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Ray Alvarez-

Ray Alvarez

September, 2022
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About Ray Alvarez

Ray Alvarez is an aspiring comic book writer with several screenplays in his trash can, a love for film, and way too many video games in his backlog. He once co-hosted the Bargain Binge Boys podcast, but mostly writes Letterboxd reviews at 2 AM. His favorite movie is The Fifth Element. His favorite pizza topping is pineapple.

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Jo Martin's Fugitive Doctor could've carried her own TV adventures. Instead, she may be reduced to another medium somewhere down the Doctor Who road.

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The Agents of SHIELD finale includes a connection to the MCU that predicted the importance of the Quantum Realm to Kang and The Multiverse Saga.

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