History TakeThat / ComicBooks

* The very first issue of the first ''Comicbook/MsMarvel'' series featured a bystander claiming the titular heroine made "Lynda Carter look like [[DamselInDistress Olive Oyl]]!" For those who don't get the joke, Creator/LyndaCarter was the actress who played DC's Franchise/WonderWoman in her popular [[Series/WonderWoman live-action show]].

--> '''Peter:''' ''whew!'' Thank god! I thought Traveller was gonna say he was an [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} alternate future version of my unborn mutant child]], or something REALLY demented!

* After Creator/JMichaelStraczynski got in an argument with Marvel editor Steve Wacker, Creator/MarkWaid posted on the web a long rant in which he called JMS on his behavior, which he concluded by saying he needs to take a walk. [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Long, boring, pointless walk across America. That he won't finish.]]

--->'''Spike:''' No backstabbing, no dying, no picking up and leaving, and no aerial sex.\\

'''Spike:''' No one does.

* ''Comicbook/SaGa'' has a scene in issue 16 that seems to be a deliberate jab at the writing in most mainstream superhero titles, where main character Alana basically serves as a mouthpiece for the author, saying that most superhero stories are bad melodrama between people in ridiculous costumes, with no subtext.

** Creator Chris Donald said in his book ''Rude Kids: The Story of Viz'' that he wanted to include a TakeThat at the mawkish public outpouring of grief over the death of Princess Diana; but couldn't do this directly because he feared [[TooSoon backlash]]. Instead, the next issue included a none-too-subtle spoof story about Monkees fans driven to grief by the death of Micky Dolenz ... even though they knew he wasn't dead.

* ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman Incorporated]]'' features tons of take thats against DC Comics for the DC Universe reboot as far as Morrison openly ignoring the reboot and outright referring to things (the existence of the Outsiders, the opening arc of Morrison's JLA run and references to the original Justice League International era JLA, which Metamorpho was a member of, Batwing's original origin, Talia being part of the Secret Society of Super-Villains and the reveal that Talia was part of Alexander Luthor's scheme to bring back the Multiverse, Jason Todd and his partnership with Scarlet, and the entire Final Crisis/Black Glove storyline) that DC explicitly erased from canon.

* The ''ComicBook/XMenBlack'' VillainEpisode ''Mojo'' one-shot, written by Scott Aukerman, delivered a Take That to the right-wing Comicsgate movement in comics by putting completely unaltered Comicsgate slogans in Mojo's mouth, and even having him suddenly start affecting a fedora hat, associated at the time in US pop culture with pick-up artists and anti-feminist activists.

--->'''Captain Marvel Junior:''' ''[=S.O.S.=]''... They cancelled that book.

-->'''[[LawyerFriendlyCameo Legally-distinct-parody]]-of [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]:''' Comics are for retards.
-->'''Hawksmoor:''' (''to UsefulNotes/BillClinton'') We're not some comic book super-team who participate in pointless fights with pointless super-criminals every month to preserve the status quo.

-->'''Original Harley''': Get it straight, sister. You love Joker. I love Jack. You loved his flaws. I loved him ''despite'' his flaws.

--> '''Heat Wave''': This isn't for Kid Flash. \\
'''Weather Wizard''': This isn't [[spoiler:for my son]]. \\
'''Captain Cold''': No. This is for one $%@#$@-up year.

-->'''Captain Marvel Junior:''' ''[=S.O.S.=]''... They cancelled that book.
-->'''Captain Marvel:''' No wonder. What happened to happy endings? "I'll get out and destroy everything..." HA! I don't know about you. But, that sounds to me, like tomorrow's big adventure!
-->''Crumples up the Gentry's cursed comic-book, chucks it into the trash, and flies off with Mary and Junior to their next big adventure with smiles on their faces.''

-->'''Captain Atom:''' ''I had to take a closer look... I thought the pieces would explain the whole. But... It's hard to love the pieces like... like.. I thought I could locate the source of these feelings doctor. Then I realized... [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have I done?]] I just killed Butch. My faithful little dog.

--> '''Captain Atom:''' Except... what if Butch is alive as well as dead? Why not? '''[Another dog similar visually to Butch appears next to the body of the dead dog]''' Hm. Not the same.

-->'''Damian:''' When did Hipsters get into superhero books?

-->'''Rose''': "Do you know what Freud said about dreams of flying? It means you're really dreaming about having sex."
-->'''Morpheus''': "Indeed? Tell me, then, [[FauxSymbolism what does it mean when you dream about having sex?"]]

-->'''Damian Wayne''': Despite his best efforts, over the past few years the Teen Titans have been losers, criminals...a '''''joke'''''.

* When Creator/DwayneMcDuffie recycled the old, tossed out idea of superhero Black Power, who has access to his powers in [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] style - transformation after saying certain word - and from white man turns into black one, he made his white form look like ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]'' writer Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, and his black form very similar to Comicbook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, Bendis' favorite character. This may have been more of a ShoutOut though.

