26Spider-Man
When Spider-Man was framed for murder by his nemesis Norman Osborn, he had to operate as four separate superheroes to avoid capture by the police. Two were villains he used to infiltrate the villain network and clear his name. The other two were crimefighters he used to continue protecting the city.
27. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby were both second-generation Jewish immigrants and created the character Captain America to take a stand against the Nazi regime before America entered the war, receiving harsh criticism and death threats for their stance. In addition, the two served in the military and fought real Nazis when the US did join the war.
28. Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds revealed that the taxi driver character Dopinder in Deadpool was named so in the memory of his elementary school friend who was killed by lightning.
29. A deleted scene from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 revealed that although Norman Osborn had died, his head was cryogenically frozen beneath Oscorp. According to actor Chris Cooper, the character would’ve most likely been revived to serve as a larger antagonist later on in the film series.
30. According to Stan Lee, the Iron Man comic series developed Marvel’s first and largest following among female readers, stating, “of all the comic books we published at Marvel, we got more fan mail for Iron Man from women, from females than any other title… Whenever we did, the letter was usually addressed to Iron Man.”
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31Stan Lee
Instead of writing a script, Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee would often sit and brainstorm story ideas with the comic book’s artist. That artist would then draw panels for the plot synopsis that they developed and Lee would go back and write dialogue over the sketches.
32. Charlie Cox revealed that before production started on Netflix’s Daredevil, he had dyed his hair red in order to appear more like his comic book counterpart. However, he admitted “It looked really weird,” and returned his hair to its natural color for the show.
33. In order to separate the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man from previous incarnations, the character almost debuted in Captain America: Civil War while wearing the Iron Spider outfit. Marvel eventually scrapped this idea, but still allowed Tony Stark to make tech upgrades to the classic comic book suit.
34. Though Netflix’s The Defenders series features Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, the comic-book version of the team was founded by the Hulk, Dr. Strange, and Namor the Sub-Mariner.
35. Nearly 20 years before he was cast as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in Marvel’s The Avengers, Mark Ruffalo auditioned to play Doctor Doom in the Roger Corman-directed 1994 film The Fantastic Four.
