GHOTMU vs. MCU: A Comparison

I like the MCU version better than the "you damn kids, get off my lawn!" comic version lol

Not to be confused with Purple Guy, who is an entirely different psycho

I see they kept the shawl consistent

Mr. Akinnuoye-Agbaje followed me on Twitter briefly but I'm pretty sure he doesn't anymore

One of a couple gender swaps they did for the MCU (I believe they also made the character white so as to avoid issues with China, since the comic version of the character was Tibetan)

I imagine Dr. Zola was shown in his original body in flashbacks in the comics, but this is the pic that was in the GHOTMU

He did actually wear a mask like that in the MCU briefly, but not in this pic

He's even got the HYDRA "H" on the waistband of his underwear, that's how you know he's truly devoted to the cause

I don't know why her skin is like that in the drawing

Hoping to see this dude show up again in Quantumania

I'm not sure if the older Marvel TV series (Agents of SHIELD, Inhumans, etc.) are "canon" to the MCU anymore, but I'm including them here anyway, much like most Elfquest fan sites include the original WaveDancers in character lists

Flared sleeves look great on a Ren Faire costume but I feel like they'd be a liability in melee combat

Not sure the comic Crossbones was Brock Rumlow, but the Rumlow character in MCU became Crossbones so he's included here

I wonder why they didn't just put him in purple briefs for the movies. Seems like that'd be easier to render

I don't actually know if her name in the MCU is really "Brunnhilda" or if she is literally just Valkyrie

Bucky was Captain America's young sidekick in the old Golden Age comics, and I think that might have been his full name rather than James Buchanan Barnes but I'm not totally sure. Sidekicks for adult superheroes were popular back then so younger readers had a character they could more readily identify with

Again, this one is Agents of SHIELD, but I say it counts

She was Ms. Marvel in the comics before she was Captain Marvel and I didn't want to clutter up the image with too much text. Also I really hope they avoid that one comic storyline in the MCU, the uh, you know which one I'm talking about. The Problematic™ one

Barton was hard of hearing in the comics and relied heavily on lip-reading when he talked to people. If that's the case with the MCU version too, they haven't mentioned it

They didn't get separate entries in the GHOTMU, just "Nightwing Restorations" so I put the MCU versions together here too

Oh, that's not…bands or something in her hair? It's just dyed that way? Huh okay

I remember watching Iron Fist on Netflix and being so weirded out by the fact "15 years ago" was the early 00s and iPods existed then @_@

A lot of folks are saying the Darkhold is proof that AoS is 100% no longer canon because it looks different. I'm like, it was written by the Marvel Universe's equivalent of Cthulhu, do you REALLY think it can't change shape and be in multiple locations at once

Darren Cross was a very minor character in the comics and didn't ever have a dual identity as Yellowjacket AFAIK but I combined them here for the sake of the compilation

Yep the Destroyer was in the comics too lol. Slightly less spiky though because imagine having to draw all of those over and over and over again by hand

Dr. Strange or as one of my friends called him "Wizard Tony Stark"

"Dormammu, I've come to— wait—what are you WEARING!? did you raid a thrift store??"

Comic Drax was originally a human real estate agent whose soul was put in a different body. The MCU one is just an alien lol

Note that in the comics, Ego was NOT Peter Quill's father. That was another character who hasn't even made any cameos in the MCU as far as I know

Natchios doesn't really sound like a Greek name but lol what do I know

I don't know why the comic version looked like that and I'm glad they didn't make the MCU version 100% faithful to that character design

2008's Incredible Hulk movie does canonically count as part of the MCU, but it's not on Disney+ with the rest of the movies. Licencing issues maybe?

There were a lot of blue aliens in the comics and no they weren't all the same species

IIRC they wanted Zachary Levi to play Fandral from the get-go but couldn't get a contract with him for the first of the Thor movies, so they had to substitute in Prince Charming

dog tax

Flag-Smasher was one character, not a group, in the comics, but I wasn't about to put everyone in the comparison image lol

I can see why they got rid of the white gloves and boots for the MCU version. Those would be annoyingly difficult to clean blood off of constantly

No I don't know what's going on with the drawing's arms. Maybe it's Rob Liefeld art

Hopefully Mr. Ikwuakor wore his prosthetics correctly and doesn't end up with a fatal lifelong painkiller addiction like Torgo's actor from Manos: The Hands of Fate. (or even better maybe they just CG'd the hooves in)

Dr. Pym had a much bigger role in the comics than he's had in the MCU so far. He was a full member of the Avengers, and among other things, it was him who built Ultron, not Tony Stark

One of my friends thinks Cate Blanchett as Hela is Galadriel from an alternate timeline where she accepted the One Ring and IN PLACE OF A DARK LORD YOU SHALL HAVE A QUEEN

Sure he may have been a minor character, but it still counts!

I don't know what Hogun was supposed to be the god of. The god of not-talking?

Here's hoping we see Howard visit Cleveland in the MCU

Yes I know that's the old Sony Spider-Man version but it still counts

Janet was also an active member of the Avengers in the comics. In the MCU it seems to be Hope who is going to do most of the superhero stuff on screen

I figured since the first Captain America movie Red Skull was gonna show up again somewhere. Shame they couldn't have Hugo Weaving reprise the role (I think it was contractual disputes or something))

Wyatt Russell, the latest member of the "We're So Good At Acting That Everyone Hates Us Now" club alongside such luminaries as Jack Gleeson and Imelda Staunton

There weren't a lot of civilians or non-powered characters detailed in the GHOTMU unless they had some significant role in the comics. Justin Hammer was one of those. (Aunt May wasn't)

Yep, he had a first name apparently…and also a title

I haven't watched Inhumans yet but I have a Hulu sub so I definitely need to

Rest in power, Chadwick.