-->'''Laura''': But the world will watch hero fight hero, and people will get just a little more disillusioned, a little less trusting, a little more cynical.

-->'''Everett Ross''': "Snap" Wilson was a racketeer (pronounced "pimp") turned social worker. We'll pretend not to know [[PlotHole a felony record would disqualify him from that job]].

--> '''Guy:''' I have here an entire box of ''Comicbook/{{Youngblood}} [[Creator/RobLiefeld #1]]'' special collector's editions. How much'll you give me?
--> '''Marlo:''' A dollar.
--> '''Guy:''' A dollar a copy?! But they retail for $2.50 apiece! I bought this five years ago as a college investment!
--> '''Marlo:''' Not a dollar a copy. A dollar for the whole box. And frankly, [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks it's guys like you who ruined the fun of comic reading for everybody else.]]

-->'''Deadpool''': People whose mothers have the same name shouldn't fight.

-->'''Hulk''': Last time we met, Doctor, I feel I was robbed. Petty ''larceny'', as it were.

-->'''Moonstone''': I'm Moonstone again? I've been [[Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis "reality-punched?"]] That's the stupidest @#%* thing I've ever heard of.

-->'''Richard Rider''': I hate everything about that sentence.

--> '''Nick Fury:''' He was still out there... every ''night''... doing for free what you guys get ''paid'' to do. Waging a fucking '''''war''''', all on his goddamn lonesome, taking on the absolute ''worst'' this city had to offer... While you shitbirds were busy ass-raping immigrants and [[RippedFromTheHeadlines pepper spraying college girls]] and calling it fucking police work, whining all the while about overtime and your goddamn pension like a bunch of fucking candy-ass pogues.

-->'''The Runner:''' Well, Buried, how does it feel to be [[PhraseCatcher the fastest man alive]]?
-->'''"Buried":''' It feels... right.

-->'''ComicBook/SheHulk''': So if you ever see a hero acting completely out of character, assume it's just some jerk who couldn't be bothered to read their [[ComicBook/OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse handbook]] and the A-Hole[[labelnote:*]]Dimensional portal to Earth-A[[/labelnote]] that let them through.

-->'''Deadpool''': Ugh, none of that made sense. Why were they fighting one minute, [[EasilyForgiven then best friends the next]]?
-->'''Spider-Man''': And don't worry about scenes [[SequelHook that set up the next eight movies]] -- just make this one satisfying!

* This one line by Ultimate Comicbook/CaptainAmerica: ''"[[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys Surrender? SURRENDER?! You think this letter on my forehead stands for France?]]"'' This led to a more subtle take that by Ed Brubaker in the pages of 616-verse Captain America, where Cap reflects on his time fighting with the French Resistance and chides the folks who dismiss the French as "cowards." To which another shout out was made in the pages of Comicbook/{{Nextwave}} - When Elsa Bloodstone is assaulted by a Captain America-imitation, and he claims she is just a victim, she blows him ten ways to Sunday, then points at the Euro-symbol on her T-shirt, and exclaims: "''Victim''? You think this letter on my chest stands for ''America?!''"

-->'''Prostitute''': What does [[Comicbook/DCRebirth Rebirth]] even mean? How can you be rebirthed?!

-->'''Hank Pym:''' I'm grateful that intelligent apes haven't taken over since I've been off in space.
-->'''Rogue:''' Well, don't celebrate prematurely--you haven't caught up on [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump the presidential election]] yet.

** DC was hit with an ComicBook/IdentityCrisis parody with Impossible Man turning evil and murdering [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Aunt Petunia]] for [[CListFodder being a character without a movie deal]] and then being killed by Identity Girl - "a new character you've never heard of that's just watered down version of a bunch of characters you have heard of." It was also featuring ''What if DC would let us do Franchise/{{Batman}}[=/=]Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' by Brian Bendis and David Mack, which was a picture of frozen Hell.

---> -Who the hell does Creator/JackKirby think he is? Why can't he let someone else drawn a damn comics book? Who died and made him king?
---> -The new ComicBook/XMen [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks team sucks!]] Why are they coming up with "great" new characters like Storm (white-haired black woman-- give me a break) and Colossus (like Thing but Russian) when we all know they're all going to fail. The only cool one was Thunderbird, so of course they killed him off! It's an insult to the fans of real X-Men Creator/StanLee's X-Men, that we're forced to endure those pretenders!
---> -All of sudden Matt Murdock is a ninja?? You gotta be kidding me?! Bring back Gene Colan and stop giving your books to these crazy people who clearly have never read a comics book before.

--> '''Guido:''' Tell me, Shatterstar, do you like... gladiator movies?
--> '''Shatterstar:''' Apparently.
--> '''Guido:''' Figures.

