Questions tagged [marvel]
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How can Kingo hear Sprite complaining even when she wasn't there?
In Eternals (2021), Sprite walks out on Kingo and Ikarus comforts him:
Kingo: Hey. Don't sweat it. Sprite's always cranky. I used to hear her complaining
even when she wasn't there.
Ikarus: I'm okay, ...
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What does "long" refer to?
In Eternals (2021), Ikarus meet Ajak in South Dakota:
Ikarus: How long do we have?
Ajak: Seven days.
Ikarus: Good. We completed our mission.
What does "long" refer to?
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How did Bifrost breach the force field? [duplicate]
In Avengers: Infinity War, we see that the Alien spaceships trying to enter Wakanda were met with a force field, which completely destroyed the ship.
How then was the Bifrost able to breach the force ...
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In Spider-Man: Far From Home, why don't people realise what's going on in the end?
In the end battle of Far From Home there's a part when Mysterio
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At what point of what we watch as the MCU movies the branching started?
This question is based on my assumptions/understandings of the following:
Way back in the past there was a multiversal war
"He who remains" fought his variants and won the war.
"He who ...
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Did Kang the Conquerer exist before the events of Loki?
In "Ant-man and the Wasp : Quantumania" we learned that Janet met Kang when she went to the quantum realm, but that happened before the branching of timelines, does this mean that Kang ...
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How is "He who Remains" different from "Kang the Conqueror"?
My confusion starts from the ending of the TV show "Loki", where
Watching "Ant-man and the Wasp : Quantumania" we learned about his variants and specifically Kang the Conqueror.
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Why don’t the all the pruned objects appear simultaneously, if the objects are sent to the end of time/space?
In Loki, Loki gets pruned. He then wakes up in the middle of a street and is found by some other Lokis.
Other Other Lokis have beef with Loki(Thor-killer)
Loki (who hid on an uninhabited planet) ...
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What is the power source of Kang's suit?
In the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Kang the Conqueror has a suit that is used for doing multiple things like telekinesis, energy blasts, etc.
What is the source of energy of his suit? Is ...
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An episode from Avengers Assemble TV series in which Iron Man saves a grand piano from a falling chandelier
This was an episode from Avengers Assemble (TV series). Although I cannot remember which season exactly, my guess is it happened after season 2 (most likely in season 3).
I think Captain America and ...
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What abilities does Kang the Conqueror’s armor have?
During the events of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, while trapped in the Quantum Realm and working with Kang to fix his ship’s power source, Janet Van Dyne
Ultimately she manages to get out and ...
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Which human has the highest specified IQ in the Marvel Universe?
I initially assumed Tony Stark had the highest IQ, but then I remembered Reed Richards - "Smartest Man Alive apparently". Then I read somewhere its Reed's son Franklin.
Anyways people on ...
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Do Either Ray Park, Bryan Singer, Gordon Smith or Famke Janssen Discuss the Toad vs Jean Grey scene from the first X-Men movie in his book Unmasked?
Main reason I am asking is that I know that Gordon Smith has a book called Unmasked: Volume 1, where it discusses various different films, and I was wondering if anyone involved with the first X-Men ...
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Why doesn't Zemo care about Emil Blonsky's Abomination who's partly a super soldier?
If the Hulk is a failed super soldier then why didn't Zemo kill him? is one thing, but Emil Blonsky's Abomination actually got no less than 3 working Super Solider injections (first two here and ...
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Why did the students laugh at the Walt Whitman quote?
In Eternals (2021), Black Knight says to students in the class room:
In this broad earth of ours, Amid the measureless grossness and the
slag, Enclosed and safe within its central heart, Nestles the ...
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Why did Kingo say "Ignorance is bliss" in this scene?
In Eternals (2021), Karun and Kingo went to a forest where Druig resides:
Karun: It's very nice here, sir.
Kingo: Don't be fooled. Ignorance is bliss.
