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Wheels - S4-E14

Trivia: The actor who plays the judge in Cory's hearing is Dan Lauria, who played the father to Ben Savage's brother Fred on The Wonder Years.

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She Was Killed by Space Junk - S1-E3

Trivia: The Doctor Manhattan - themed sex toy that Laurie receives is called "Excalibur." This is a clue to Doctor Manhattan actually being Cal Abar, i.e. when he returns to his Doctor Manhattan form, he is "ex Cal Abar".

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Trivia: Almost every episode of this series contains scenes where ghosts can be seen hiding in plain sight.

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Trivia: When Tony Stark is visiting the Raft, an imprisoned Clint Barton mockingly calls him a "futurist." In 2004, Robert Downey Jr. released an album called "The Futurist."

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Trivia: When Marvel was going through bankruptcy in the late 90's, they gave Sony the opportunity to purchase the film rights to their entire catalogue of available characters for $25 million. Sony declined, thinking no-one cared about Marvel's other characters, and settled on just purchasing the rights to Spider-Man and his supporting characters for $10 million.

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Season 1 generally

Trivia: The season one episodes "Doomed" and "Fantastic Fortitude" crossed over with the Fantastic Four series that was airing around the same time.

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Helping Hands, Iron Fist - S1-E4

Trivia: This episode crosses over with the Iron Man TV series that was airing around the same time.

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The End of Eternity - S1-E13

Trivia: When Silver Surfer witnesses a galaxy moving backwards through time, he refers to it as the Kirby-Lee quadrant. A reference to Marvel Comics legends Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.

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The Forever War - S1-E11

Trivia: The warrior that the scientists of Karrades create after exiling Adam Warlock into the time anomaly is the Magus, who in the comics is Adam Warlock's evil doppelganger.

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The Forever War - S1-E11

Trivia: When the Kree ships are firing on Adam Warlock, one of the sounds is the same sound effect used when Gambit throws kinetically charged cards in the 90's X-Men cartoon.

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The Forever War - S1-E11

Trivia: The title of this episode is a reference to the Marvel crossover event "Infinity War," of which guest protagonist Adam Warlock was a major character.

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Radical Justice - S1-E10

Trivia: One of the characters seen when Silver Surfer is first brought before the tribunal is Ronan the Accuser.

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Winter Is Coming - S1-E1

Trivia: The dead stag that the Starks discover was not a prop. Apparently it had been dead for two days, and the smell was revolting to the actors.

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Antibody - S1-E8

Trivia: The infection inside Galactus' body bears a strong resemblance to the Marvel Comics villain Shuma-Gorath.

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Learning Curve: Part 2 - S1-E6

Trivia: When Gamora is welcoming Lord Glenn aboard her ship, the character standing behind her with the gold body and purple hood is the Living Tribunal, who is one of the most powerful characters in all of Marvel Comics.

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Learning Curve: Part 2 - S1-E6

Trivia: In this episode, Mentor reveals that he is brother to Thanos. In the comics, Mentor is the father of Thanos.

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Learning Curve: Part 1 - S1-E5

Trivia: When Mentor is struggling to pilot his ship through the plasma jump, the sound emitted is the same sound as a TIE Fighter from Star Wars.

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Learning Curve: Part 1 - S1-E5

Trivia: Two of the characters seen in Nebula's crew are the Marvel superheroes Nova (Richard Rider, not to be confused with the Frankie Raye Nova, who also appears in this series) and Jack of Hearts.

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Trivia: Much like in the comics, the Savage Land is a rainforest hidden within Antarctica. In April of 2020, it was reported that scientists discovered evidence of a rainforest that existed in Western Antarctica 90 million years ago.

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Trivia: The final five episodes of this series are somewhat of a precursor to both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The Secret Wars episodes featured a large crossover with characters from other established Marvel TV shows from the same time period, including X-Men, Iron Man, and Fantastic 4. The two-part series finale featured Spider-Man teaming up with several Spider-Men from different realities in order to stop a catastrophe that could affect all realities.

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