In F&WS season 2 they go to space and Lemar becomes Battlestar Galactica

Well, MOSTLY Tom Hiddleston. Also Chris Evans and Sir Anthony Hopkins in a couple of scenes. And I definitely understand why they didn't give him the comics-accurate headpiece for the movies

The MCU version is gonna end up with one really tanned arm and one really pale arm

They are apparently recasting Luke Cage for the actual MCU-outside-of-Netflix-series, but I don't know yet who they're planning or have any other info

M’Baku also went by a secondary name in the comics, but I'm absolutely not going to open up that can of worms

The comic version doesn't actually look all that elfy…though his ears are hidden by his hair so they could be pointed

Mantis was a human in the comics, and involved with the Cotati, who have been name-dropped in the MCU but not actually appeared yet

Another gender-bent character and I am 100% okay with that

Daredevil was in the GHOTMU but Foggy wasn't, despite being an established character, probably because he was a boring basic civilian

I'm glad they did away with the clown collar for the MCU costume

I'm glad they gave her a dress instead of unitard so she actually looks queenly lol

Whoever reconstructed that image of Monica and removed the background did the laziest possible job on her boots, geez

Yes I say "Romanova" instead of "Romanoff" because SHE'S A WOMAN DAMMIT

Yes Nebula had HAIR in the comics. Also she was actually related to Thanos (presumed granddaughter or great-granddaughter)

Later on in the comics (after some reboots) Nick Fury was drawn to look more like Jackson, with Jackson's permission, because he wanted to be able to play the character if they ever made movies. And that turned out for the best :D

Per a line in Avengers: Endgame, The Big Lebowski exists as a movie in the MCU. So my question is, did Jeff Bridges play The Dude in that version and Tony was just selectively blind to the resemblance to Stane, or did the MCU's version have a completely different actor in The Big Lebowski?

Sir Hopkins is extremely inspiring to me because it shows how even an autistic can reach worldwide acclaim

When Trish was trying on costumes in Jessica Jones season 3, and went "ugh" at the bright yellow one? Easter eeeeggggggg

I'm fine with them having skipped over the origin story for the MCU Spider-Man; most people watching Civil War had either already seen the old Sony movies and/or read the comics, so we didn't really need a refresher

No I am not including Evan Peters in here since if you've seen WandaVision you know that wasn't really Pietro. (Or Peter Maximoff like in the Fox movies, even)

His name was Quentin Black in the comics but they made him Quentin Beck in the MCU. Not entirely sure why, but I'm sure they had their reasons and I'm not gonna quibble

Aw, look at the cute little raccoon! I bet it makes silly little quips and hilarious jokes and—AAAH OH GOD HE JUST SHOT ME IN THE KIDNEY AAHH

lol his hammer in the comics was dinky

Comic Falcon had a telepathic link with an actual bird named Redwing, but I think giving him drones in the MCU is fine too

That comic costume. Sure. Because when I think of ants, I think orange and blue like the University of Illinois' team colours

According to the MCU wiki I found some of these images on, Sif got either snapped or hand-killed by Thanos but then got un-snapped in the Blip, so maybe we'll see her again in the MCU

The comic version was a w i d e l a d

We've only seen Stakar in a couple scenes of GotG2, but he's likely to have bigger roles in future movies

? job by the casting director, finding an actor who actually had the proper Dorito-esque shoulder-to-waist ratio

yes in the comics the Kree were ruled by Slimer from Ghostbusters but with hair

Re-bingeing the entire MCU lately, I had to go look up all the actors and now I can't unhear the Scourgelord Tyrannus in Surtur's voice

Cloak & Dagger is another of the shows that I'm not entirely sure counts as MCU canon but I'm including the characters here because I said so

Big "get off my lawn" energy from the comics version. MCU version is supposed to have platinum hair too but the lighting is weird in that pic

I think in the comics Thanos' race was just supposed to be an offshoot of humans. They never mentioned it at all in the MCU. Me? I'm pretty sure he's an Osun from WildStar

I know in a lot of the Bronze Age comics Thor didn't have a beard, but he'd apparently grown one by 1988 when he appeared in the GHOTMU

The comics, as far as I know, never had an "I am Iron Man" moment—he always just pretended to be Tony Stark's bodyguard who coincidentally was never seen in the same room with him

I bet that cloak was fun to draw. I'm not being sarcastic. Flowy clothing is awesome

I know we saw A FEW Watchers so it's reasonable to think at least one of them is Uatu

It was a good design choice to alter those RC control antennae on his head and make him look more streamlined and badass for the MCU

I don't know what his story was in the comics, but he was there (with the gun on his other arm and a differently-spelled name)

I'm sure we'll be seeing her again

I agree with my elder sister, Bettany is far too pretty a man to have had his face hidden for so many movies

The other two members of the Warriors Three had titles in the comics, but I'm not sure Volstagg ever got one

As we know, she wore a replica of the comic outfit in one episode of WandaVision as an easter egg, but the crimson leather one is gonna be her "real" outfit from now on

"I must destroy The Vision."
"But you ARE The Vision."
*head explodes like robot Santa*

btw Vincent D'Onofrio says "fuck TERFs"

The comic and movie versions of Yondu don't have a lot in common, compared with some of the other characters adapted to film. Comic Yondu actually had a bow and he was a pacifist hunter from an "uncivilised" world