Nerds go berserk when superheroes from rival studios and comic books mention heroes from an opposing brand.
It could be a dig or just a hilarious meta joke.
Marvel and DC, the two most powerful comic book publishers of all time, have been doing this for a long time.
Today, we’ll look at every time DC and Marvel mentioned each other in their media.
10. Clark Kent Exists In Marvel Universe
Clark Kent works as a reporter at a major metropolitan newspaper. He is frequently spotted with his coworker and girlfriend, Lois.
This character is a parody of the DC Comics character Clark Kent, often known as Superman.
According to John Byrne, one of the original creators of Marvel’s Clark Kent, this all appears to have started as a “goof.”
9. League of Super-Pets Name Drops Iron-Man
Dc’s animated film League of Super-Pets is quite entertaining. Krypto drags Superman out of bed. He gets into character as Clark Kent when he discovers a crease in his shirt and tie. Superman uses his heat vision to quickly iron the shirt to fix the crease. Krypto then comments that he should be known as “Iron Man.”
8. Deadpool Kills Green Lantern
The funniest meta moment in Deadpool 2 is when Reynolds picks up the script for DC’s Green Lantern. Reynolds is eager to star in it, before being murdered by Deadpool. Thus Green Lantern never happens.
7. Stan Lee In Teen Titans Go!
An animated Stan Lee appears in the distance looking straight at the camera and smiling in a humorous extended piece that pokes fun at Lee’s many cameos in the MCU. He simply shifts around till he can be seen again when a Teen Titan blocks his view. Then Lee ups the ante by seizing the camera, dancing, and saying, “I’m Stan Lee, and this is my subtle Stan Lee cameo!” “I don’t care if it’s a DC film or not. I love cameos.”
6. Flashpoint: No Way Home
Flash Thompson seizes the opportunity to capitalize on the news that Parker is Spider-Man by releasing a book about himself. Flashpoint: A Memoir—My Life as Peter Parker’s Best Friend, in which he claims to be Parker’s best friend and even coined the term “Spider-Man.” Flashpoint is a homage to the famous DC comic book crossover story arc from 2011, in which the Flash alters the future by rescuing his mother in the past.
5. Ikaris Is Superman
In MCU’s Eternals, Phastos’ kid Jack identifies Ikaris from watching the news and seeing him fight a Deviant. He points at Ikaris and says, “That’s Superman, Dad!” “You were wearing a cape and shooting laser beams out of your eyes!” To be fair, it’s a good comparison, except Ikaris says that he does not really wear a cape.
4. Peter Parker Is Not Superman
In Spider-Man (2002), Aunt May tells Peter Parker, “You do too much—education, a job, all this time with me — you’re not Superman, you know,” referring to the big blue Boy Scout.
3. Spider-Man Does The Batman Voice
Peter follows Aaron Davis to a parking lot to learn more about Adrian Toomes’ plans. Activating his suit’s “Enhanced Interrogation Protocol” would obviously benefit Parker. While his questioning abilities are at best mediocre. The technology alters Parker’s voice to a deep growl, disturbingly similar to Christian Bale’s Batman voice in The Dark Knight trilogy.
2. The Marvel Intro In DC
Teen Tiatan Go’s first of three Marvel references appears at the 20-second mark. The mockery starts before the movie even starts. You know how the Marvel movie logo begins with comic book pages being turned? After the cartoonish DC opener, a seagull can be seen browsing through Teen Titans comics rather than Marvel comics in the same manner as before.
1. Wade And Slade
A recurrent joke in “Teen Titans Go” is the similarity between Marvel’s Deadpool and DC’s Deathstroke, also known as Wade Wilson and Slade Wilson, respectively. Deathstroke, sometimes known as Slade, is the major villain of the movie and is primarily a Teen Titans bad guy. He has repeatedly asked the Teen Titans to stop calling him “Deadpool,” but they simply ignore him, either because they don’t hear him or—more likely—because they don’t care.