Panther in the mist...

After Credits 2: Pietro, on the run, feels betrayed by Wanda after she and Vision run off to Scotland to start a new life there. While Pietro is running, he remembers he keeps hearing this ominous voice in his head. The voice has told him where to go and he ends up arriving at Westchester, New York, where the X-Mansion, the home of the X-Men, is... a modern-day Charles Xavier opens himself up and welcomes Pietro to the X-Men. Pietro is concerned that the government will find him here and Xavier assures Pietro that the government do not know where the X-Men are. Pietro strikes a smile and the screen cuts to black...

Deaths: Peggy Carter (dies of old age in her sleep; Steve buries her and her death reminds him that Bucky is the last remaining piece of his old life in World War 2), King T'Chaka (during the United Nations meeting, which Widow attended, T'Challa's honorable father and former holder of the Black Panther dies in an explosion caused by a Winter Soldier clone; T'Challa chases down Bucky throughout the movie only to find out that Bucky was framed by Zemo and that Zemo was actually the one to kill T'Challa's father), and Aunt May (after Ross's men find out where Parker is holed up, Spider-Man holds off Ross's agents only for his Aunt to get shot and killed in the crossfire; Peter runs away and is not seen from Cap or Tony, who he just had a brutal fight with, again) Release Date: 2016
 * Doctor Strange

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Arrogant and egotistical surgeon, Dr. Stephen Strange, has his entire life changed forever when a severe car crash severs his hands; Strange loses his career, his fiance, and his life goes down the drain. Strange travels around the world desperately looking for a fix to his hands, which puts him in the path of the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme of the Kamar-Taj. Strange unexpectedly is introduced to the mystic arts sorcery; his hands are cured and Ancient One takes Strange under his wing and gives him a shot of redemption; using his new lessons to become the next Sorcerer Supreme and become the mystical hero known as Doctor Strange. When Ancient One's last failed disciple returns to haunt him, Strange must use his newfound abilities to fight off this disciple...

Protagonists: Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange, Wong, The Ancient One, and Anthony Druid/Doctor Druid

Antagonists: Baron Mordo and Kaecillius

After Credits 1: The camera is completely black. The camera goes around this black dimension full of nothing but darkness and evil. The camera then reveals the face of Dormammu, the ruler of the Dark Dimension...

After Credits 2: Strange meets Thor, who asks Strange for help on finding where Odin is (after Odin mysteriously disappeared after the war with the Dark Elves.

Deaths: N/A Release Date: 2016
 * Planet Hulk

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

After leaving Earth in the aftermath of the war with Ultron and the Masters of Evil due to the amount of death he has bestowed upon Earth for the past decade, Bruce crash-lands on a war-torn planet as the Hulk and with his new and balanced relationship with the Hulk, Bruce stays as the Hulk; on this war-torn planet, known as Sakaar, Hulk is forced to fight as a gladiator under the rule of the Grandmaster. Hulk notices himself become a valuable object in the planet and befriends the likes of the hulk-like Skaar and the rock-monster known as Korg. A revolution in Sakaar begins when a power-hungry species known as the Red King takes over; the Red King enjoys abusing power and continuing to make Sakaar the war-torn planet it is; the Hulk, using his past lessons of pain, must stop this power-hungry mad being from tearing this planet apart even more...

Protagonists: Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Skaar, and Korg

Antagonists: Angmo-Asan/Red King and Grandmaster

After Credits: After making that temporary deal with Grandmaster and Red King's glorious death, the Hulk gets ready to fight his new ring opponent. The Hulk gets ready, with the Grandmaster himself even warning the Hulk that this opponent might put the Hulk under, as this opponent is one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy and is part of the Korbinites. The Hulk goes into fighting position and out of the shadows reveals Beta Ray Bill, the cyborg champion of the Korbinities...

Deaths: Agnmo-Asan/Red King (is beat to death by the Hulk, as the Hulk takes his rightful place as protector and has dethroned the evil that has corrupted Sakaar) Release Date: 2016
 * X-Men: Brotherhood

Rating: PG-13 (R on Extended Cut)

Story:

In modern-day era, the X-Men are still thriving, with Xavier being able to build a base and school in Westchester, New York, teaching many students and essentially becoming the Martin Luther King Jr. of mutants around the world; the X-Men continue fighting for a world in whom despises them so much, even after they were seen dispatching Sebastian Shaw all those years ago. While the X-Men recruit more students, Xavier spends his other days trying to find where Erik has went; Xavier finds the horrible truth of how Erik has become a revolutionary and extremist for mutants, manipulating them to do bad deeds and rebel against human society, becoming the Malcolm X for mutants around the world. Xavier and Erik clash, along with the X-Men and the Brotherhood; two ideologies on how to handle the hate bestowed upon them clash together. During this heated war of hatred, Xavier takes in the likes of the nearly immortal mutant with the rage of a beast known as Wolverine...

