Jarvis being abused at work

 Edwin Jarvis is the Avenger's butler. In the Silver and Bronze Age, he was sometimes subject to abusive treatment from the Avengers. To be fair, most of the Avengers regretted what they did or where under sometime type of stress or control. Still, you wonder if he could have sued for workplace harassment. 

Avengers #16: Jarvis is tied up by Hawkeye and cut free with his arrows. None of the other Avengers seem to object to Jarvis being used as target practice. 

Avengers #59: Jarvis is tied up by Yellowjacket.

  

Avengers #75: Quicksilver manhandles Jarvis. 

Giant Size Avengers #1: Wanda tells Jarvis to shut up. 

Thor #208: Thor yells at Jarvis. 

Giant Size Avengers #3: A possessed Wanda threatens to kill Jarvis. 

Avengers #134: A possessed Wanda continues to threaten Jarvis. This time she only wants to fire him. 

Marvel Team-Up #41: Wanda, plagued by unknown forces, tells Jarvis to get out. 

Iron Man #127: Tony Stark drunkenly tells Jarvis to remember his place as a servant. 

Avengers #212: Although teasing, Tigra stalks and jumps out at Jarvis. 

Overall, the Scarlet Witch is probably the most abusive. 

Spider-Man Homecoming Easter Eggs

These were the Easter eggs I saw from the comics and other media.

"Blitzkrieg Bop" by The Ramones is played, but The Ramones did a cover of the 60s Spider-Man song.

Spider-Man tries to web-sling in the suburbs with little place for his web to go. I was reminded of this scene from the comics. 

The Shocker's sleeves are reminiscent of his costume from the comics. 

This was probably not a reference to the comics, but the scene where Spider-Man is trying to crack the reinforced ballistic glass reminded me of a scene in the comics where he successfully cracks glass meant to withstand a mortar shell. 

Spider-Man's inability to drive reminded me of this scene from the comics. 

Almost everyone got the scene of Spider-Man lifting the debris off himself as a shout-out to this comic. 

There were other references like Donald Glover's character being called "The Prowler." The scene where Spider-Man is upside down and his AI is encouraging him to kiss Liz is an intentional shout-out to the first Spider-Man movie. Also, Spider-Man nearly being crucified trying to hold the ferry together is reminiscent of him trying to stop the train in Spider-Man 2. 

Sandman and Thor (both of them)

This is from Adventure Comics 75 by Kirby and Simon where Sandman, along with the cops, fights a Thor impostor. Below is Thor 164 where Thor, along with Balder and the military, fight Pluto's mutates. While not a direct swipe, it certainly felt inspired. 

Adventure Comics 75

Thor 164

Fantastic Four Annual 3 Predicts Future Battles!

In Fantastic Four Annual 3, Dr. Doom sent a many supervillains to attack the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Many heroes also attended the wedding. Three of these battles between foes at the wedding inspired plots for three later issues. Fantastic Four Annual 3 was published October 1965. It can be excused if none of the villains commented on having fought these heroes before since Reed wiped all the bad guys' minds, but the heroes should have remembered. 

While traveling to the wedding Thor was attacked by the Super Skrull. Aside from their grappling later in a picture that featured many characters, their battle was not seen. However in Thor 142, Loki sent the Super Skrull to battle Thor. Strangely, Thor did not comment on having battled the Super Skrull before. Nor did Stan in a footnote. Thor 142 was published July 1967. 

Fantastic Four Annual 3

Thor 142, obviously

Towards the end of the battle, Iron Man easily defeats the Mad Thinker's Awesome Android. Just two months later in December 1965, Tales of Suspense 72, would have Iron Man battling the pair again. Upon sight, Tony Stark recognizes the Awesome Android, but he doesn't make any reference to their brief battle at the wedding. 

Fantastic Four Annual 3

Tales of Suspense 72

In a speedster battle, Quicksilver quickly defeated the Human Top. Yet in Avengers 46, November 1967, Quicksilver does not make any reference to having fought the Human Top before. These two issues seemed to build up that the two mutants could have been arch-enemies but later writers have declined to pursue that line. Pity. 

Fantastic Four Annual 3

Avengers 46

Half-Naked Banner

Before the world found out that Bruce Banner was the Hulk, Bruce was able to keep it a secret for awhile. As you can see, Bruce was found or confronted multiple times by Betty or the military half-naked, only wearing shredded purple pants. Of course, nobody ever put together on how the Hulk also wears shredded purple pants and no one would ever ask Banner why he was half naked. In fact, it was Rick Jones who spilled the secret that Banner and the Hulk were one and the same. At this rate, I think Banner could have gone on longer keeping his identity a secret. 

Incredible Hulk 2. Script  by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby

Incredible Hulk 2. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby.

Avengers 5. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. 

Tales to Astonish 60. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. 

Tales to Astonish 63. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. 

Tales to Astonish 67. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. 

Tales to Astonish 68. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. 

Tales to Astonish 69. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. 

Sub-Mariner Can't Make the Connection

In a short span of time (18 months in the real world, assuredly considerably shorter in comic book time) the Hulk and Sub-Mariner battled one another in Tales to Astonish 100 and then in Incredible Hulk 118 (the magazine that Tales to Astonish was changed to). The reason for both battles were fairly contrived. I remember in the introduction to the TPB, Marvel's Greatest Super Battles, Roy Thomas was not impressed by Tales to Astonish 100. Anyway, after fighting to a standstill, both battles end with the Sub-Mariner knocking the Hulk out of the water. The Hulk lands on shore and turns back into Bruce Banner.  The Sub-Mariner comes across the unconscious Bruce Banner and doesn't make the connection and turns back to the sea and leaves. 

I actually think Incredible Hulk 118 is more ambiguous on whether the Sub-Mariner made the connection or not. He calls it wizardry that he came across Banner where the Hulk landed. Banner is laying in a Hulk-sized indentation in the ground. So it could be seen that the Sub-Mariner is aware that the Hulk has turned back into Banner and leaves because he's grown weary of fighting for the day. 

Tales to Astonish 100. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Marie Severin. 

Incredible Hulk 118. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Herb Trimpe. 

The Many Deaths of the Puppet Master

In the 1960s, the Puppet Master seemed to die more than Kenny on South Park. A very dated reference, but I couldn't think of anything else. It's like they almost wanted to do away with him and make it the final Puppet Master story, but they just kept bringing him back. Looking at the all various ways the Puppet Master "dies", you get the feeling he's very clumsy/careless and chooses his locations very poorly.

I have to say out of the all "deaths", Captain Marvel 14 is my favorite. In all the others, he is dispatched "off screen." But I like how CM 14 shows him with his hand sticking out of the burning machinery. Gruesome.

Fantastic Four 8. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Death #1: Falls out a window. He'll be okay. 

Fantastic Four 14. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Death #2: Sub crushed by a giant octopus. He'll be okay.

Tales to Astonish 100. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Marie Severin. Death #3: Drowns in a tidal wave caused by the Sub-Mariner. He'll be okay. 

Captain Marvel 14. Script by Gary Friedrich. Art by Frank Springer. Death #4: Causes an explosion that buries him underneath the debris of smoldering machinery. He'll be okay.

Fantastic Four 100. Script by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Death #5: Causes an explosion by firing his gun at the Hulk android and instead hits explosives in his HQ. He'll be okay or rather they'll (he and the Mad Thinker) will be okay.