Marvel Studios has become synonymous with a synthesized, interconnected world, but that ironclad brand image is still relatively new. Back when Marvel’s cinematic universe was finding its legs, the franchise was all over the place. Apart from the “main” universe of the films, there were vaguely canonical TV shows distributed across Disney’s many platforms: ABC, Freeform, and even Hulu. It was something of a Wild West for the MCU, but it was also an era of innovation and individuality.
