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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9701059" data-attributes="member: 11760">That's what I mean. If, say, the Guardians of the Galaxy are disbanded before the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie comes out -- even if that was the payoff to a long, well-written storyline, they're for sure getting back together a month before the movie drops, with a line-up that mirrors what's on screen, so audience members can drive from the theater and immediately start buying stuff that looks like the movies.We've seen this happen a ton of times in the MCU era especially.Back in the day, DC Comics took great pains to make the Superman comics compatible with Superman the Movie, including changing what Superman and Lois looked like for several years, making them much more closely resemble Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder.Contrast with DADHAT and the ability to buy nothing WotC published that explicitly tied into the movie beyond just saying D&D on the cover. No starter set, no Neverwinter sourcebook, not even having their heist themed adventure collection feature characters who looked an awful lot like the characters in DADHAT.If the D&D TV shows actually happen, I'd expect a lot more synergy next time around.But also, yes, it's weird that Marvel Comics doesn't have an ongoing MCU continuity comic series, just a variety of seeming low-effort one-shots.</blockquote>