Superheroes You Didn't Realize Had Interconnected Origins

Jessica Jones debuted in Marvel Comics in 2001. Writers portray her character as existing much longer. Jessica and Peter Parker discover this during their time on the New Avengers.Jessica and Peter went to high school together. Jessica once had a crush on Peter. She was also there for his most important day.Readers find out Jones was one of the students who accompanied Peter on a field trip. This trip involved a scientific demonstration. A radioactive spider bit Peter then, making him Spider-Man. Jessica did not see the event's importance then. She discovers her powers years later.

Readers learn Jones joined Peter on a field trip to a science demonstration. That trip saw a radioactive spider bite Peter and turn him into Spider-Man. She did not grasp the event's importance then; she found her powers years later.

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird first created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in comic book form.They intended the characters to parody mainstream comic books from that time. This included Frank Miller's epic Daredevil run.The first telling of the Turtles' origin story showed visual hints. The radioactive material that mutated them was the same goop that blinded Matthew Murdock, Daredevil.

Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird first created theTony Stark and Bruce Banner co-founded the Avengers. They share a long history of linked comic book plots. Their shared past goes back before Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original works suggested—to the day the Hulk was born.It appears in Original Sin: Hulk vs. Iron Man.Stark consulted on the gamma bomb experiment before becoming Iron Man. Stark tampered with the bomb, likely to mess with Banner. This caused tension between them.characters to parody mainstream comic books of that time, including Frank Miller's epicThe origin story for Rocket is hinted at vaguely in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The story is bizarre, even for comic book standards. Rocket started as a therapy animal at a robot-run cosmic asylum. Robots performed bad genetic experiments on the animals to care for patients. This created Thor's favorite rabbit.run. The first Turtles' origin story showed visual clues: the material that mutated them was the same goop that blinded Matthew Murdock, giving him Daredevil's powers. Eastman and Laird feared Marvel Comics lawsuits, so they kept the link vague.

Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, co-founders of the Avengers, share a long history in comic book plots. Their shared past goes back further than Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original works suggest—to the day the Hulk appeared.

It is revealed inOriginal Sin: Hulk vs. Iron ManStark consulted on the gamma bomb experiments that turned Banner into the Hulk long before he became Iron Man. During the miniseries, Stark tampered with the bomb, likely to mess with Banner, causing tension between them.

Stark admits his tampering weakened the device, saving Banner's life but condemning him to live as a huge, green, angry monster. Banner struggles with this new fact; their friendship fractures.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe hints vaguely at Rocket's origin, and rightly so—it is weird, even for comics. Rocket started as a therapy animal at a robot-run cosmic asylum. When the robots got bored, they did terrible genetic tests on the animals so they could care for patients instead. That is how Thor's favorite rabbit came to be.

Rocket's origins appear first in an Incredible HulkStrange events put the Hulk on Rocket's home planet, Halfworld. There, he joins an uprising and learns the not-raccoon's history. He then helps Rocket launch for his first life as a cosmic critter.

TheCourt of OwlsThe Court of Owls is a recent addition to the Dark Knight's villains. They already affect the character and the past of his allies. Talon, the antihero who broke their ranks, is best known. The Court of Owls secretly controlled Gotham for generations, hiding from the Bat Family.

The Court of Owls train contract slayers called Talons. While investigating their dark past, Batman finds a secret. Before adopting Dick Grayson, the Court used Haley's Circus to train future Talons. The boy who became Nightwing was meant to be an assassin for the Court of Owls. Bruce Wayne saved him and taught him to use his powers for good.

Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four is themost famous superheroHe goes by "the Human Torch," but he is not the first. The original Human Torch predates the name "Marvel Comics." This hero was not human. Jim Hammond, the original Torch, was an android who fought with Captain America and the Invaders in WWII.

By the time Storm and the Fantastic Four appeared, the old Human Torch was already out of print, like many of Captain America's WWII allies. Ultron took the decommissioned body, which became the base for creating Vision, everyone's favorite artificial Avenger. Since then, Vision underwent many structural upgrades, and Jim Hammond returned to his old android body.

Unlike mostMarvel Comics characters, Carol Danvers got her powers after becoming a non-powered support character. Before meeting the Kree Psyche-Magnetron, Danvers was a hero with the US Air Force and NASA. There, she teamed up with other notable people.

