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33 Surprising Facts About Superhero Movies

September 09, 2023

As far as Easter eggs, clever references and sneaky winks are concerned, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse might be the most meta superhero adventure ever put to film, with nods to Spider-Man merchandise and storylines, Marvel’s multiverse and even comic art styles. Allow us to spoil it all for you below — along with 32 other Easter eggs and behind-the-scenes facts about superhero movies and shows...

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS KEVIN FEIGE PUSHED FOR THE SHOW TO BE AS WEIRD AS IT COULD. STUDIT Director Kate Herron says that she was pleasantly surprised by how open Feige was to all the weird ideas she had. Sometimes I'd pitch stuff and be like, 'this is too weird' and he'd say 'No, go weirder.' CRACKED.COM — THR

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The Iceberg Lounge wasn't just something made up for the TV show Gotham. From: It showed up in a 1995 comic, and it marked the point where the Penguin turned from a slapsticky, harmless bad guy to a dangerous supervillain. CRACKED.COM — DenOfGeek

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Into the Spider-Verse

EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Comics Code Authority Seal of Approval I The film opens with a shot of this seal, an inside Stan Lee joke. Fearing the APPROVED BY THE amorality of comics, COMICS these guys vetted CODE comic book stories CAD for almost 60 years. Lee famously defied AUTHORITY the C.C.A and printed a line about drug abuse in a 1971 Spider-Man issue, causing the C.C.A. to revise their code, and Marvel promising not to do it again. The process ended in 2011. CRACKED.COM — Vanity Fair

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BEHIND-THE-SCeNES FACTS IT WAS DISNEY +'S BIGGEST PREMIERE. MARVEL STUDIOS THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER Disney+ Original Series Streaming March 19 The first episode set record viewership for the streaming service, beating out WandaVision and both seasons of The Mandalorian. CRACKED.COM — Marvel

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EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Peter Parker's blue scales. It's a callback to Peter Parker (Earth-65), in which Parker turns into The Lizard after drinking a faulty serum. He battles Spider-Gwent and dies in that story. CRACKED.COM — Cinemablend, Marvel Wiki

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESED FACTS THE SHOW IS ABOUT IDENTITY AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE. LOK Director Kate Herron says that at its core, the show is about Loki's self-acceptance as a gray-area person. What makes someone truly good or what makes someone truly bad, and are we either of those things? CRACKED.COM — THR

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A vault number in Avengers: Endgame is a small comic-book homage. The van that has the entrance to the Quantum Realm is in vault 616, and Marvel's default universe in the comics is Earth-616. CRACKED.COM — Vulture

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SPECIMEN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Spidey O's AT THE START OF THE FILM, SPIDER-MA BRAGS THAT HE'S EVEN BEEN A CEREAL .BREAKFAST. CRACKED COM SPIDEYO'S IS BASED ON A CEREAL FROM 1995 MADE UP OF CRUNCHY RICE CEREAL AND MARSHMALLOWS IN THE SHAPE OF SPIDER- MAN SYMBOLS — The Hollywood Reporter

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE- SUICIDE The MAFALDA SQUAD Keychain Milton (RIP) has a keychain hanging in his van of the main character in the Latin American comic strip, Mafalda. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SPECIMEN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Hey, DC! Miles is not a Marvel-only guy. Posters of Superman and Batman can be spotted on the wall in his room. CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

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Ant-Man

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN THE MATRIX Matrix SKA When we meet Laurence Fishburne's character Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp, matrix can BE seen right behind him on the blackboard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS WYATT RUSSELL LIED ABOUT BEING A MARVEL FAN. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Russell admits that he was never a comics guy growing up and that he pretended to be a knowledgable fan of the MCU during the auditioned process. He eventually came clean and asked the producers to explain the universe to him. CRACKED.COM — YouTube

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Loki has a joke about one of the more ridiculous Marvel comic contraptions. THANOS THANOS In Episode 5, there's a helicopter with a THANOS sign that's a reference to Thanos flying around NYC in his Thanos-copter in a 1979 comic. CRACKED.COM — DenOfGeek

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SPDEAS EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Times Square images. The screens show that the movie doesn't take place in our version of Earth. hold DUSK PLAN but YOUR HORSES Shaun of the Dead has become From Dusk 'Till THE GOLDER BOY Shaun, Blue Man Group STEPHEN CURRY the Ex INVITATIONAL THE 2010 is The Red Man Group instead, and basketball stars Blake Griffin and Stephen WHOA! Curry now play baseball and golf. CRACKED — Vanity Fair

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE SHICIDE. SQUAD COMIC GAG When we meet King Shark, he's pretending to be clever by reading a book... upside down. The shot is a callout to the famous image of the character in 2013's Suicide Squad #20. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN MORRISSEY MORRISSEY MORRISSEY MORRISSEY MORNISSET Used NTERESTING MORRISSEY MORDISSIY MORRISSEY MORRISSEY HER APPARENT MORRISSEY MORRISSEY When Luis is rambling on truth serum in Ant-Man and the Wasp, he talks about how his grandma was a huge Morrissey fan and only played his music on her jukebox. Later when Scott's phone rings you can hear Morrissey's Everyday is Like Sunday as his ringtone. CRACKED.COM — Source, Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS'S INVOLVEMENT WAS TOP SECRET. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Dreyfus's involvement was such a secret that even stars like Wyatt Russell didn't know about it until the day of shooting. The actress had to wear a giant cloak whenever she'd come to the set. CRACKED.COM — Twitter & Esquire

