- Oh, hey, did you know that Batman's birthday
in the comic books is February 19th?
- Did you know that Marsha Manhunter is addicted
to a type of Oreo cookie called Chocos,
and will get violent without them?
Jimmy Olson's middle name is Bartholomew,
and that's because the editors of Superman
wanted to give him two L's in his name like Lois Lane
and Lana Lang because the readers pointed out that
Jimmy Olson only had one L in his name.
- Hey NerdSync, happy 100!
It's me, Spiderman.
But a recent study from Cambridge University
says that I can't actually stick on walls.
I mean, ugh, what am I if I can't stick on walls?
A kind of, a kind of Halloween costume?
Maybe just shoot some stuff?
I don't--
- Anyone who's seen Batman: Under the Red Hood
or read any Red Hood new 52 stories
noticed that Jason Todd was brought back to life
via the Lazarus Pit.
But his original origin story was that he was
brought back to life because Superboy Prime
punched the fabric of reality.
- Did you know that Samuel L. Jackson got the job
of Nick Fury because they based the ultimate version
of Nick Fury off Samuel L. Jackson?
- Did you know that Spiderwoman was originally created
because Stan Lee was just worried that some other
publisher would take the name?
- In Marvel Comics' run of the Transformers,
Spiderman was a guest star.
- Bruce Wayne once fought crime
as a hero known as Starman.
The nefarious Professor Milo had managed
to strike him with chemically-induced chiroptophobia,
the fear of bats and all things related.
But he got better.
- Did you know that in Batman: The Widening Gyre,
issue number six, Batman admits that he peed his own pants?
- Did you know that Hank Pym the Antman
once cured the Hulk of ALS?
It's weird, right?
- Batman had a daughter with Catwoman.
Her name is Helena Wayne and she's Earth 2's Huntress.
She appeared in Secret Origins of Superheroes
Issue Number 17, and Crisis on Infinite Earth,
Volume One, Issue 12.
- Did you know that (mumbles) childhood hero
was Captain America due to them both
being government experiments?
Captain America was one of the only people
that Giuseppo would respect.
- Early versions of Antman Uncle Ben first appeared
in Strange Tales 97, a whole two months before
their official debut in Amazing Fantasy 15.
- In preview of 52 continuity Booster Gold
actually inspires the Sinestro Corps
by telling Sinestro that in the future
Sinestro has his own corps called the Sinestro Corps
and that's where Booster Gold's ring comes from.
- The X-Men were not the first mutants
to appear in Marvel Comics.
That belongs to Tad Carter, appearing in an Amazing Fantasy
Number 14 about a year earlier.
Granted, this is ignoring Namor who is
like a (mumbles) mutant.
- In Batman Volume Two, Number 38,
it is said that the Lazarus Pit which keeps Ra's Al Ghul
alive is actually made from the same compound
as was found in the meteorite that keeps
Vandal Savage immortal.
- Jerry Robinson created Batman's Joker,
and it was taken from him by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
- The clue for a movie featuring both Batman and Superman
was given in the movie Man of Steel,
in where Superman fights Zod,
there is a poster in the background saying,
"Keep Calm and Call Batman".
- Ironman has over 50 suits.
One is made out of the metal of Thor's hammer
and the other one was designed to take down Thor.
- Did you know that comic book artist Mike Mignola
did a lot of the concept art for Disney's Atlantis?
- Did you know that during the Silver Age,
Captain America dated sisters at the same time?
For a couple of issues, Captain America dated
both Sharon Carter and Peggy Carter at the same time.
- Do you have a Lamborghini because I'm about
to drop some knowledge on you?
Superheroes wore tights because strongmen wore tights
and strongmen are strong and so are superheroes.
Mind blown, pshhh.
- Did you know that Stan Lee's publisher
actually thought Spiderman was the worst idea ever?
- Did you know that the only way to defeat
the Superman villain Mr. Mxyzptlk is to get him
to spell or say his name backwards,
and in doing so it will return him to the 5th Dimension
from where he came for a minimum of 90 days?
- The planet Concord Dawn, recently featured in
an episode of Star Wars Rebels,
first appeared in the EU Legends comic book,
Jango Fett: Open Season.
This planet was Jango Fett's home world.
- Everyone knows that Action Comics
was the first superhero comics,
and introduced Superman to the world.
But did you know there was an anthology comic
and also introduced another famous DC superhero,
Giovanni Zatara?
- Did you know that the idea for the black suit
of Spiderman was sold to Marvel for $200
from a fan named Randy Schiller?
- Superman was originally a telepathic villain
who was obsessed with world domination.
- Galactus the World-Eater appears differently
to every species that sees him.
Like the only reason that we see him as a human
is because we are human.
- Did you know that Marvel's first-ever
African-American superhero actually debuted
in Captain America Number 117 in September of 1969?
- A fact about our friendly neighborhood Spiderman
is that he is a Mets fan,
and that is because he identifies with them due to them
being a, quote, bunch of woeful losers who hit
the occasional home run by accident.
