Spider-Man: no way home It’s Marvel’s highest-grossing movie of 2021. But not only did the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield thrill fans, but also a hidden reference to cartoonist Stan Lee that only the most observant noticed. It is a small wink that possibly the director Jon watts wanted to pay homage to the genius behind Marvel Comics.
The reference is hidden in the license plate of one of the cars that appear in the bridge fight between Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man.
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When Peter finds the MIT recruiter’s car, there is a taxi parked behind it with the license plate number “1228.”
At first glance, this may seem like any number, but it is actually Stan Lee’s date of birth: December 12, 1922.
Mere coincidence?
Of course, anyone would think that this is a mere coincidence, but there is evidence to indicate that it would show that it is an intentional wink.
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In the second trailer for No way home, a very similar reference also appeared but about Daredevil. A license plate number announced their appearance.
Said No way home theory about Matt Murdock was confirmed and some fans recalled such a wink.
Based on these evidences, it is possible that the same license plate of the car in which it appears Stan lee It was not just a coincidence, but perhaps some second way to keep the creator of Marvel in the films without the need for cameos.
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The cameo fans would have wanted
Stan Lee passed away on November 12, 2018, but he has left a legacy of several superheroes who keep coming to the movies thanks to his great contribution in comics.
For that reason, a fan imagined what his cameo would have been like in Spider-Man: no way home in a moving image.
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