Protagonists: Charles Xavier/Professor X, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jean Grey, Hank McCoy/Beast, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Warren Worthington III/Angel, Logan Howlett/Wolverine, Peter Rasputin/Colossus, and Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat

Antagonists: Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, Exodus, Raven Darkholme/Mystique, and Cain Marko/Juggernaut

After Credits: A man with an EssexCorp briefcase carries the viles of blood that created Weapon X (after Logan goes to the place where he became what he is after Magneto lured him there) and puts the viles in his briefcase...

Deaths: Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto (after a climatic fight between him and Charles, Erik realizes the monster he has become; Erik explains to Charles all he ever wanted was safehaven and peace for their people and that never came; no matter how many people he had to kill for it; Erik crushes his own head and kills himself) Release Date: 2017
 * Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2

Rating: PG-13

Story:

Netflix Series
Air Date: 2014
 * Daredevil: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

Blinded at a very young age due to exposure to radioactive waste while trying to save an elderly man from getting hit by a truck, Matt Murdock is a successful trial lawyer by day, but he is also the protector of New York's most deadly neighborhood; Hell's Kitchen. Matt and his best friend and partner in law, Foggy Nelson, work on making a difference in Hell's Kitchen, whilst Matt's secret vendetta also pushes forward that idea, with no one knowing the Devil that comes out at night to prey on criminals. Hell's Kitchen sees the rise of crimes, as the Kitchen Irish strike hell on the streets and introduce Matt and Foggy to Karen Page, who they take under their firm and build a connection. As Daredevil, Matt finds out that all the gangs in the city are bowing down and answering to the Kingpin of Crime, who Matt discovers is Wilson Fisk, the most acclaimed man in New York. Fisk's lies are not shown publicly and the war begins between the King and the Devil, who wants to take the throne from the King...

Protagonists: Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Melvin Potter, Stick, and Detective Brett Mahoney

Antagonists: Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin, Leland Owlsley/The Owl, James Wesley, and The Fixer

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Grotto (contact of the Kitchen Irish; goes to court and fights his "innocence" with Nelson & Murdock, but when Daredevil confronts him and asks him about the Kingpin, Grotto becomes mildly scared and stabs himself through the throat to avoid dealing with the Kingpin later) and James Wesley (when Wesley kidnaps Karen due to Karen playing the "reporter" role and trying to expose Fisk, Karen takes Wesley's gun and shoots him six times; guilt runs her veins throughout the last episodes and Fisk does not know about the death of his most trusted associate) Air Date: 2014
 * Jessica Jones: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

Former superhero known as the Jewel, traumatized and haunted by her wrong-doings and abuse suffered under Kilgrave, Jessica Jones now works as a private investigator in Alias Investigations, operating at the end of Hell's Kitchen. Jessica spends her days with petty cases and drinking away her problems with bulletproof lover, Luke Cage. That is her steady schedule, up until Jessica gets a case of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by her own father; Jessica digs deeper into the case, but soon finds out that dark truth; the girl's father was mind-controlled and manipulated by none other than Kilgrave himself. Kilgrave returns to taunt Jessica of her past and as Jessica is forced to face both childhood demons and demons involving her former superhero-self, Jessica must stop Kilgrave before the entire city bows at his knees and manipulation.

Protagonists: Jessica Jones, Trish Walker, Luke Cage, and Officer Frank Simpson

Antagonist: Kilgrave/Purple Man

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Lilith Adams (hangs herself after killing her father; hangs herself to where all of Upper East Side can see), Albert Thompson (after Kilgrave kidnaps Trish and Simpson during their affair, Kilgrave forces them to watch as he traps his father into the same electrical chair that Kilgrave was exposed to as a kid and uses it so harshly to the point his father dies in front of Trish, Simpson, and his mother), and Wendy Ross (when Jeri Hogarth, Jessica's go-to lawyer, suspects that Wendy is cheating on her, Jeri goes to investigate at Wendy's apartment, but then witnesses as she kills herself; under Kilgrave) Air Date: 2015
 * Daredevil: Season 2

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

Wilson Fisk's arrest has led to a massive power vacuum in Hell's Kitchen; not only did New York see the power vacuum of the Russian mafia, but the Kitchen Irish, the Russian mafia, and the Dogs of Hell all go to war with one another. Matt and Foggy work together on taking them down, but soon realizes that the war is nearly over; a gun-wielding vigilante known as the Punisher has single-handedly taken out all the gangs with lethal force. The Punisher is someone in Hell's Kitchen known as Frank Castle, a retired war veteran who is very conflicted and has an extremely dark past that motivates him to do what he does; killing criminals and the low individuals of Hell's Kitchen. As Matt and Frank fight over their clashing ideologies of crime, justice, and jury, an old lover from Matt's life returns and Hell's Kitchen witnesses the horrifying myth of Mr. Fear come to light, as this entity preys on Matt Murdock and Daredevil, forcing Matt to deal with his inner demons and maybe even seek the help of his troubled enemy...

