Snark Industries

In the year 1260 B.C., the sanctity of the hidden African nation of Wakanda is fundamentally challenged when Nkati, a high-ranking Captain of the Royal Guard and a secret operative of the Hatut Zeraze, defects to the outside world. Having stolen a cache of advanced vibranium technology and recruited a loyal contingent of warriors, Nkati rebrands himself as "The Lion" and establishes a pirate empire in the Mediterranean, using his s...

Snark Industries kicks things off with a trip all the way back to 1260 BCE, breaking down Eyes of Wakanda's premiere episode and the redemption arc of Noni, a brand new character with zero comic book history to lean on. The full plot gets walked through, from the multicultural makeup of the Lion's Pride to the recurring Wakandan theme of keeping vibranium well away from a world that would absolutely misuse it. The one concrete MCU ...

In the waning years of the Bronze Age, the legendary siege of Troy serves as the backdrop for a high-stakes mission of recovery and infiltration by the Hatut Zaraze. B’kai, a dedicated operative of the Wakandan secret service, has spent nearly a decade undercover as the Greek commander Memnon, earning the unwavering trust of the nearly invincible Achilles while secretly hunting for a stolen vibranium artifact. As the Greeks d...

Snark Industries heads to the Trojan War for Eyes of Wakanda's second episode, with a full breakdown of Bakai, a Wakandan War Dog embedded in the Greek army under the name Memnon, and his mission to recover a vibranium artifact from Helen of Troy. The plot gets walked through in full, from his close bond with Achilles to the confrontation that ends with Bakai killing one of history's most legendary warriors to protect Wakanda's sec...

In an alternate timeline branching from the early history of the Nine Realms, the Allfather Odin deviates from his established path of absolute containment. Rather than imprisoning his firstborn daughter and former executioner, Hela, in the lightless void of Hel to suppress her insatiable bloodlust, he opts for a transformative punishment rooted in humility. This decision serves as the nexus point for a reality where the Goddess of...

Snark Industries takes its first detour into the What If...? multiverse, with a full breakdown of an episode that asks what happens when Odin punishes Hela by banishing her to ancient China instead of straight to Hel. The plot gets walked through in full, from Hela's powerless arrival in the shadow of Ta Lo to her eventual clash with Odin and ascension into something altogether new. MCU parallels are mapped out thoroughly, includin...

In the year 1400 AD, the clandestine Wakandan agent Basha is dispatched to the high, snow-drenched peaks of the Himalayas with a mandate to retrieve a stolen vibranium artifact. This artifact, a small dragon statue imbued with the rare metal, has been revered as a sacred object within the mystical city of K’un-Lun for over a millennium. Basha infiltrates the society by feigning the plight of a lost and injured traveler, a dec...

Eyes of Wakanda heads to 15th century China for its third episode, and both hosts agree it is the strongest of the series so far. The full plot gets walked through, from Basha's less than honorable exit from China with a stolen sacred relic to the stern lesson in cultural respect delivered by Captain Ebo, and on to the arrival of a stowaway who turns out to be Jorani, the Iron Fist, with every right to be furious. The moral tug of ...

In a radical departure from the established chronology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the destruction of Asgard during a premature Ragnarök forces the Tesseract from its ancestral vault and onto a collision course with Earth centuries before the modern era. Rather than being safely recovered by Norse worshippers in Tønsberg, the artifact settles at the bottom of a lake in the territory of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in pre-col...

Snark Industries takes another detour into the What If...? multiverse, this time landing in 15th century North America for one of the more ambitious episodes of the series. The full plot gets walked through, from the Tesseract's arrival on Earth during Ragnarok to Kahhori's transformation in the Skyland and her return to drive the conquistadors back to Spain with extreme prejudice. MCU tie-ins are minimal by design given the branch...

In an alternate universe set in the year 1602, Captain Peggy Carter is summoned by that world's Scarlet Witch to help prevent the reality from collapsing in on itself. She arrives to find familiar heroes and villains transplanted into the early 17th century, serving under Queen Hela... until a rift tears open and pulls Hela through it, leaving Carter blamed by Thor and declared a fugitive.

Forced to operate outside the law, Carter e...

Snark Industries tackles what both hosts agree is the most confusing entry in the What If...? series so far, and neither of them is especially thrilled about it. The full plot gets walked through as clearly as the episode itself allows, from Loki performing Shakespeare in front of Queen Hela and Thor to the cascading chaos of a reality-tearing rift, Captain Carter's reluctant heroism, and the eventual reveal that Steve Rogers is th...