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Dark Matter Creator Doesn't Have 'Respect' For Marvel's Multiversal Storytelling [Exclusive]

/Film·Oct 24, 2026 · 6:45 AM CT
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In a /Film interview, 'Dark Matter' author and series creator Blake Crouch says he doesn't have much respect for how Marvel and other superhero stories use the multiverse. He wrote his 2016 novel before multiverse blockbusters took off and says many of them use the idea mostly as an excuse for spectacle.

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