Trivia / Secret Empire

• Disowned Adaptation: When the initial "Hail HYDRA" twist from Captain America: Steve Rogers made headlines on the Internet, Chris Evans made it clear on his Twitter that he was very much opposed to the idea. According to The Russo Brothers, the brief Take That! aimed at the twist in Avengers: Endgame was his idea.
• Lying Creator: Perhaps one of the reasons why this event is so contentious. From the nature of Steve Rogers' Face–Heel Turn, to how Mjolnir was able to be lifted by Steve, to the use of several plot devices that Nick Spencer swore up-and-down would not be used to resolve the story, most notably the Cosmic Cube.
• Reality Subtext: Carol's speech to Quasar in issue #7 about her recent mistakes seems like an acknowledgement of the incredibly misguided decisions Marvel made while trying to raise the character's profile in anticipation of the live-action Captain Marvel (2019) movie.
  Captain Marvel: I tried to make them love me and all I did was give them reason to hate me.
• Schedule Slip: Issue #6 got delayed, but by only a week.
• Urban Legend of Zelda:
  • Prior to the end of the series, a post went up on 4chan talking about the so-called "original" plan for Secret Empire and Generations — Kobik would still be the catalyst to save the day, but, similar to Dark Reign, the World Security Council (who was brought in in Captain America: Steve Rogers) would take over and impose their rule over the superhuman populace. Generations would have brought back the original heroes and, while they would go off to reconnect with the populace, the younger heroes would become the "Resistance" against the WSC with their titles relaunching as a brand new "Ultimate" line.
  • A different 4chan post, and one that is slightly more plausible, instead posits that Secret Empire's ending was partly rewritten halfway thru amid the backlash of Nazi Steve, and that the plan was for Sam Wilson, once and for all, becoming the new Captain America by saving the day from an unreformed Steve. Not only that, but with Pym being part Ultron, Stark out of commission, Thor being unworthy, Clint being a murderer, Bruce being dead, Vision being reformatted and so on... it would cement a new era for younger/different heroes; but due to the backlash... well, it's believed the original idea was scrapped. That they added the pages of Steve in the Kobikspace, which doesn't interact with the main story until near the very end, and two gratuitous panels that link to Generations add credence to this theory.

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