- Did you know that the Joker was actually inspired
by a character called Quinn Blaine from an adaptation
of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Loves?
- In the new 52 the true powers of Aquaman's trident
hasn't been revealed yet.
A character asked him once in Annual Number One,
but Aquaman just turns off and says,
"The trident can do whatever I want."
So this may be a hidden power inside of Aquaman's trident
that he is too afraid to use.
- You know, Wolverine was originally meant to be
a mutated Wolverine, like, the animal.
That would've been weird.
- In the beginning of every issue of Volume One
of the new 52 run of The Flash,
the name Flash is hidden somewhere.
- Did you know that Spiderman killed his wife
by making a baby?
I'm not going to go into the specifics of that
but you know what happens.
- Did you know that The Walking Dead was originally
conceived to be a follow-up to the 1968 movie
Night of the Living Dead?
However, Image Comics decided that they wanted
their own story so they re-worked the concept
and thus The Walking Dead was born.
- (Audio clipped) and Keven Eastman were creating
the original 1984 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic,
Donatello was originally going to be named Bernini
after another famous Renaissance artist.
- The X in X-Men doesn't stand for Charles Xavier.
It stands for the extra power in the humans.
- Did you know that in the Marvel Universe
there is a company called Damage Control
which specializes in cleaning up messes made
by superheroes and super villains?
- Hey NerdSync, did you guys know that Ironman's
armor used to include roller skates?
- The Amalgam Comic Universe took DC and Marvel characters,
created hybrids of their most beloved characters,
first introduced in the 1996 series,
DC Versus Marvel Crossover Event.
- In Spiderman Number One, Stan Lee uses
two names for Spiderman which is Peter Parker
and Peter Palmer in the same issue.
- When coming up with the idea of Wolverine
the creators were torn between two names,
The Wolverine, or The Badger.
We all know they went with Wolverine,
but The Badger is actually a comic book character
on his own being published by (speaks too fast) Publishing.
- Each issue of Valiant Comics' Legends of the Geomancer
was released in a very limited quantity.
Valiant doesn't even plan on making the trade paperback
version of this book.
That means that decades from now,
physical copies of this book may actually become
legends after all.
- The reason we call the mainstream Marvel Universe
the six one six is because of Alan Moore,
who was sick of calling them Earth One, Earth Two,
Earth Three, and figured there'd be way more out there
than just those.
- The Question did not start out as a DC Comics character,
rather a character written by Steve Ditko
for the Charlton Comics Blue Beetle Number One,
released in June of 1967.
He was later bought in the early 1980s by DC Comics
to be integrated into their current comics universe.
- Did you know that Harvey Pekar and Alan Moore
were good friends,
and in the first issue of American Splendor
Harvey Pekar included a picture of The Watchmen
logo on his coffee mug?
- In 1993 personal favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
crossed over with a character called Flaming Carrot
for a four issue mini-series.
- Even though the governor cuts off Rick's hand
in Issue 28 of The Walking Dead,
Rick is still seen with both of his hands
in some of the panels later on.
- Peter Parker is able to take such good pictures
of Spiderman because he's sewn a sensor into the suit
that triggers the camera shutter whenever the logo
passes through the center of the frame. (click)
- Lois gets injured really bad and Superman
has to rush to the hospital.
Surgeons say there's no way they can operate on her.
Superman reads every medical textbook ever published,
learns 10 years of medical knowledge in five minutes
and operates on her and saves her life.
- Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin
frequently wrote to Marvel in their letter section
at the end of their comics.
- Once Batman became the new god,
he asked the Mobius Chair two questions.
Who killed his parents and what's the Joker's real name?
It said Joe Chill killed his parents,
and the Joker's name was never revealed to the audience
all Batman could say was, "No, that's not possible."
- When Superman and Batman switch cities,
Superman finds it hard to get around Gotham
due to all the old buildings having lead in them,
hindering his x-ray vision.
However Batman hates Metropolis because
all the new buildings are polished and it's hard
to get a good grapple.
- Did you know the Marvel Multiverse contains
our own universe, Earth 1218,
and four years of our time is equal
to one year of comic time.
Approximately 13 years have passed on Earth 616
since its debut.
- After witnessing a woman lift a car to save her baby
Jack Kirby was inspired by her incredible strength
to create The Incredible Hulk.
Yes he did, yes he did!
- Did you know that Captain America's shield was changed
to its iconic shape because Marvel thought his old shield
was too similar to their rival publisher's hero, The Shield?
- Did you know that Doctor Doom
actually dropped out of college and isn't a real doctor?
I guess Mr. Doom sounded pretty silly.
- Professor X really isn't British.
He was actually born in New York.
- Did you know the only member of the JLA
that didn't show up to Superman's funeral
was Batman himself?
He only shows up 12 pages later at the closing
of the casket during the infamous ashes to ashes,
dust to dust moment.
- (can't understand name) Number 85,
Thor reveals that Loki cannot use his magic while he's wet.
Thor you're so mean to me!
Scott, I am now soaking wet and I have
water all over my shoulder,
so if this doesn't make it in then I'm going to be mad.
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