This Generation Has The Avengers, But We Had The 90s Bulls

The Avengers have become the heroes of this generation. There’s no doubt about it. If you were born in this millennium, the Avengers probably got you eating out the palm of their hands, and it makes perfect sense. The level of popularity Marvel achieved after Iron Man skyrocketed onto the scene was great, but we’d seen it before. The successful build up to the crossover mega movie was the thing that changed the entire outlook of the movie industry in just one month. “They say family that prays together, stays together And one that walks apart, just falls apart So, together we stand, divided we fall United we form Voltron and take on all” -Juelz Santana With the introductions of Hulk and Thor out the way, Marvel combined their grandiose movie making skills with a bonafide, well-written story to stand on with Captain America: The First Avenger. The OG Marvel fans started to set Reddit ablaze, kids were gobbling up action figures like m&ms and the movie this was all leading up to was generating murder hornet buzz as the blockbuster season of 2012 approached. Indestructibility came after the Avengers dropped, fans flooded theaters day after day and the movie passed the billion dollar mark in 19 days!

For a movie to reach those numbers in under 3 weeks, you have to have the whole world hooked. Kids and adults were lining up in costume. Adults were lining up in cosplay! Comic book haters were tagging along and frontin like they didn’t openly hate for years! It transcended the …

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