The new movie Thunderbolts uses the tried and true Easter egg to contrast the misfit team with the mighty Avengers, one MCU ...

This isn’t just the MCU’s fault, but Marvel and other modern comic book franchises have turned us into Easter egg hunters, the equivalent of the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme in real life.

Nope, the "Spider-Man Pointing" meme does not come from a movie or a comic book strip. It actually originates from the 1967 animated TV series called Spider-Man . The more you know.

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