Super Sideshow

We talk about the new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Fin Fang Foom, Fu Manchu, 10 Rings, and more!

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We talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Nick Fury, Zola, Falcon, Shield, Hydra, parkour, and more!

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Georges St-Pierre plays Batroc the Leaper at the beginning of the movie.

Captain America orders the shutdown of Shield in this movie.

Alexander Pierce is pretty insignificant in the comics.

Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier closely mirrors the comics.

Jarvis thinks Maria Hill should have taken Black Widow’s place in this movie.

Parkour was invented by David Belle in Paris in-between the time the first and second Captain America movies are set.

That one weird time that Steve Rogers was an agent of Hydra.

A normal comicbook movie viewer and a self-confessed comicbook nerd talking about the things you missed if you never read the comics.

We talk about Loki Lamentis and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Annihilus, The Enchantress, Sylvie Lushton, TVA, and more!

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Lamentis could be a way for Marvel to tie into this story line

“You trying to enchant me?”

There’s still a lot for us to learn about Sylvie who is expertly played by Sophia Di Martino in this series.

The Volume is a modern day matte painting but way better.

Allspeak is the Asgardian’s version of the Babel fish from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Learn more about how magic plays into the Marvel universes.

We learn that in the MCU the members of the TVA are all variants.

Sylvie was a member of the Young Avengers in the comics.

We talk about Thor: The Dark World and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the Asgard and the nine realms, Reality Stone, Dark Elves, Kronan, and more!

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Map of the nine realms.

Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology.

The Earth-616 universe has been through eight incarnations in the comics. Pay attention to the Time subsection of this article.

The Reality Stone behaves strangely in this movie.

First appearance of Malekith the Dark Elf.

The Dark Elves in Marvel comics.

The Svartálfar or Dark Elves in Norse mythology.

Korg is a Kronan appearing in Thor: Ragnarok but one of his kin is defeated by Thor in this movie.

We talk about Loki The Variant and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Roxxon, Leah, The Enchantress, Sylvie Lushton, Kid Loki, and more!

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Franklin D. Roosevelt High School pen has some unexplained significance.

Roxxon is an evil corporation that is not-so-coincidentally in the oil and gas business.

The Earth-616 universe has been through eight incarnations in the comics. Pay attention to the Time subsection of this article.

Leah, Loki's creation.

Loki as a woman.

Loki as a kid.

The Enchantress has been an ally and a foe of Loki.

Sylvie Lushton was an average girl imbued with magic by Loki who choose to take on the name and style of the Enchantress.

We talk about Iron Man 3 and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the AIM, Mandarin, Iron Patriot, Extremis, and more!

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Extremis retconned Tony Stark's history, solved issues with his armor

Aldrich Killian was the “AIM guy” in this movie but not the comics

Maya Hansen is the co-developer of Extremis

Trevor Slattery is a character created for the MCU to be a fake Mandarin

The Mandarin is a real villain from the comics that may return in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Pepper Pots is an occasional superhero as Rescue

Iron Patriot was actually used by Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin, before Rhodes in the comics 🤯

Mark 42 is Tony’s very special suit in this movie and relates to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This is Iron Man’s suit built to work with Extremis in the comics

Robert Downey Jr.’s personal past with Burger King

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We talk about Loki’s Glorious Purpose and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the Time Variance Authority, Time Keepers, Agent Mobius, Wandavision, and more!

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Loki is the titular star of the show

Leon Theremin playing his own instrument

The Time Keepers created the TVA in the MCU but vice versa in the comics

A Reddit user has a nice take predicting the future of the MCU

The Loki plot could involve a lot of elements from Avengers Forever

The Time Variance Authority or TVA is tasked with protecting the Sacred Timeline in Loki

Nathaniel Richards could make an appearance in Loki as Immortus

Agent Mobius could be a way for the Fantastic Four to enter the MCU in future shows or features

The Null-Time Zone is where the TVA has their headquarters

Scarlett Witch, Kang, Immortius and her sons? 🤯

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We talk about Marvel’s The Avengers and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn more about the Tesseract, Maria Hill, Shield, Thanos, and more!

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The Space Stone from the comics was hidden inside the Tesseract in the MCU

Maria Hill is the woman working with Nick Fury and she’s a big deal in the comics

What does the Shield acronym stand for? (And other stuff)

Thor’s hammer hitting Captain America’s shield

Chitauri are basically just aliens for Marvel superheroes to fight

It turns out Thanos had a really bad relationship with his mother

Thanos wants to kill half the population to please Death in the comics

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We talk about Captain America: The First Avenger and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn more about Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Peggy Carter, Red Skull, and more!

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Wolverine vs. Captain America by Mike Zeck from the iconic cover of Captain America Annual #8 (1986)

Bucky Barnes is Steve's childhood friend

Dr. Margaret Alexandra "Peggy" Carter was by Steve's side as be became Captain America

Johann Shmidt AKA Red Skull

Dr. Arnim Zola, PhD is the Red Skull's chief scientist in the movie

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