10 Secrets Hidden In Famous Comics

riddles Secrets Mysteries hidden messages Comics are full of them in fact they form the backbone of many engaging and thrilling comic book stories but on a meta level as well Comics are home to many a secret concealed within their Pages Comics are ultimately a visual medium and comic book creators are by definition creative people so it's reasonable to expect them to hide subtle details in the pages of their works glimpses of their sense of humor or frustrations at their industry cunningly concealed within their craft however as much as you might expect these extra details to be hidden away in Indie Comics as a little nod from a Creator to their small fan base it's another thing altogether to uncover a secret hidden in a mainstream front of house Flagship comic series I'm will this is what culture comics and here are 10 Secrets hidden in famous Comics Number 10 Alan Moore and the Marvel douche League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in what fans would likely describe as a classic more move the writer would include a promotion for a Marvel company douche in the advertisement section of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen number five while for many this would merely appear to be a Slightly bizarre but legitimate products placement as the ad is indeed a real one from the early 1900s it's impossible not to consider Moore's Choice a slight towards Marvel themselves likely a result of his long-standing Feud with them over the company having reprinted some of the work he did for them without his permission concerned about the possible backlash from their rival company DC would change any references to the word marvel in the ad to the word Amaze pulping the entire initial release to try and ensure that the potential controversy never got out but of course dear friends it did number 9. Carla in the Justice League Justice League 5. if there's one thing that Jim Lee's Art makes sure you know it's that he really really loves his wife he loves her so much in fact that he's managed to slip the phrase I love Carla into the cover of Superman Unchained and the pages of Justice League number five these confessions of Love are well hidden however as you could read Justice League number five several times without realizing that in the panel where Batman jumps on a car the broken windshield spells out I love Carla in the cracks with so much of the hidden secrets in comics being swear words and genitals it's soothing to see something entirely more wholesome also sneak its way into the pages of a comic book especially when it's so elegantly hidden number eight Windsor Smith's coins Conan the Barbarian eight a masterfully small detail hidden in Conan the Barbarian 8 artist Barry Smith made his frustrations with the fine details in the comic known in its Pages writing in a pile of coins I must be mad drawing all these coins while it's a move that is unlikely to get past nowadays Smith managed to get his notes into the series when it was published back in the 70s with the issue not even being reprinted when the note was discovered after all it only enhances the comic itself as a Charming reminder that every panel was painstakingly put together by one long-suffering artist it's not a mind-blowing secret sure but it's one that makes you appreciate the work that goes into Comics all the more number 7. Felix the cats in Spider-Man having worked on Comics since 1985 it's safe to say that Todd McFarlane has had a long time drawing every superhero and spandex outfit under the sun which is likely why he decided to spice things up a bit as Todd's own account goes the artists would often visit a comic store in Vancouver where he would often see a war vet buying Felix the Cat comics and only Felix the Cat Comics fascinated by this undeniably unique trait McFarlane asked the man if he would buy the comics he made if he started putting Felix the Cat in them to which the man agreed this one interaction would spark a series of Easter eggs through out Todd's work as he continually snuck the animated cats into the pages of Spider-Man half in order to please the mysterious comic buyer and likely half for his own amusements should you ever like to play where's Waldo with a run of comics the little furry felines could provide a scavenger hunt for the ages or at least until you get bored number six the last laugh the Batman who laughs seven with so many hidden secrets and Comics being completely unrelated to the series itself it's worth mentioning that there are plenty of issues that include Secrets tailor-made to add just that little extra to their plot as the 2018-19 Batman who laugh Series culminates in a sneaky plot moment that many may have missed after narrowly defeating the titular Batman who laughs by putting the Joker's toxic blood into his own veins we see Bruce Wayne speaking to Alfred while administering himself The Cure only it's left incredibly vague as to whether this Bruce will indeed be cured as the visual cue that he was infected by the Joker's blood an occasional red letter appearing in his dialogue which in turn references the Batman who laughs all red dialogue spells out the message right here still haha suggesting that this universe is Batman will continue to be affected by the infected blood indefinitely number five sex gate new X-Men 118 sometimes comic Secrets aren't all that elaborate or all that mature the best example of that lies within the pages of new X-Men 118 in an Infamous panel that includes the word sex hidden in the bushes behind the gate on the right while this alone would be pretty plain the word itself crops up repeatedly throughout the issue with instances of the word being snuck on all sorts of panels in tree branches in signs and fences and even one points in lightning the team who created the issue have claimed that these discoveries are merely the product of overactive fan imaginations and that the panels just so happen to look like the word is written everywhere although this is isn't strictly impossible it does also seem like the team behind the issue created these Easter eggs as a joke between them and naturally can't confess to doing so because it would be heavily frowned upon by their superiors number four the secret swears kaizar number one proving that sneaking rude words into Comics is a Pastime with significant history behind it 1970s Kazan number one contains the F-bomb on the literal first issue of the series hilariously unlike the vast majority of times profanity is caught Heidi in Comics cazon number one wasn't edited or republished without The Telltale swear meaning that any copy you find nowadays will still look the exact same as it did on its initial release in the 70s completes with its delightfully little secret number three hiding the title heroes in crisis 5 while the vast majority of Secrets hidden in comics are usually Menace skill details occasionally a far larger Easter egg will sneak its way into a series take for example heroes in crisis 5 where artists claim managed to hide the name of the series on the issue's second page by using Booster Gold Blue Beetle and the scenery around them it is incredibly well done as man manages to create this hidden surprise without making either the characters poses nor the environment seem unnatural meaning you could easily see the panel without spotting the huge detail cleverly concealed within it although it's one of the more readily apparent hidden secrets in comics it's also undeniably cool to see the artists stretch their creative muscles by playing around with some of the pages they illustrate number two Iron Man's resignation letter Iron Man 127 an unabashedly weird example of office politics slipping into Marvel's own Comics Iron Man 127 managed to accidentally publish the real resignation letter of artist Dave cockram instead of the letter supposedly written by Jarvis when he quits working for Tony Stark the letter is essentially Dave pouring his heart out about his concerns about the company and the office environment which is exactly why it stood out so much as not fitting in the story itself and why it seems so surreal and weird that Marvel would sign off on having it publicly published and number one Spider-Man's Harris slander variant Universe X Spidey equal parts a hidden secret and a complete diss to an integral if controversial member of Marvel Comics the first print of Universe X Spidey contained an unabashed diss of Bob Harris in its Pages concealed in a bookcase the message reads Bob Harris haha he's gone good riddance to bad rubbish he was a nasty SOB which is the kind of message that when discovered was impossible to read as anything but a complete slander of Marvel's X Editor in Chief Harris had naturally caused some Ayah in the office by being closely related to the much hated clone saga Spider-Man storyline which appears to have translated into this particularly bitter send off the issue now resells for roughly 10 times its original price meaning that although this was a negative press day for Marvel it is one that has gained a bizarrely popular source of notoriety and there you have it folks 10 Secrets hiding right there in the world's most famous Comics feel free to drop this video a like if you enjoyed it and give me a follow on Twitter at U Sly dog you I'm will 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Published: Tue May 09 2023