With the Air Force's special operations division, Danvers ran missions with Nick Fury and Wolverine. She shared an adventure with a young pilot named Benjamin Grimm. Grimm was years from space travel and transforming into the Thing, a founding member of the Fantastic Four. Later, Grimm and Danvers became teammates on the New Avengers.

Kamandi, the last boy on Earth, is a Jack Kirby creation. His adventures all happen in the distant, post-apocalyptic future of the DC Universe. Kamandi seems like an ordinary human facing strange events. He survives the sci-fi wasteland that Earth turned into. This survival might tie into his superhero past.

In Kamandi's time, Superman's old costume holds religious status. People view the Man of Steel through deistic terms. Kamandi has a much closer tie to the Big Blue Boy Scout. He is Clark Kent's grandson, and Clark Kent still lives.

Doctor Manhattan claims responsibility for the origin stories of an entire comic book universe.Doctor Manhattan of Watchmen.Alan Moore’s legendary series, Watchmen, was published by DC Comics. It stayed separate from the main continuity until the events of The New 52.The New 52.Doctor Manhattan appears in the list 'Superheroes You Didn't Realize Had Interconnected Origins'.

Another company-wide reboot follows a long line of changes.The New 52. This reset continuity.This happens for every.DC Comics character.Each DC Comics character gets younger and more modern. Manhattan, the all-powerful being, did this through his plans. He vanished to unknown places at the end of Watchmen.Watchmen.He apparently rewrote DC Comics' history later. This brought current versions of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and others into existence.

Hawkeye is a Marvel character adapted into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Few pairings feel more separate than Hawkeye and Mantis. Still, they share deeply connected personal stories.

Clint Barton ran away to join the circus. Jacques Duquesne, the Swordsman, taught him many skills there. Barton and Duquesne split because of the Swordsman's villainy. They reunited as Avengers after Duquesne completed his face-turn. The Swordsman met Mantis and married her briefly before Duquesne died in battle.

Mantis married Hawkeye's adoptive father, making her his quasi-stepmother.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity.Drax the Destroyer.Drax seeks revenge against Thanos because his family was killed by Thanos's minions. Comic book canon shows their fatal relationship is more direct.

The Marvel Comics version of Drax is Arthur Douglas, a simple saxophone player from Earth. Douglas traveled with his wife and daughter when they met Thanos during a surveillance mission. Thanos killed the whole family.

Later, Thanos's father got Arthur's "astral form" and brought him back as Drax the Destroyer. This sent him on a lifetime mission to avenge the Mad Titan.

Wolverine is not the only superhero born from the Weapon Plus.Weapon Plus.Project Rebirth, a follow-up to WWII, created Captain America. Governments spent millions of dollars and hours recreating the serum that gave Steve Rogers his powers. This research led them down dark paths, including testing on prisoners.

Carl Lucas was one such prisoner. He later used the name Luke Cage. Weapon Plus experiments on Cage gave him tough skin and superstrength. They officially called him "Weapon VI," but he chose Power Man for his superhero career.

Marvel Comics kept Wolverine's origins secret for a long time. Ambiguous flashes hinted at the mutant's dark past. Barry Windsor-Smith's work revealed the truth: Logan possessed a mutant healing factor and claws. His adamantium skeleton came from terrible government experiments.Weapon Xstoryline.

TheWeapon X programWeapon X program grafted metal to Wolverine's bones. This metal gets a number: "X" is the Roman numeral for 10. Wolverine is the 10th person experimented on by the program.Weapon Plus program.Steve Rogers, better known as Captain America, was Weapon I. He joined the program when it was called Project Rebirth.

Weapon Plus produced Captain America, Luke Cage, and Wolverine. Deadpool was a major failure. After working as a mercenary without powers, cancer-stricken Wade Wilson volunteered for Canadian government testing. They sent him to Weapon X.

Weapon X scientists had experience with Wolverine and leftover genetic material. They tried grafting Wolverine's healing factor onto Wilson's genes. The first test failed, and Wilson left the program. Still, the healing factor took hold. Deadpool was born then, though he had some skin issues.