Kevin Feige, the self-proclaimed head of the MCU, announced in a press release on the early morning of Sept. 27 that Disney and Sony will continue to collaborate on Spider-Man movies.

“I am thrilled that Spidey’s journey in the MCU will continue, and I and all of us at Marvel Studios are very excited that we get to keep working on it,” Feige wrote.

I received the news through an alert from Buzzfeed News. I genuinely didn’t believe it, so I looked it up, and it was true. I was blown away—finally, Disney and Sony came to their senses. Spider-Man has been a part of me since I was a child, so I truly felt like a piece of me was taken away when he left the MCU. Now, my favorite superhero of all time and the person I had always aspired to be (and my Halloween costume this year) is back with the MCU and can finish his arc. 

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