Marvel Fun Facts:
1. Darth Vader was inspired by Marvels Dr. Doom.
2. In the beginning of the 1990s, Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics just so that he could play Spider Man in his own produced movie.
3. In 1995 there was a comic of the Punisher called "The Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe" in which he kills every single Marvel superhero and villain, including himself.
4.The Marvel super hero Squirrel Girl, once beat Doctor Doom by flooding his aircraft with a swarm of squirrels.
5. The superhero named Throg is a frog that has the power of Thor and is in a superhero group called the Pet Avengers.
6. Marvels Deadpool Wade Wilson was originally created as a spoof of DC’s Deathstroke Slade Wilson.
7. Mr. Immortal is a Marvel character with no special powers except immortality. He's been killed in ways including shot, suffocated, stabbed, drowned, crushed, starved, dehydrated, exploded, poisoned, decapitated, irradiated and incinerated.
8.Eminem is a character in the Marvel universe.
9. Daredevil and the Teenage Ninja Turtles came from the same accident, someone carrying a box of four turtles were at the same place when Matthew Murdock pushed an old man out of a speeding truck, causing an accident and causing the fall of the four turtles who fell into the sewers.
10. The 1968 Beatles song "Rocky Raccoon" inspired the name and character of Rocket Raccoon
DC Fun Facts:
1. Superman is the most well known super hero in the world but Batman holds the title for most appearances, which currently stands at around 6250.
2. Comic Sans MS, the one font that is hated all over the internet, was based on the lettering used in the ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ and ‘Watchmen’ graphic novels.
3. Aquaman’s arch-enemy, the Black Manta, only became a super villain because Aquaman didn’t succeed in rescuing him after he was captured by pirates.
4. The Green Lantern and Wonder Woman were supposed to become a love-couple, but that was abandoned in the 70’s when DC received a letter by a fan that suggested the same idea.
5. Green Arrow’s Chili is the spiciest food in the DC Universe. Only Green Arrow himself and Batman can eat it without screaming in pain.
6. Lex Luthor refuses to believe Superman and Clark Kent are the same person. Even after computer analysis that confirms the two are the same person. He still believes that nobody with Superman’s powers would hide from the world to live a normal life.
7. In 1997 Marvel and DC made a crossover comic special called “Batman/Captain America.” In this comic The Joker steals an atomic bomb after being hired by Red Skull. When he finds out that the Red Skull is a Nazi, he attacks him while saying “I may be a criminal lunatic, but I’m an American criminal lunatic.”
8. Bruce Wayne has an IQ that outranges Albert Einstein’s. Einstein’s IQ was around 160-180. Wayne’s has been stated to be about 192.
9. The “DC” in “DC Comics” stands for the original comic series “Detective Comics” making DC Comics’ full name “Detective Comics Comics.”
10. In a quite impressive display of his powers, the Flash once saved a group of people from a burning apartment, taught himself how to build such a complex, and build the group of people a new place to live, all within a matter of minutes.
1. Darth Vader was inspired by Marvels Dr. Doom.
2. In the beginning of the 1990s, Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics just so that he could play Spider Man in his own produced movie.
3. In 1995 there was a comic of the Punisher called "The Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe" in which he kills every single Marvel superhero and villain, including himself.
4.The Marvel super hero Squirrel Girl, once beat Doctor Doom by flooding his aircraft with a swarm of squirrels.
5. The superhero named Throg is a frog that has the power of Thor and is in a superhero group called the Pet Avengers.
6. Marvels Deadpool Wade Wilson was originally created as a spoof of DC’s Deathstroke Slade Wilson.
7. Mr. Immortal is a Marvel character with no special powers except immortality. He's been killed in ways including shot, suffocated, stabbed, drowned, crushed, starved, dehydrated, exploded, poisoned, decapitated, irradiated and incinerated.
8.Eminem is a character in the Marvel universe.
9. Daredevil and the Teenage Ninja Turtles came from the same accident, someone carrying a box of four turtles were at the same place when Matthew Murdock pushed an old man out of a speeding truck, causing an accident and causing the fall of the four turtles who fell into the sewers.
10. The 1968 Beatles song "Rocky Raccoon" inspired the name and character of Rocket Raccoon
DC Fun Facts:
1. Superman is the most well known super hero in the world but Batman holds the title for most appearances, which currently stands at around 6250.
2. Comic Sans MS, the one font that is hated all over the internet, was based on the lettering used in the ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ and ‘Watchmen’ graphic novels.
3. Aquaman’s arch-enemy, the Black Manta, only became a super villain because Aquaman didn’t succeed in rescuing him after he was captured by pirates.
4. The Green Lantern and Wonder Woman were supposed to become a love-couple, but that was abandoned in the 70’s when DC received a letter by a fan that suggested the same idea.
5. Green Arrow’s Chili is the spiciest food in the DC Universe. Only Green Arrow himself and Batman can eat it without screaming in pain.
6. Lex Luthor refuses to believe Superman and Clark Kent are the same person. Even after computer analysis that confirms the two are the same person. He still believes that nobody with Superman’s powers would hide from the world to live a normal life.
7. In 1997 Marvel and DC made a crossover comic special called “Batman/Captain America.” In this comic The Joker steals an atomic bomb after being hired by Red Skull. When he finds out that the Red Skull is a Nazi, he attacks him while saying “I may be a criminal lunatic, but I’m an American criminal lunatic.”
8. Bruce Wayne has an IQ that outranges Albert Einstein’s. Einstein’s IQ was around 160-180. Wayne’s has been stated to be about 192.
9. The “DC” in “DC Comics” stands for the original comic series “Detective Comics” making DC Comics’ full name “Detective Comics Comics.”
10. In a quite impressive display of his powers, the Flash once saved a group of people from a burning apartment, taught himself how to build such a complex, and build the group of people a new place to live, all within a matter of minutes.