---> Everybody else was filled with questions: Where had I been? How did I come back? Did I know about Rictor and Shatterstar?
---> That last one, I don't get. Did anyone '''not''' know about Rictor and Shatterstar?

-->'''Spike:''' No backstabbing, no dying, no picking up and leaving, and no aerial sex.\\

-->Techie person: "Seems like a shame to do this only once a year. I mean, we could do a feed of this type your round -- fill it with sports and entertainment."
-->Chairwoman Nuriham: "And induce people to watch it in their free time? When would they create art, or make music, or converse... I think such a project would be bad for the collective soul of the people."

--> '''"Norm"''': After this one went to press, some internet wisenheimer singled it out for its intense wordiness -- I forget the exact quote, but it was something along the lines of, "It only takes Penny Arcade a fourth of the dialogue to be this lame."

-->'''Tharg:''' [[Creator/DCComics Other publishers]] may dabble with [[AnthologyComic the format]] - 'Wednesday Comics'? Pah! There's only one ''true'' Wednesday comic in this reality...

* An early ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' comic featured a robot called the "Comicbook/{{Spawn}}mower". It acted much like the [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and edgy]] real-life comic hero it was named after, in that it stopped to make a dramatic pose every few seconds. Sonic was able to defeat it without too much trouble.
** This wasn't the first time a comic written by Michael Gallagher took a stab at dark and edgy '90s-era comics. ''Series/{{Alf}}'' #38's cover featured a huge, fierce-looking silhouette of Alf, along with the labels "Darker!", "Grittier!", and "Alien with an attitude!". At the bottom of the cover was normal Alf standing in front of a spotlight, asking if the "revamp" would [[NoFourthWall actually boost the comic's income]].
*** In a similar vein to this, Sonic the Hedgehog #4's cover boasted Sonic as a "grittier! Darker!" chimney sweeper.
*** Bizarrely, the series became [[FunnyAneurysmMoment darker itself]], what with genocide, murder, love triangles, huge family trees, Eggman cracking, implied incest, villains like Fintevius and Kage in contrast to the AffablyEvil current Robotnik or HarmlessVillain old Robotnik from the early issues, nuclear bombing, and other horrific stuff.
** The whole Special Zone arc of the British ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'' was an AffectionateParody of Marvel comics, most notably when Sonic walked in on a team of local superheroes in a fight with the Legion of Evil. After a comment about the property damage both sides are causing and a brief attempt to work out which side is which the cops arrive, at which point ''both'' groups make a quick retreat.
*** A later story introduces an obvious X-Men parody, including a Wolverine knock off with [[CouldHaveBeenMessy corks attached to his claws]] and the stated superpower of [[InformedAbility snarling, getting angry and talking about what a badass he was.]]
*** The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Marxio Brothers]]. The Creator/MarxBrothers references were for comic effect, but the Mario ones enabled all sorts of anti-Nintendo gags. For example, they come from a far-off land, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Super Marxio World]], which even they hate, and their games are utter tripe.

* The first issue of Mark Millar's ''Comicbook/{{Youngblood}}: Bloodsport'' has two members of the titular superhero team receiving oral sex from gay {{cosplay}}ers dressed as {{Wolverine}} and Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}.

* ''Justice League Quarterly'' #16 was a series of in-universe comic books featuring General Glory, DC's then-current CaptainErsatz Captain America. For the most part these were [[AffectionateParody Affectionate Parodies]] of fifties monster comics (as "General Glory's Really Scary Stories", a parody of ''Captain America's Weird Tales''), Silver Age superheroes (and more SelfDeprecation on DC's Silver Age than Cap's return at Marvel) and even ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' (as "Return on a Dark Night"). The final story, however, is "The Power ... And The Platitude!" by Indulgence Comics in which the "Wildbloods" free an insane General Glory and Ernie from suspended animation in a vicious parody of Creator/ImageComics in general and Youngblood freeing John Prophet in particular. In the [[FramingDevice Framing Story]], the real Glory calls it "downright pointless", and the guy he's showing the comics to says "General Glory should ''stand'' for something. He shouldn't be involved in meaningless violence for its own sake."

** In an early issue (created and written by ex-Marvel artist Erik Larsen), Officer Dragon is [[LetsYouAndHimFight randomly attacked by superhero Bedrock]], who at the end of the issue explains that it was a test to see if he was tough enough to join the team Youngblood.

** ''Comicbook/YoungbloodJudgmentDay'' contains a massive TakeThat directed at Creator/RobLiefeld's original ''Youngblood'' run. The climax of the story reveals that the entire original series was basically a childish SelfInsertFic written by Sentinel.

