Questions tagged [marvel]
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Who are all the different versions of Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and the alternate universe villains in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"?
Who are all the different versions of Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and the alternate universe villains in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
After seeing the movie yesterday afternoon, I was curious of ...
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Is Spider-Man the only Marvel character that has been represented as multiple non-human characters?
Spider-Man has been represented as multiple non-human creatures:
Pter Ptarker - A Pteranodon in a Tyrannosaurus rex body.
Peter Porker (Spider-Ham) - A Spider, that was bitten by an irradiated ...
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Information/Device For Gaining Superpowers In Marvel Public Library
I asked in a previous question if there are any comics that show if books exist in the Gotham Public Library that allow you to learn how to gain superpowers.
Now I am curious if there are any Marvel ...
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What is the evolution of the Avengers' logo and title throughout the years?
When I looked at this question which was asked recently about identifying a Marvel superhero's logo, the first thing that I noticed was the fact the A logo was circled, which I suddenly felt was ...
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Who is this 90s Marvel comic character that has three bodies?
I was an avid comic reader in the 90s and distinctly recall a hero/side character that appeared in an Avengers comic who appeared to have three bodies. The bodies looked very different with one having ...
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Which Marvel Superhero does this logo belong to?
A colleague has an accessory with a collection of Marvel Character logos and we haven't been able to identify one, with Google not yielding anything helpful, It has a Hydra and an Avengers logo so ...
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Does the MCU have an equivalent to DC's living universe?
In the DCAU the universe has a level of consciousness and awareness, it is able to enforce certain laws governing personal conduct and has on several occasions empowered champions such as the Spectre ...
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Are Loki's abilities considered to be on par with super powers by other Asgardians?
In the MCU, are Loki's abilities considered to be on par with super powers by other Asgardians? Or are they considered to be regular abilities honed to an unusually high level?
For example, is Loki's ...
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Is Drax's Species Extinct?
All in the title -- Are there other living members of Drax's species? When were they culled?
This question has a partial answer, which I have issue with --
What happened to the planets Thanos already ...
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Does Dr Doom ever question his existence?
I was reading about "What if #52" about how Dr. Doom's armor can brainwash whoever wears it and make them believe they are the real Victor von Doom, and I had a small memory that there were ...
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Why aren’t Ned Leeds and Peter Parker still friends? [closed]
Ned and Peter Parker were friends before the whole Spider-Man Incident.
Then, during No Way Home,
Why isn’t Ned still friends with Peter Parker?
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Which was the first abstract entity to appear in the Marvel Universe?
Abstract entities or cosmic entities are physical representations of abstract things; I only know a few, such as Death and Eternity.
So - Which was the first abstract entity to make an appearance in ...
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Is there a reason Ant-Man looks sad when the Asgardians are hailing the Avengers?
At the end of the first season of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series, after Thor admitted to his father the real saviour of the Nine Realms was not him but actually are the ...
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What film was Natasha referencing?
In the scene below from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Natasha is referencing an old-fashioned computer asking this question. What film is this?
Natasha Romanoff: Shall we play a game?
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Do all the What If universes from the MCU have official designations?
The MCU is set in Earth-199999, and in the comics:
"Marvel has given several What If stories official numerical designations to make them contiguous with the Marvel Multiverse and differentiate ...
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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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