Protagonists: Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Elektra Natchios/Elektra, Stick, Detective Brett Mahoney, and Melvin Potter

Antagonists: Larry Murdock Cranston/Mr. Fear and Frank Castle/The Punisher

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Finn Cooley (after catching Frank offguard and sawing off his toe to exact revenge on him for killing tons of Kitchen Irish mobsters, Frank breaks out of his chains and squishes Cooley's head in the deep fryer, burning him alive), Christian Blake (went to trial to try and prove innocence to Murdock and Nelson; won the trial, but the Punisher then revealed a secret revelation; Blake raped a little girl a few months prior; the Punisher hangs him on a meat hook right in front of Daredevil, who Frank puts in a trap on a rooftop to watch), and Larry Murdock Cranston/Mr. Fear (after Daredevil confronts his own brother himself to end the violence and end the fear Larry implemented into Matt, Matt throws Larry off a roof, presumably killing him, with Matt feeling guilty; Matt looks down and sees no body; Larry has escaped and his abilities have fluctuated. Stick then confronts Larry and stabs him through the throat and says, "Don't you ever mess with my children again", referring to Matt and Elektra; Stick finishes off Larry by beheading him) Air Date: 2015
 * Luke Cage: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

The bulletproof man of Harlem, Luke Cage, returns to his regular, peaceful life after finding out that Jessica Jones was the one who killed Reva under Kilgrave. Luke works two jobs and one of those jobs has him working at Harlem's Paradise, the place where Harlem residents go to listen to jazz, dance to classic rap, and embrace the culture of Harlem. Little does Luke know that he is actually working for Cornell Stokes, who does not let his corruption hide and is actually the most feared figure in Harlem, paying off officials and such. Luke intercepts Stokes's projects in Harlem, where Stokes is recruiting young black teenagers to do his dirty work and then blame them for the crimes and kill them afterwards; Luke will not tolerate this and uses his bulletproof skin to his advantage. As Luke is pushed to his limits and Stokes uses anything he can throw at Luke to taunt him, this battle determines what makes Luke Cage a hero...

Protagonists: Luke Cage, Misty Knight, and Rafael Scarfe

Antagonists: Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth, Mariah Stokes/Black Mariah, Willis Stryker/Diamondback, and Shades

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: T.J. Smith (young homeless black teenager who works for Cottonmouth by stealing HAMMER and Oscorp tech and killing his best friend to get money; finds out Cottonmouth played him for the HAMMER tech and Cottonmouth beats him to the point where T.J. looks unrecognizable), Rafael Scarfe (after Rafael admits working for Stokes to try and kill Mariah, Scarfe gets what is coming to him and is killed by his own partner, Misty Knight, to Misty's dismay and discourage), and Cornell Stokes/Cottonmouth (at the end of the season, after Luke manages to beat Diamondback and Shades in a climax fight, Cornell has gotten away and has gone to the old Stokes mansion, where his Uncle Pete was shot dead by Mariah; Mariah stands there and the two argue; the argue escalates very quickly, as Cornell blames Mariah for incest with Uncle Pete; Mariah proceeds to chuck multiple champagne bottles at Cornell and stabs him through the heart multiple times, filled with blood; she erases evidence on the crime scene and sets up Luke, in which the authorities, besides Misty, believe this revelation and arrest him, putting him in The Raft, ending the season with a cliffhanger) Air Date: 2016
 * Iron Fist: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

When he accompanied his parents to China and the plane crashed, killing them, and resulting in him going to the ancient capital city of Heaven, K'un L'un, training there to become the immortal Iron Fist, Danny Rand returns to Manhattan years later to his company, which he finds out the Meachums have taken over his company. Danny reunites with Colleen Wing and he uses his powers and abilities to fight crime as the Iron Fist, fully embracing his wisdom learnt from K'un L'un, while still feeling like that ignorant student he was years ago. Danny's life is slowly being degraded by the Meachum family, minus the likes of Ward, who is his best friend and is trying to prevent his family from ruining the Rand name; Danny works on finding out what the Meachums want; little does he know, the Meachums have summoned a sinister monster to New York; that monster being the sinister god of K'un L'un known as Master Khan, who helped train Danny himself. Khan brings forth dangerous creatures from K'un L'un to rot all hell to bait out Danny; will Danny be able to stop his old master?

