In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are all-you-can-eat sundaes, post-punk covers from three supergroups made up of local musicians, the post-apocalyptic “Mr. Burns” and plenty of poetry, comedy, art and authors.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the return of the free Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, Halloween traditions such as GoreFest and Comicazi Halloweeniversary Party, but also a Grown-Up Book Fair, Play Night at CCTV and more.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the end of the 18-year Dire Literary Series, a Comicazi Cookie Clash, a street fest, visits from a comics writer and animation director, and new takes on “Streetcar Named Desire” and “Hamlet.”

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are a bunch of inaugural events for likely annual traditions, including Bust Out Boston Music Festival, the 14-performer OnceFest and pop culture-themed LadiesCon, as well as dumplings, Fluff and much more.

The action sequences by second-time franchise director Peyton Reed are seamless, funny and, with their use of big-small toggles, ever surprising and fresh. But as much as a worthy Evangeline Lilly gets near equal time as the Wasp, this is really the Paul Rudd show.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are Teddy Bear Picnics, music and poetry readings on the grass and in gardens, dance festivals, cringe comedy and a fundraiser for the MICE comics expo – a surprising amount of it totally free.

“Deadpool” is back, and with all the irreverence of the last silly slap. But where the original was so uproariously self-deprecating, scintillatingly scatological and fresher than a boatload of day scallops, the part deux follow-up feels more like daily gruel.

Somerville Public Library Comix Con and Star Wars Symposium; Somerville Open Studios; Kaiju Big Battel’s “Rogue Once” sports performance art; 35th Annual Mayfair; and the Coro-Dante Spring Concert.

Some might find this a bit of a spoiler, but it’s really more of a public service announcement: There’s a lot going on here, and the panoply of personas and power on display here is impressive, but this epic-length movie is really just prep for a mysterious “Untitled Avengers Movie.”

“Black Panther” is definitely a different kind of superhero film, imbued with the trappings of the Bard while hitting all the usual superhero notes and delivering the requisite wham-bam smackdowns.