With The Avengers cracking the $200 million U.S. box office mark its first weekend in release, that makes all Marvel-based movies newsworthy for one reason or another. This 2007 film, a disappointing sequel to the first Fantastic Four film, can be looked at now as a relative strikeout – the year before Marvel hit a home run, and started The Avengers franchise, with its first Iron Man movie. For my Bianculli’s Blog about previous Marvel missteps, click HERE.