10 Comic Book Movies That Could Be The Next Avengers: Infinity War
5. The Kree-Skrull War
Marvel Comics
Although aspects of the centuries-long Kree-Skrull war will be addressed in 2019's Captain Marvel, it likely won't be to the same extent as it was in the Roy Thomas comic from the early seventies.
To at least a small degree, audiences have felt the influence of the Thomas-Buscema comic in the MCU. It was the story that introduced the Vision-Scarlet Witch romance in the comics, and while it's yielded mixed results since, there's no denying its iconic status, now enshrined in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (albeit under tragic circumstances).
Interesting to note about the storyline is that it really makes the Earth feel well and truly small when compared to the rest of the universe. It's just a stepping-stone in a conflict between two technologically superior alien races and, like Secret Invasion before it, it's not difficult to see next year's Captain Marvel building to a storyline of these proportions.
It's another fish-out-of-water story that has the Avengers hurtling through the cosmos, and while that was somewhat broached in Infinity War, don't be surprised to see them venture further into the galaxy with literature like this to inspire them.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