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS MICHAEL WALDRON TURNED DOWN RICK AND MORTY FOR LOKI. LOKY 23 MATE N EVEN Dis Waldron was offered to take over as showrunner for Rick and Morty after being a writer on the show for a couple of years. He decided to turn the job down SO he could be the head writer for Loki. CRACKED.COM — Bleeding Cool

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In Wonder Woman 1984, the way Diana uses her tiara is a nod to her old comics. She takes out security cameras with her tiara, and using it that way is one of her powers in the '40s comics (the tiara was even telepathic at one point). CRACKED.COM — DenOfGeek

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EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Spidey Bells OH! SPIDEYBELLS SPIDEY BELLS SWINGING THROUGH MIDTOWN! OH, WHAT FUN TO SLINGA WEB AND TAKE THE BAD GUYS DOWN! THE CHRISTMAS RENDITION OF JINGLE BELLS THAT PLAYS THE CREDITS OUT IS A REFERENCE TO THE ULTIMATE SPIDER- -MAN'S BUDDING MUSICAL CAREER MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE FILM. CRACKED.COM — Syfy

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The Suicide Squad

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE -SUICIDE. SQUAD THe FAN-CREATED CHARACTER Another villain with a cameo at Belle Reve is Kaleidoscope who first appeared in New Adventures Of Superboy #36 in 1982. Back then readers were given a chance to submit ideas for characters to then be turned into comic stories. Chris Lawton and Nancy Mae Lawton wrote in and suggested Kaleidoscope, and both of them are credited for the character's creation. They also got a Special Thanks in the movie's credits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ant-Man (Again)

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN The MILGROM HOTEL The Milgrom HOTEL 420 The fictional hotel Where Scott stays after getting out of prison in Ant-Man is a nod to Marvel artist and writer AI Milgrom. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SHOW PURPOSELY TOOK A STEP BACK FROM USING WEAPONS. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Director Kari Skogland decided to reduce the use of weaponry on the show because she wanted each action sequence to have its own unique DNA at its core. CRACKED.COM — The A.V. Club

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BEHIND E-SCENES the FACTS MISS MINUTES ALMOST HAD A FIGHT SCENE. LOKI 0.0 According to director Kate Herron, a cut scene from the show involved Miss Minutes having an actual fight scene with Loki and Sylvie at the Citadel. Hopefully, we'll get to see what the TVA mascot is made of next season. CRACKED.COM — Marvel

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EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Comic book covers. I When Chris Pine's Peter Parker narrates his backstory, a version of The Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 186 gets I a couple of frames, only it's titled True Life Tales Of. the AMAZING Erik Larsen's SPINERI'A work is AN seen when Jake Johnson's POLKCE MERO: Peter Parker gets (DIDEY CLEARED WTB NEADANDIONE CHAMELEON into his own backstory, and many other comic issues can be found throughout the movie. CRACKED — Vanity Fair, Marvel Comics

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE SUICIDE SQUAD S.T.A.R. LABS Appearing for the first time in Detective Comics #300 in 1962, Polka-Dot Man was a supervillain who used technology in the form of his suit to create killer polka-dots. In the movie, his power comes from being contaminated by an alien virus at the hands of his mother who worked for S.T.A.R. Labs, the famous scientific research organization in the DCU. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES THE Ten RINGS ANT-MAN A deleted scene in Ant-Man that's on Blu-ray shows a man sporting the terrorist tattoo on his neck as he listens to Cross trying to sell his Yellowjacket armour. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS WYATT RUSSELL'S REACTION TO HIS NEW SUIT WAS GENUINE THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Russell says that he wasn't that impressed with the U.S. Agent suit after first seeing it but that he felt like a kid on Christmas once he put it on. His genuine reaction to wearing the suit was captured on camera. CRACKED.COM — Vanity Fair

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BEHIND HE-SCENES FACTS THE TVA DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY SEVERAL SCI-FI CLASSICS. Director Kate Herron revealed that the design of the TVA was a mix of a Midwestern classy, heroic style and the styles of sci-fi classics such as Blade Runner, Metropolis, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Alien. CRACKED.COM — Comicbook.com

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The Green Goblin from Into the Spider-Verse is based on the Ultimate comics. In that comic book series, the Green Goblin is a literal gigantic green goblin rather than a regular human (Norman Osborn) in supervillain get-up. CRACKED.COM — Collider

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EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE The Universe numbers In the comics, different universes are labeled with Earth and a specific number. The standard Marvel universe, for instance, is Earth-616. The dimensional portals in the movie show the numbers as they are in the comic books. Home to Spider-Gwen; Prime e-616 Marvel E-65 E-14512 Parker -Ham to Peni Home Spider- to Home E-1610 Ultimate Marvel E-99214 E-8311 Marvel Noir CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE SUICIDE SQUAD #10TH BEEN No. Personalized, Licence PLATeS! GOTHAM HAHAHA mintanthamclty.com In a hilarious scene where Harley is being very Harley, she tells The Thinker, If we find out you have personalized license plates, you die. She's throwing shade at Joker, who had a Hahaha licence plate in Suicide Squad. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ant-Man

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN THEM! The 1954 black-and-white movie about giant invading ants has multiple references throughout Ant-Man and the Wasp. When ants start crawling through the lab, Bill Foster says, it's them! Scott, Hope, and Cassie also watch the movie at the end of the film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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