7 SECRETS Artists Hid in COMIC BOOKS! || Comic Misconceptions || NerdSync

[@Hanmerhack]

I remember there was a issue of Thor where he needed a new identity so he went to SHIELD so Fury helped him out and part of his disguise was a pare of glasses. Thor made a comment about how that wouldn't fool any one bumped into another guy in a blue suit with glasses who's partner of panel said "Hurry up Clark"

[@yeho8]

oh there are a bunch of Superman references in Marvel, like Deadpool's constant Cryptonite jokes, that time Captain Marvel called Black Panther Clark Kent in Ultimates and many more. Hell one time *Sabertooth* called Wade out on being a Deathstroke ripoff.

[@danielmedina9519]

Grant Morrison: I want sexual undertones in this book! Ethan Van Scyver: *hides the word sex throughout the comic* Grant Morrison: That's uh.... Not what I.... Meant...

[@notsosmartguy6254]

Grant's a pretty weird guy. Maybe that's what he really did mean?

[@wadewilson7000]

+Notsosmartguy 625 Plausible

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+Daniel Medina That would actually be really funny if that's what happened. Haha

[@davidziegler7604]

I met Ethan Van Scyver at a comic con a couple months ago and he was a super cool guy. He even brought a copy of dawn breaker that wasn’t out yet and let us look through it.

[@lucaiacob6206]

It was 100% the idea of Ethan he revealed it

[@mmafightart]

71 spiders. Todd Mcfarlane said that many fans told him that they counted 71.

[@craven1927]

That's the number on issue 13 which is the same cover, just with the black suit

[@Jaroolz]

For those wondering about the secret thingy on the clock face... You shouldn't be able to see it. Don't worry. Only about 1 in 15 people should see it. There's an hourglass shape on it. Sean Gordon Murphy explained it in a couple tweets. "It's a semi-rare sporadic form of color-blindness due to abnormal wiring in occipital lobe. It affects around 1 in 15 people and is a variant of synaesthesia which a university helped me develop the multiple color overlays." The next couple tweets go on to say stuff about right dominant brains and creativeness which is a bunch of malarkey.

[@pmzariongames]

I don't know about that. It seems like a load of barnacles

[@nuerboi]

lol

[@--_-__]

+Dope Unicorn Nope, I found the answer, then ran filters on the image (next to images highlighting it), and unless you're viewing an unaltered (I.E. raw/uncompressed or print copy) it doesn't exist.

[@JKtheAdevnturer]

So if I can see it, my brain has problems?

[@--_-__]

+JKtheAdventurer After briefly looking up Synesthesia, it's akin to psychosis as in they're seeing something that isn't there; they see the same picture that other do but their brain fills in other gaps, and in this case the l-l0Ul9 9l0lss. Like when you read something cleerly mispelled but your brian fixes it four you by replacing it with what it thinks is supposed to go their.

[@Silverrya]

I see a cracked watch

[@Silverrya]

:(

[@NerdSyncProductions]

But do you see anything on the watch face? A big symbol of some kind?

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Toomus Manley Nope, that's not it. It's a symbol that covers the watch face.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Toomus Manley I appreciate that!

[@ptsteelers]

+silver ray I see nothing. I now know what it is, and still ... just a cracked watch for me :(

[@ReplayStation]

Where do you draw the line between hidden image and easter egg? I was recently reading Silk (Vol 0). Cindy starts calling Dragonclaw 'Pokémon Dude' and in a later issue, he goes home to his daughter to find out that she had seen Silk on the news and drew a picture of her. In that picture, the little girl drew Silk standing between two plants... but not just any plants, they are Bellsprouts. a plant-type Pokémon. I just thought it was a neat thing... maybe a future easter egg episode?

[@NerdSyncProductions]

That's a pretty neat one! While I haven't read Silk's book personally, my friends tell me there are lots of pokemon references in it.

[@Katekyo504]

+ReplayStationShow *Puts nerd glasses on* UM ACTUALLY! Bellsprout is a Plant-BASED pokemon. Bellsprout is a grass(And Poison)-"Type" pokemon

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Katekyo504 NEEEEEEEEERRRRRD! ;)

[@ReplayStation]

Katekyo504 dang, i got rekt lol

[@Katekyo504]

ReplayStationShow I spit hot rhyme and facts like Muk and his Poison Gas. Make another wrong fact and I'll kick your Grass. lol

[@murph81101]

When Todd MacFarlane drew the Incredible Hulk, he'd place a drawing of Felix the Cat in every issue.

[@TheCaniblcat]

The only thing I noticed about the "Watch face" is that the hour/minute/second hands are missing. A watch/clock without hands is often used to refer to the "end of time".

[@FeatheredCrow]

If NerdSync exists in the S5-Universe. What would Sucide 5's Scott be like? ... Probably traumatised after catching that suicide on film.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I'm surprised that world's version of KZbin let the video stay up.

