Check out this hidden background detail you may have missed in “Spider-Man Homecoming.”
TF1 is broadcasting this evening the Marvel film Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first part of the Spider-Man trilogy with Tom Holland, linked to the adventures of the Avengers. If the hero had already appeared in Captain America: Civil War, this is the first time that he appears solo… or almost, because Iron Man is also there!
In the guise of Robert Downey Jr who comes to play the spiritual fathers, Tony Stark makes the link with the Civil War adventure and provides Peter Parker with incredible equipment which will allow him to fight the supervillain Vulture, played by Michael Keaton. But Iron Man isn’t the only Avenger to appear in the film.
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If you pause the frame at 12 minutes and 28 seconds of Spider-Man: Homecoming, you will see in the background of the science classroom a series of photos, the last of which is a nod to one original members of the famous Avengers:
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We can then recognize Bruce Banner aka Hulk played by Mark Ruffalo since Avengers (2012). We have since seen him again in Iron Man 3, Shang-Chi and Captain Marvel in cameos, but also Avengers 2, 3 and 4, Thor: Ragnarok and 3 episodes of the She-Hulk series.
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Hulk version Bruce Banner
A clever wink, which reinforces the coherence of the Marvel cinematographic universe by showing that Bruce Banner’s scientific talents are recognized by all, taken as a model and even taught.
In the comics, Hulk and Spider-Man joined forces in 1954 in the collection Marvel Team-Upthen in the annual issue of Marvel Team-Up from 1979, in which the two superheroes even clash! The series with Lou Ferrigno intended to fulfill this fan fantasy with a crossover with the series Amazing Spider-Man led by Nicholas Hammond, but the project ultimately never came to fruition.