You know your favorite superheroes now.

So Iron Man, Captain America Thor, Hulk.

But Marvel's past, the dominating the box office,

wasn't an easy one.

Oh, it was a real gut punch.

We were a nothing company.

He developed a fire in his belly of hatred.

From the journal, a new four-part series,

with great power, the rise of superhero cinema.

Find it in the journal Feed on Spotify,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

Here's your money briefing for Friday, July 21st.

I'm JR Wellen for the Wall Street Journal.

Forget planes, trains, or automobiles.

To get where they need to go, more people are hopping on a bus.

Taking the bus can sometimes take the same amount of time

door-to-door as taking a plane.

Because you don't have to deal often with going to the airport

and going through security and waiting on lines

and at the gate, and then leaving the airport,

it's just much more of a direct experience point to point.

We'll talk to WSJ's Ethan Steinberg, after the break.

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