There are few things more fun and curious than crossovers and references, especially when they occur between works that we know. Without going any further, the character Deadpool He is unable to open his mouth without releasing one and the movie Ready Player One It is one of their industrial machines.
Needless to say, comics are not far behind in this regard. We already told you when a slightly edited version of Popeye confronted Superman with his fists. Well, now it’s Pokémon’s turn. Do you know that Pikachu appeared in Marvel comics as a member of the Nova Corps. They are a kind of space army/police that first appeared in the MCU thanks to the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
It was in the comic Nova #7 2008, during the event Annihilation: Conquest, when the most astute readers realized that one of the combatants was a somewhat strange Pikachu: his skin was blue and he was wearing the Nova Crops armor, which looks yellow, black and red. It is not a slight resemblance, but almost a copy: ears, tail, cheeks and even the shape of the bug. Some fans nicknamed him “Pikablu.”
It was a very specific vignette, just enough to be funny, but not to include it in other canon stories, how to signal ScreenRant. Still, the Nova Coprs were very amenable to this nod, since they have members of many different species. As with DC’s Green Lanterns Corps, for example. Does this mean that the official Pikachu has appeared in Marvel? Not in a strict sense, but no one can dare to say that he is a close cousin at the very least.
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