Disney Cut a Huge Spider-Man What If Episode For Being Too Dark

What If...? season 2 has been well received by both critics and viewers, despite the fact that it seems like the show was largely overlooked over the holidays. Nevertheless, with Captain Carter's return, the show introduced a brand-new character in Kahhori and gave many beloved characters a new twist. Head Writer A.C. Bradley, who recently announced her departure from the series, told IGN (via Toonado.com) that the creative team was given more latitude with this second batch of episodes.

"With Season 1, there was a push to use the headliners, to do the Tony Stark episode, to do the Black Panther episode and Doctor Strange," she explained. "But with Season 2, we had a bit more freedom. At the end of the day, we're not writing the big blockbuster, 100 million dollar movie. We're not even showrunning the live action TV shows."

"We're the scrappy, little animation show slipping under the Marvel machine radar. So, it was really subconscious but I think we veered toward the scrappy characters in Season 2," Bradley continued. "We started with the second stringers, the undervalued and overlooked, like Nebula (Karen Gillan), Darcy (Kat Dennings), and Hela."