"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is the PTFO Movie of the Year™ but how does all this comic-book content feel so new, when constraint is supposed to be the mother of creativity? Also: Will Marvel explain away Jonathan Majors? Can you actually draft an all-white Pro Bowl roster, with so much "reverse racism" against cornerbacks? And how can we all be a little nicer next year?

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"I'm sick of average white guys commenting on football...." (@R_Mendenhall)

The Spider-Man Problem (Planet Money)

Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he's convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend (AP)

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