Our friends at io9 have noticed a similarities between the new poster for The Incredible Hulk and the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #50. I’m guessing that this homage was probably intentional. The image also might seem familiar to those of you who have seen Spider-Man 2, as the issue’s storyline “Spider-Man No More!” was used as part of that Spider-Man film adaptation. Others have noticed that the poster is also similar to the poster for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, pictured below.
We’ve also included a large scan of The Amazing Spider-Man #50 for your viewing pleasure:
April 15th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I noticed this as soon as I saw the first poster, but figured Marvel was doing it intentionally.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Geez…what a pack of idiots people are. Ripping off a comic book cover or a poster? Net nerds will find a conspiracy anywhere…
Listen guys….when you want to compare a big guy and a little guy in the same space…..YOU PUT THEM BACK TO BACK!!!! The artists who drew that Spider-Man cover DID NOT INVENT THIS!!!!
Putting his head down? Yeah, last time I checked people have portrayed somber characters with their heads down.
Why do people over-analyze the crap out of everything?
April 15th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Man I said that!
April 15th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
It is Marvel so homage makes sense
April 15th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
figgerd it was homage to the TV show.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
you might also notice that the same design was used on a previous issue of The Incredible Hulk and also was used as a Variant Cover for Marvel Zombies
April 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Marvel has copied Spiderman #50 numerous times.
Take a gander at Howard the Duck #19 from 1977:
http://www.genecolan.com/covers/htd/htd19.jpg
Vic
April 15th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
@ backlash
Yes, Marvel didn’t invent that pose, but the two are so similar it is most deffinatly a homage.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Peter,
Please stop with these pointless posts and stick to actual NEWS!
April 16th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Chris, This post was one of our most popular posts from yesterday, so the people have spoken :P
April 17th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Whoa…Howard the Duck was a comic? I didn’t know that…