>it kinda sucks that for business reasons you already know that
>strange, t'challa and spider-man aren't perma-dead, but that
>didn't take away from the impact. it was like leaving game 6
>after the home team had a chance to end the series, but they
>lost and now you know they gotta go on the road for game 7.
>

Exactly, I'd add to the analogy that you have to go on the road knowing half your team can't start the next one.