Protagonists: Danny Rand/Iron Fist, Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, Ward Meachum, Bakuto, and Abe Brown

Antagonists: Master Khan, Harold Meachum, and Joy Meachum

Number of Episodes: 12

Deaths: Christine Powers (Nurse that nurses Danny back to health, but is killed by Master Khan, who preys on Powers through the master of teleportation), Master Khan (banished by Danny himself), and Harold Meachum (at the end of the season, in a twist of events, Harold has been secretly answering to someone the entire time; not Master Khan, but a secret ninja organization lurking under New York known as the Hand... the Hand claims Harold has failed them and they cut his head off...) Air Date: 2016
 * Jessica Jones: Season 2

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

After the epidemic in Manhattan that Kilgrave forces in with his manipulation, Jessica, along with Trish, who acts as a protector known as Hellcat; Jessica and Trish both work on ensuring that all the lives of families that Kilgrave stole will be saved or taken in for somewhat stable care. This leads Jessica to the likes of Brooklyn, where Kilgrave also manipulated at some point; Jessica finds a crooked real-estate agent known as Jeff Jeffers, who is hiding something extremely dark; this lets a monster known as the Lone Shark, a hired criminal mutated into a monster, out onto the streets. As Jessica digs deeper into this crooked agent, she eventually is led to the place where she got her powers in the first place; the place where all the nightmares and bad dreams started.

Protagonists: Jessica Jones and Trish Walker/Hellcat

Antagonists: Jeff Jeffers and Lenny Sirkes/Lone Shark

Number of Episodes: 14

Deaths: Inez Green (the woman who experimented on Jessica as a child; Inez breaks into Jessica's home, hoping to kill her and keeping the experiment on Sirkes a secret, but Jeffers goes in to collect the money from the real estate property stolen for himself and shoots Green through the head), Hope Shlottman (young girl from the Brooklyn Orphanage, who received powers from IGH and uses it to kill herself), and Jeff Jeffers (after the final climax battle between Jessica and Lone Shark, Lone Shark goes rogue after nearly killing Jessica and goes after Jeffers who ruining his life; mauls Jeffers to death, leaving the season to end with Lone Shark out on the loose) Air Date: 2016
 * The Defenders: Season 1

Rating: TV-MA

Story:

After being imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, knowing the twisted and sociopath Black Mariah set him up, Luke goes to court and meets Matt Murdock, who acts as separate lawyer now after Foggy leaves the firm due to conflict with Matt and his double-life. Matt bails Luke out of prison and Luke eventually puts two-and-two together and finds out that Matt is the Daredevil. Meanwhile, Jessica continues to trying to find where Lenny Sirkes went, after he mauled Jeff Jeffers to death and Danny Rand, after Harold was found beheaded, tries to put two-and-two together. Matt convinces Luke to work with him to take down an oil company known as Roxxon from smuggling dangerous chemicals out to New York, including Harlem, which Luke immediately agrees on helping after hearing of this. Matt and Luke run into Jessica and Danny, in which both their cases lead them to the same place after a giant rumble shakes Manhattan from Roxxon. Later on, they find out that the Hand, the ninjas who killed Harold Meachum, caused the rumble and they have a plan for New York; their own way of justice, which includes violence, murder, and war. The four defenders of New York team up and must work together on taking down the Hand, who are everywhere...

Protagonists: Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Danny Rand/Iron Fist, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Abe Brown, Elektra Natchios/Elektra, Stick, and Detective Brett Mahoney

Antagonists: Nobu, Azuma Goda, Sowande, and Bakuto

Number of Episodes: 10

Deaths: Bakuto (when Bakuto reveals his allegiance to the hand and betrays Colleen, his student, Bakuto and Colleen battle it out after Bakuto goes so far that he cuts off Misty's arm; Colleen catches her old teacher off guard and cuts his head off), Sowande (after all the Defenders are led back to a secret Hand lair thanks to Stick's senses, Stick hangs Sowande and admits to Matt he was once a part of the Hand and was good friends with Sowande, angering both Matt and Elektra, causing them to avoid Stick), and Elektra Natchios/Elektra (after the Defenders hold off the Hand at Midland Circle, Daredevil and Elektra stay after, but Elektra is too weak to get out, as her leg has been cut with Nobu's sword, as Nobu managed to get away from Midland Circle; Elektra tells Matt to leave her, but Matt resists and eventually does, both of them telling each other that they love each other; Elektra dies in the debris and Matt ends up managing to escape the Circle; he reunites with the Defenders, depressed. He changes forever and Foggy and Karen both see how Elektra's death must have really affected him)