Why did Kingo say "Ignorance is bliss"...
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What does "synthetic beings" mean?
In Eternals (2021), Celestial Arishem says to Sersi:
Celestial Arishem: I built and programmed you, Eternals, to be synthetic beings
and incapable of evolution, to correct my mistake.
What does &...
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Who was the previous holder of the Necrosword?
In the opening scene of Thor: Love and Thunder, Gorr finds Rapu, who was celebrating the death of the Necrosword holder. Later, Rapu disappoints Gorr and Gorr kills him.
Who was this previous holder ...
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How does Thanos cause the Blip if he is already Snapped?
So, Avengers: Infinity War is him getting the Infinity Stones, causing the Blip, and then destroying said stones. Avengers: Endgame is the Avengers undoing the Blip, and then Snapping Thanos (and his ...
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Is Thena pregnant in this scene?
At dining table scene from Eternals (2021), Kingo asks Gilgamesh a question about Thena:
Kingo: Should she be drinking?
Gilgamesh: No, hers is non-alcoholic. For kids.
Is Thena pregnant in this ...
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What is this place? [duplicate]
After Thanos acquired the stones, completed the gauntlet and snapped his fingers he went to 'some place' where he met Gamora who asked if he had achieved what he wanted.
Similarly, in Avengers: ...
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Why is Gambit a valuable member of the X-Men if his powers are very limited?
Gambit has the power of charging objects with kinetic energy, making them explode. He mostly uses that power to charge play cards and throw them at opponents, on which they explode with the power of a ...
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How can different pantheons coexist in the Marvel Universe? [closed]
In the Marvel Universe there exist Norse gods, Greek gods, and some other pantheons from different civilizations. But how is this possible? The myths of each culture imply the existence of only their ...
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Is John Walker a super soldier in Falcon and the Winter Soldier?
John Walker is introduced as the new Captain America at the end of the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. He is shown to be extremely capable, athletic and skilled with the shield.
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Silver Surfer issue where the Surfer was captured by an enormous spaceship and held prisoner
There was an issue of Silver Surfer that was a very good satire on reality TV. The Surfer visited / was captured by an enormous spaceship and held prisoner. The only way he could buy back his freedom ...
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When did Ying Li lose her powers?
In Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings (2021),The Iron Gang meets Ying Li, whose husband destroyed them:
Ying Li (Says to Shang Chi): I'm going to talk to our guests.
Shang Chi: But you don't ...
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Why is Steve Rogers picked for Stark's project?
In Marvel's What If, episode 1 things go awry for the super soldier project and
Is there a canonical reason that Rogers was picked for this?
I'm sure there's plenty of good potential reasons, but I ...
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Why is Banner the way he is in the Shang-Chi post credits scene?
In Avengers: Endgame, Hulk/Banner (smart hulk?) is the default form for Bruce Banner. However, in the credits scene of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Bruce is shown as a standard human (or ...
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What "something" is the Mandarin referring to?
In Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings (2021), the Mandarin speaks about Ying Li:
MANDARIN: She gave up everything so we could be together. And so did I.
After all those years, I finally found ...
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Do the Infinity Stones exist in Shang-Chi's timeline?
In Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings (2021), Soo speaks to Shang and Katy:
Soo: Look, we're now living in a world where at any moment half the population can just disappear. Life's too short ...
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Why does Wolverine, in-universe for the x men movies, have such a high pain tolerance?
Wolverine in the movies is hit with knives, blades, bullets, blunt objects, and even the phoenix force. Wolverine can survive all of these injuries because of his healing factor. However, as he tells ...
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Who are the Spider-Man incarnations shown in this Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie poster?
Who* are the Spider-Man incarnations shown in this Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) movie poster? The poster features some of the Spider-Man variations from the previous installment, Spider-...
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Black Panther’s connection to the real king Mansa Musa
Is it true black panther was partially inspired by Mansa Musa, king of the Mali Empire? Wikipedia claims that, but did Stan lee and Jack Kirby confirm that or it was just one of the many opinions?
