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* RealitySubtext: PlayedForLaughs when a Watcher is transported to the "Marvel Bullpen became the ComicBook/FantasticFour" universe. Jack Kirby, as the Thing, asks Stan "Mr. Fantastic" Lee if he's gonna take credit for that, too. Stan Lee was famously accused of overplaying his contributions to the Marvel mythos, and Jack Kirby was especially bitter about it.

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* RealitySubtext: PlayedForLaughs when a Watcher is transported to the "Marvel Bullpen became the ComicBook/FantasticFour" universe. Jack Kirby, as the Thing, asks Stan "Mr. Fantastic" Lee if he's gonna take credit for that, too. Stan Lee was famously accused of overplaying his contributions to the Marvel mythos, and Jack Kirby was especially bitter about it.it.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: While working on the original feature for ''Wizard'', Alex Ross initially planned on playing the concept for laughs, showing all the Marvel heroes becoming old and out of shape. But as he developed it further, he decided to take the idea more seriously and brought in Jim Krueger to help flesh it out, resulting in the project evolving into something different and more complex.
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* RealitySubtext: PlayedForLaughs when a Watcher is transported to the "Marvel Bullpen became the ComicBook/FantasticFour" universe. Jack Kirby, as the Thing, asks Stan "Mr. Fantastic" Lee if he's gonna take credit for that, too. Stan Lee was famously accused of overplaying his contributions to the Marvel Mythos, and Jack Kirby was especially bitter about it.

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* RealitySubtext: PlayedForLaughs when a Watcher is transported to the "Marvel Bullpen became the ComicBook/FantasticFour" universe. Jack Kirby, as the Thing, asks Stan "Mr. Fantastic" Lee if he's gonna take credit for that, too. Stan Lee was famously accused of overplaying his contributions to the Marvel Mythos, mythos, and Jack Kirby was especially bitter about it.
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* FollowTheLeader: If you haven't figured it out yet, this series was brought about by DC's success with ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. Both are stories about aged heroes while dishing out religious imagery, though while ''Kingdom Come'' is about the legacy of superheroics, ''Earth X'' deals with the origins of ''everything'' about the Marvel Universe in a future setting.

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* FollowTheLeader: If you haven't figured it out yet, this series was brought about by DC's success with ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. Both are stories about aged heroes while dishing out religious imagery, though while ''Kingdom Come'' is about the legacy of superheroics, ''Earth X'' deals with the origins of ''everything'' about the Marvel Universe in a future setting.setting.
* RealitySubtext: PlayedForLaughs when a Watcher is transported to the "Marvel Bullpen became the ComicBook/FantasticFour" universe. Jack Kirby, as the Thing, asks Stan "Mr. Fantastic" Lee if he's gonna take credit for that, too. Stan Lee was famously accused of overplaying his contributions to the Marvel Mythos, and Jack Kirby was especially bitter about it.
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* FollowTheLeader: If you haven't figured it out yet, this series was brought about by DC's success with ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. Both are stories about aged heroes while dishing out religious imagery, though while ''Kingdom Come'' is about the legacy of superheroics, ''Earth X'' deals with the origins of ''everything'' about the Marvel Universe in a future setting.

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