There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play high drama and comedy alongside a modern story.

Comic books
Whedon a lifelong comic book fan is the author of the Dark Horse Comics miniseries Fray which takes place in the far future of the Buffyverse. Whedon graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) Angel (1999–2004) Firefly (2002) and Dollhouse (2009–2010) as well as Dr.

: /ˈwiːdən/; born June 23 1964) is an American screenwriter film and television producer director comic book author composer and actor. Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon (pron. He is also the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures.