Little Known Facts ...

Started by riv66729 pages

Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Elvis' logo:

TCB = Taking Care of Business. That lightning bolt? Shazam.

Also, his little cape thing.


^^^Awesome!
Originally posted by basilisk
Thunderbolts also used the character Humus Sapien, who was also created by a fan for a magazine contest in 1973. As the winner he was supposed to be used in one of Stan Lee's stories but it never happened... until the Thunderbolts writer finally used him in a story in 2001.

^^^and Awesome!

Aunt May & Uncle Ben once took care of a mermaid...

http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/strange_tales_97.shtml

Though she is now best known as a hero on Marvel Comics' "Defenders" team, the Valkyrie was originally a guise of the Thor villain Enchantress:

In the 60s, the mostly 5 toed Hulk was occasionally drawn with 3 toes. Sometimes 4.
This was actually subtly addressed in AVENGERS FOREVER:
(Note the number of toes in the last panel on the second to last page)

Great find 👆

Spider-Man's webbing dissolves in an hour.

Originally posted by Parmaniac
Spider-Man's webbing dissolves in an hour.

How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns.

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Parker once mutated into a Spider-Lizard...

https://imgur.com/MZsxB

... and twice into a Spider-Hulk (first time green, then grey).

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/d/d0/Peter_Parker_%28Earth-616%29_from_Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_70_0002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081214005735

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100514192121/marveldatabase/images/thumb/6/68/Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg/520px-Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg

Now those are little known facts 😎

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns.

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Parker once mutated into a Spider-Lizard...

https://imgur.com/MZsxB

... and twice into a Spider-Hulk (first time green, then grey).

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/d/d0/Peter_Parker_%28Earth-616%29_from_Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_70_0002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081214005735

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100514192121/marveldatabase/images/thumb/6/68/Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg/520px-Hulk_Vol_2_22.jpg

Now those are little known facts 😎

And once into a monstrous MAN-SPIDER, that was almost hunted down and killed by the natives of the Savage Land as a rogue predator!
Really kick ass art, but i can only find the cover:

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns.

^^^DC or Marvel?

Darvel Comics

Originally posted by leonidas
that's because all the cool characters are teachers. 👆

Yes. Like Spider-Man.

😐

Originally posted by leonidas
all the cool characters are teachers. 👆

Originally posted by Digi
Yes. Like Spider-Man.

😐

Haven't read Marvel Knights yet, have we ?

😛

http://www.comicsrecommended.com/articles/marvel/spider-man-knights-012.html

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
How is that a little known fact?

It's one of the first things a Marvel noob learns...

To be fair, Spider-Man himself sometimes forgets that, and the formula of the webbing HAS changed, along with the total time it takes the substance to weaken and evaporate:

Source: Amazing Spider-Man #18
Circa: 1963

Then, too, Marvel no longer seems to print gems like the following, which used to be found as informative inserts in the books every few months or so:

Wolverine's a staunch atheist

^^^Good one.

Superman was meant to be a bad guy, that's why when he was such a dick when the original creators were writing him.

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Originally posted by darthgoober
Cap's actually got a fair amount of creativity going for him too. A lot of people don't realize that Cap actually spent some time employed as a comicbook artist(ironically, drawing Captain America comics)

Marvel Comics' Incredible Hulk character is rumored to have derived from DC Comics' character, Solomon Grundy:

https://amp.cracked.com/article_24432_5-beloved-characters-that-are-stolen-from-really-weird-place.html