Deadpool and Wolverine included an indication referencing Rob Liefeld, and now The Fantastic 4: First Steps pays homage to Well timed Comics
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is simply stuffed with retailer signal easter eggs recently. First, the Deadpool and Wolverine trailer included a shot of the 2 antiheroes strolling in entrance of a storefront with the signal “Liefeld’s Simply Ft” emblazoned on it. And now, The Fantastic 4: First Steps continues this custom with a brand new callback to Marvel historical past.
In a single shot in the brand new Fantastic 4 trailer on the 1:58 mark, Marvel’s First Household gathers in a suspiciously empty Instances Sq. – identifiable by the Broadway road signal and the sq.’s distinctive triangle form. Behind them, there is a pink storefront with the signal Well timed Comics on it. Have a look in the trailer under.
It is an fascinating option to highlight Well timed Comics. First Steps is curating a retrofuturistic take a look at the Sixties. However in the Sixties of our world, Well timed Comics was lengthy gone. The company was rebranded to Atlas Comics in 1951, which in flip turned Marvel Comis in 1961. Well timed’s brand was additionally a blue-striped defend, which you’ll see in early problems with Jack Kirby’s Captain America, devoid of the pink we see in the Fantastic 4 trailer. That stated, Marvel’s model is deeply tied to pink at this level, so maybe the graphic design group on First Steps wished to maintain the pink in as connective tissue between these two completely different eras for the company.
The Fantastic 4: First Steps can be out July 25, throughout San Diego Comedian-Con weekend (yay!). Who is aware of what different easter eggs are hidden away in the theatrical lower of the movie?
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