With Disney+, that universe has expended even more with the addition of TV series, and with its newest entry, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the MCU has gone back to its comic book roots like never before.
The following contains no spoilers but general discussion of the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+.
Elements of continuity that had been essential to comic books for decades were put it up on the movie screen.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe experiment has become so successful at this point that it’s almost difficult to remember what a gamble it really was at the beginning.