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Does any Marvel superhero have a no kill policy?
In the DC universe, most famously Batman has a 'no kill policy'. But so far every Marvel superhero I know has killed one way or the other.
So, is there any superhero in the Marvel universe who ...
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How did Bruce become Smart Hulk?
In Avengers: Endgame, we are told that 'somehow' Bruce experimented on himself and was able to merge his Bruce and Hulk personas to become 'Smart Hulk.'
Is it ever mentioned how he was able to do that?...
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How did the Americans know where to search for the vibranium?
In a scene in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the Americans were on an offshore platform, using the underwater vibranium detector to search for vibranium. It is my understanding that:
They only had ...
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What is the latest issue featuring the Earth-616 Spider-Man?
What is the latest comic released about Spider-Man from Earth-616? I can't find any info about that and wonder what is happening in Peter Parker's life?
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What precisely does the term 'Proto-Adamantium' refer to?
'Proto-Adamantium' is a term used in association with the metal Captain America's shield is composed of in the Marvel Earth-616 comics.
That metal was originally a fusion of Wakandan Vibranium and an ...
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Black panther’s martial arts skills
In marvel comics when or In what comics issue was black panther first depicted as a master of martial arts? His initial abilities included cat like reflexes and agility he performed acrobatic movement ...
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When did Vader fight IG-88?
In the recent strain of Star Wars Marvel comics, the bounty hunters from ESB are making an appearance. I've heard there's a part somewhere where Vader fights IG-88 (and destroys him), but I can't ...
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1980s comic where Spider-man is being strangled
I was looking for a comic book I saw in the mid 80s (or just 80s). I believe from a Spider-man comic book. The first page showed someone was strangling Spider-man while Spider-man was on his knees and ...
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Why are there so many rumors / bad feelings about Aisha?
There seems to be a lot of bad feelings towards Aisha, with one character saying she had a secret affair, and her granddaughter Muneeba says she brought shame on the whole family. But Sana, Aisha's ...
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Was Peter Parker, in both the original comic book and in the movies, bitten by a male spider?
I would like to know if Peter Parker, both in the original comic book and in the movies, was bitten by a male spider. I am assuming that it was always a male spider that had bitten him, because if a ...
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Why do the Wakandans speak English?
In the MCU, the inhabitants of the nation of Wakanda largely speak English (although other languages, such as Xhosa, Zulu, and Igbo, are also heard). It's not simply that they are cosmopolitan and ...
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Are The Collector and The Grandmaster related in the MCU?
I have heard in the Marvel Comics that The Collector and The Grandmaster are brothers. I have not read these comics so I do not know the exact sources of the information, but I wonder if this ...
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Origin of T’Challa the Black Panther’s creation and Stan lee and Jack Kirby influences on creation of the character
What was the inspiration behind the creation of T'Challa the Black Panther? what influenced Stan Lee and Jack Kirby when they came up the character?
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Why didn't T'Challa tell Shuri about the existence of this character?
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever T'Challa's death is addressed and
During the first mid-credits scene, it turns out that
This character was kept secret from all, except
Even Shuri didn't know.
I'd ...
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Old Captain America comic/story where he investigates a series of psychic murders that involve a small child?
Plot Details/Summary
As best as I can remember, the story went like this:
A series of murders have taken place involving (I think) key/important agents individuals. There are few clues about the ...
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What is the significance of M'Baku challenging for the throne?
Near the end of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, in the Wakandan challenge/enthronement ceremony, after Princess Shuri was introduced, it is M'Baku who comes out of the ship instead.
M'Baku: The Black ...
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Does She-Hulk break the fourth wall in comic books where she is not the main character?
As someone who watched the TV show, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, with little knowledge of She-Hulk's original comic book incarnation, I was surprised by the degree of fourth wall breaking that she did ...
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