Why Marvel Changed Its Mind About God’s Goodness

Marvel continues its trend of wrestling with the goodness of God — but more recently has started to tilt toward believing that the Almighty may be good after all. Why? ...So what happened? Why has Marvel’s portrayal of the divine shifted so much from negative to positive? While there are a cadre of potential answers, there’s one that fits with other themes that we have seen in Marvel movies and its own evolving status itself. Marvel is now the establishment. As a result, it sees authority in a more positive light.