* ''Comicbook/{{Marville}}'' was a diss towards ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and the Franchise/{{Superman}} mythos, as well as comic book culture in general.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character, especially as she was characterized by Creator/GeoffJohns), the Justice League's encounters with beings from "The Depressoverse" (an allusion to the Dark Multiverse from Creator/ScottSnyder's various books, such as ''Comicbook/DarkNightsMetal'' and ''Comicbook/{{Justice League|2018}}'', an "odd effect" Superman has begun noticing in his own dialogue (a gag about Creator/BrianBendis' trademark use of MametSpeak in his ''[[Comicbook/BrianMichaelBendisSuperman Superman]]'' run), and an admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on his own ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman and Robin]]'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character, especially as she was characterized by Creator/GeoffJohns), the Justice League's encounters with beings from "The Depressoverse" (an allusion to the Dark Multiverse from Comicbook/ScottSnyder's various books, such as ''Comicbook/DCMetal'' and ''Comicbook/{{Justice League|2018}}'', an "odd effect" Superman has begun noticing in his own dialogue (a gag about Creator/BrianBendis' trademark use of MametSpeak in his ''[[Comicbook/BrianMichaelBendisSuperman Superman]]'' run), and an admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on his own ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman and Robin]]'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character, especially as she was characterized by Creator/GeoffJohns), the Justice League's encounters with beings from "The Depressoverse" (an allusion to the Dark Multiverse from Comicbook/ScottSnyder's various books, such as ''Comicbook/DarkKnightsMetal'' and ''[[Comicbook/ScottSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'', an "odd effect" Superman has begun noticing in his own dialogue (a gag about Creator/BrianBendis' trademark use of MametSpeak in his ''[[Comicbook/BrianMichaelBendisSuperman Superman]]'' run), and an admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on his own ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman and Robin]]'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character, especially as she was characterized by Creator/GeoffJohns), and Superman's admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on his own ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman and Robin]]'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at Creator/BrianAzzarello's ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character), and Superman's admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on his own ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman and Robin]]'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at Creator/BrianAzzarello's ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character), and Superman's admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on Morrison's own ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman and Robin]]'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (referencing the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at Creator/BrianAzzarello's ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character), and Superman's admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on Morrison's own ''Comicbook/BatmanAndRobin'' run.

* Issue #2 of ''[[Comicbook/TheGreenLantern Green Lantern: Blackstars]]'' features another series of meta-jabs from Creator/GrantMorrison, with the Superman of the altered timeline essentially roasting the state of the modern DC Universe. These observations include the way Batman's villains have abandoned clever, entertaining crimes in favor of repeated attempts to attack him on a personal level (a dig at the Bane storyline from Creator/TomKing's ''[[Comicbook/TomKingsBatman Batman]]'' run, as well as the various other times this plot point has been rehashed in recent years), Wonder Woman having become a sword-swinging BloodKnight who favors violence and aggression over love and compassion (a dig at Creator/BrianAzzarello's ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reboot of the character), and Superman's admission that the heroes of the DC Universe have been "struggling to change with the times" (a nod to DC's repeated attempts to revamp and reimagine its heroes to appeal to modern audiences, usually with mixed results). Being a good sport, Morrison also threw in a line about [[LegacyCharacter the number of times Batman has been replaced]], a slam on Morrison's own ''Comicbook/BatmanAndRobin'' run.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanOdyssey'' has a not so jab at Diana's last romantic entanglement Tom Tresser (Nemesis) whom she was dating for most of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' as the character named Nemesis in this volume is the BigBad.

-->'''"Buried":''' [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments It feels... right.]]

* An ''Comicbook/IronMan'' comic book featured Jarvis resigning. His letter of resignation is actually the same letter Dave Cockrum wrote when resigning from Marvel. In case people didn't get it, the writer explicitly mentioned this three issues later.

* In a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comic, featuring a cameo by Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/JoeQuesada is on his "On Notice" list. That issue went far easier on Quesada than ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', where the title character beats up and damns a rapist named "José Quesada" to hell before letting a subway crush him.

* In ''[[Comicbook/TheDefenders Fearless Defenders]]'', the team meets Warrior Woman, the queen of the Amazons. Valkyrie immediately launches into a tirade about [[Franchise/WonderWoman how badly Amazons suck and how they're nothing but pathetic Norse wannabes]].

** Prior to the series getting shelved for four years, the one issue had dead ringers to the people who played the team in [[Film/FantasticFour2015 the much-maligned 2015 movie]] get nuked in an attack. Marvel was insistent this wasn't intentional.

** A ''Punisher'' issue from Nathan Edmonson's run had a scene where three of the actors from the ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' reboot (Creator/MilesTeller, Creator/KateMara, and Creator/JamieBell) were apparently killed in an explosion. Ironically, the most controversial member of the cast, Creator/MichaelBJordan, was spared (due to being late to the meeting the others were attending). They also mention that "Trang" is making the sequel, a play on the movie's director Josh Trank.