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| Stan Lee who worked for Marvel as a writer for hire sued Marvel in 2005 because he was hurt by Marvel Comics decision to keep profits from him over his 60 years with the company Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| In the early 1990s, Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics just so that he could play Spider Man in his own produced movie. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Due to strange laws in USA, importing toys resembling humans are taxed higher than those that dont. Marvel successfully argued in court that because their X-men action figures are mutants and therefore should be exempt from such higher tax. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| There was a 1995 issue of Punisher called The Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe in which he killed every single Marvel superhero and villain, including himself. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Venom, the Spider-Man villain was a fan-based concept that Marvel bought for 220 dollars. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| During the production of the Avengers movie, they couldnt get the Hulks roar to sound just right so they decided to supplement it with recordings of Lou Ferrigno bellowing as the original Hulk. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| There is a Marvel super hero called Squirrel Girl, who once beat Doctor Doom by flooding his aircraft with a swarm of squirrels Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| In 2002, a 4-year-old boy suffering from hearing loss didnt want to wear a hearing aid because Super heroes dont. To get him to wear his hearing aids, Marvel Comics created a super hero with a hearing aid called Blue Ear. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Marvel has a superhero named Throg. He is a frog that has the power of Thor and is in a superhero group called the Pet Avengers. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| In 1983, Marvel published a comic about Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Ham. He was a Spider-Pig named Peter-Porker. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| In 1996, Marvel and DC comics created Amalgam Comics that joined their two universes together, thus resulting in characters such as Darkclaw BatmanWolverine, Super Soldier SupermanCaptain America, and Iron Lantern Green LanternIron Man. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| In the 1970′s, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel Comics to release the strangest Spiderman comic that discouraged teens from having unprotected sex. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Apart from writing for Marvel, Stan Lee also wrote 15 DC comics, reimagined popular superheroes like Batman and Superman. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| When the character of Nick Fury was re-introduced into the Ultimate Marvel comics, he was redesigned to resemble Samuel L Jackson, without the actors permission to use his image. It wasnt until Samuel himself saw his resemblance in the comic that he contacted Marvel to secure a role in any future Marvel movies. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Marvels Deadpool Wade Wilson was originally created as a spoof of DC’s Deathstroke Slade Wilson. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Mr. Immortal is a Marvel character with no special powers except immortality. He has been killed in ways including shot, suffocated, stabbed, drowned, crushed, starved, dehydrated, exploded, poisoned, decapitated, irradiated and incinerated. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| There is a fictional company in the Marvel universe called Damage Control. It specializes in cleaning up the mess that superheroes and super villains leave behind. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| The reason Spider-Man wasn’t a part of the Avengers movie is because Marvel sold the rights to Sony. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Spider-man married Mary Jane in 1987, for which Marvel held a publicity event featuring actors dressed like Spider-Man and Mary Jane getting married in Shea Stadium. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Eminem is a character in the Marvel universe. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| From 1975 to 1996, Marvel had trademarked the word, zombies. Perhaps understanding that this trademark wasnt enforceable, in 1996 they registered Marvel Zombies. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Deadpool has regularly broken the fourth wall. He knew that he was in comic books. This was due to his Comic Awareness, which was a pun about Captain Marvels Cosmic Awareness. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Despite all the Gods that roam the universe, Marvel Universe lived under one true God called One-Above-All. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Iron Man was created by Stan Lee as a challenge to create a hero that no one should like and force people to like him. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| In 2003, Marvel Comics announced it was planning to publish a five-part series entitled Di Another Day featuring a resurrected Diana The Princess of Wales, as a mutant with superpowers. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Darth Vader was inspired by Marvels Dr. Doom. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| The spider that bites Tobey Magquire in Spider-Man was chosen after a Spider Olympics, and was then painted with body paint when time didnt allow for a spider costume to be created. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Marvel created a character named Irene Adler after the Sherlock Holmes character, who was supposed to be Mystiques lover. Marvel wasn’t allowed to portray a gay relationship, so they made them to be friends, but later announced that they were a couple. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| Agent Coulson once defeated an entire HYDRA unit sole-handedly. When asked what weapon he used, he held out his pen. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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| And here’s a sneak peak of Bishop from X-MEN: Days of Future Past. Click here to view the Original Image Size |
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