Stories by @gustavomelo1

The Invincible Iron Man

Tony Stark is the world’s most famous futurist and celebrity industrialist, but behind the flashing paparazzi cameras, he is haunted by his company's legacy of destruction. After a life-threatening incident in a war zone reveals his own "Stark Tech" weapons are being sold to rogue paramilitaries under the table, Stark undergoes a profound moral awakening. He doesn't just build a suit to escape; he builds a symbol of the future. Utilizing revolutionary, renewable Arc Reactor energy and sleek, shape-shifting nanotechnology, he forges the "Mark III" armor—a gleaming, bright red and gold masterpiece of flight and repulsor power. But when corporate rival Justin Hammer steals his designs to create the towering, nuclear-powered "Crimson Dynamo," Tony must engage in a high-octane aerial war across the globe. This is a high-speed technological thriller about intellectual property, ethical science, and redemption, featuring anime-inspired aerial dogfights and a soundtrack as loud and confident as the pilot himself.

The Mighty Thor

Above the clouds lies the shimmering, impossibly colorful realm of Asgard, ruled by gods and mythical beasts. Thor, the arrogant, thunder-wielding Prince of the Realm, believes that brute force and endless glory are the only ways to rule. Tired of his son's prideful warmongering, the All-Father Odin strips Thor of his godly powers, his memory, and his enchanted hammer, Mjolnir, casting him down to Midgard (Earth). Thor is reborn as Dr. Donald Blake, a compassionate but physically disabled medical surgeon operating a bright, bustling trauma center in New York. Working alongside the brilliant Dr. Jane Foster, Blake spends years learning the profound, quiet heroism of saving mortal lives without magic. But when a magical invasion spearheaded by Thor's fiercely cunning adopted brother, Loki—decked in magnificent green and gold, accompanied by towering Trolls and mythical creatures—threatens the city, Blake finds himself drawn to an ancient wooden walking stick in a Nordic exhibit. Striking it against the ground brings a blinding flash of lightning, instantly transforming the mortal doctor into the soaring, armor-clad, winged-helmeted Mighty Thor! Now possessing both divine power and human humility, Thor must use his spectacular, crackling elemental thunder to defend Earth and prove himself truly worthy.

The Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

Reed Richards, a brilliant and impossibly stretchy theoretical physicist, leads his found family—the brilliant strategist and forcefield-architect Sue Storm, her hot-headed and fiercely loyal brother Johnny Storm, and the lovably grumpy, rock-skinned pilot Ben Grimm. Based in the brightly-lit Baxter Building, they don't hide their powers; they embrace them as pioneers of the new age of marvels. When a series of mysterious, colossal sinkholes threaten to swallow famous landmarks around the globe, the team embarks on a highly publicized expedition deep beneath the Earth's crust to "Monster Isle." There, they discover an underground kingdom of giant, vibrantly colored Kaijus ruled by the eccentric, misunderstood intellectual known as the Mole Man. Dressed in their classic, bright blue-and-white unstable molecule suits, the Four must rely on their chaotic but loving family dynamics, profound scientific intellect, and spectacular teamwork to stop an all-out war between the surface world and the deep underground. It’s an upbeat, highly intelligent, visual pop-art spectacle about science, discovery, and above all, family.

The Astonishing Ant-Man & The Wasp

Brilliant but pacifist scientist Dr. Hank Pym just wants to use his miraculous, size-altering "Pym Particles" for the betterment of mankind and peaceful scientific exploration. But when his experiments accidentally open a rift to the micro-realm of Kosmos, a retro-futuristic extraterrestrial monster known as Pilai escapes into the center of a vibrant, sun-drenched metropolis. To stop the towering threat, Hank must team up with the fiercely charismatic, high-fashion socialite and brilliant strategist, Janet Van Dyne. Equipped with highly advanced, brightly colored, and heavily comic-accurate suits designed by Janet herself, the duo must master the art of size-shifting combat. In a wild, colorful, pop-art sci-fi adventure, the battle seamlessly scales from the microscopic to the spectacular. And when shrinking isn't enough to stop the Kosmos beast, Hank will have to take a leap of faith, reverse his technology, and become the massive, 60-foot-tall Giant-Man! This visually dazzling, highly intelligent action-thriller sets the foundation for a whole new age of Marvel wonders.

Crystal Cove

In this contemporary and visceral reimagining of Hanna-Barbera's iconic intellectual property, Mystery Inc. is no longer a group of teenagers in a colorful van, but four young adults broken by the weight of their own legend. Ten years after a real-life massacre abruptly ended their careers as viral “junior detectives,” Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Norville are forced to return to the decaying port town of Crystal Cove. The trigger is the public execution of the former mayor, whose crime scene perfectly mimics one of the episodes of the classic 1969 cartoon. Under the provocative direction of Emma Seligman, the series delves into an underworld of industrial corruption, opioid crisis, and the practical horror of monsters that may not just be men in masks. In Crystal Cove, the biggest mystery isn't who committed the crime, but how to survive what's left of childhood when the monster is real.