[@billtenth5805]

Some comic book artists who started out as fan artists hide their OC's in the comics they pencil. A good example of this is Jennifer Hernandez (Chibi-jen-hen) who does penciling for the Archie-sonic-comics; in her first issue (STH-260) she hid one of her fan character's (Crystal The Cat) in the background of the first page.

[@genises200]

that sounds something LIKE A TRAITOR WOULD SAY!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

*performs sick spins*

[@genises200]

+NerdSync You sir have made my day

[@NerdSyncProductions]

+BRYAN GALINDO Yay!

[@Wattothejunkdealer]

+NerdSync you made my day....now I'll get back to looking for FN287

[@monadoboy9639]

+NerdSync lol nerdsync is in a comic book :)

[@JonesCrimson]

I took the liberty of running a snapshot of the watch image from your video through a photo editor and can say with utmost certainty there is no hidden image present on the watch in this video. This means either your copy of the image has undergone too many format changes and the color values are lost, or the original simply has no hidden image. Either way no one is going to see it in this video.

[@wesley5729]

There is a yellow outline in the shape of Rudolph the red-nosed reign deer's head. The yellow dot is the nose

[@Chevycamaroman317]

+wesley grace holy shit what?

[@adaoraelliott9254]

+Josh Boggs Just look it up online it's actually pretty cool. (FYI it's not rudolph)

[@irascendedkitten7450]

One piece's writer Oda is the master at this.

[@Grimlock2012]

Love me some Pandaman. ;D

[@xoXDarkCuackXox]

+Irascended Kitten i've only found 1 pandaman in my life...

[@Speedojesus]

+Irascended Kitten Yeah, he disguised trash as a manga.

[@Ace-gn9fo]

+Yeiraw Raw i have found a lot but dont remamber

[@milesedgeworth1462]

+Speedojesus LMAO

[@maryfranks9735]

I love when Todd McFarlane did the Kiss comic Psycho Circus. He would hide references to Eric Carr throughout the comic book series until The Fox was finally used. I thought it was a brilliant way to pay homage to Eric who had passed away.

[@ShadowACE1998]

I know what the hidden image is on the watch. IT"S A SAILBOAT! LMAO!

[@gavyncoble4043]

+Logan Cracraft no its a seamen riding a great white shark on a wave whilst stabbing sword fish trying to kill him with a harpoon

[@wadewilson7000]

+Logan Cracraft THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY!!!!

[@ShadowACE1998]

Wade Wilson FINALLY! I've been dropping Kevin Smith references for almost three months. You're the first one to get it.

[@wadewilson7000]

+Logan Cracraft I don't check comments often or I would've spotted it sooner :D

[@wadewilson7000]

+dante matychuk That'll teach to steal my tacos ... RASENGAN!!!!!!!

[@Pecola1FromScratch]

The watch seemed to just have a road with two mountains and a sun on it... but I didn't see a "symbol". Unless the sun counts... Or maybe he just meant to say that some people will see the watch as black and blue? But... then he would have drawn it black and blue with the false appearance of it being yellow and white, so that can't be it. :P

[@Pecola1FromScratch]

+Pecola1FromScratch Actually... it does have a bit of a blue tint and black outlines...

[@krim7]

+Pecola1FromScratch It looks like the hidden image is this: www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lbrb-590x330.jpg

[@SgtSupaman]

+krim7 That can't be real... There are no lines in the art to randomly form that. Even at 800% zoom, there isn't a single pixel that falls in line for that to actually be seen.

[@Pecola1FromScratch]

SgtSupaman Yeah... I've tried my best editing the contrast and lighting and saturation, all I get is that the face of the watch is tinted slightly purple, and there are green splotches randomly. No pattern like that.

[@HoundXXII]

+Dakota MC stop having my name

[@tmbocheeko]

I definitely see something on the watch but have NO idea what it is I'm looking at.

[@megalofyia9280]

Well done on getting yourself featured Scott! I don't normally actually buy comic books, but I'm going to go and buy Suicide 5 so that I can have the book with you in it. Here's to the future where your view counts match those in the book!

[@DenniWintyr]

"Countless artists swiping from Jim Lee"... including Jim Lee :) Heaps of his art is swiped from his own earlier books.

[@ScottBryanMuseslave]

Please do the George Perez and John Byrne Easter eggs! They did so many in the 80's!

[@asarogers5786]

great vid i feel like this could be a differant type of vid you could do a series on secrets and referances and those sorts of things in comics

[@xandertrejo]

That is a great idea.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Honestly, it almost was. I just couldn't justify having another show right now. Maybe sometime in the future.

[@medicwheat69]

+NerdSync where did you get the Stan lee shield flying car figure? I can't seem to find it

[@NerdSyncProductions]

It's not Stan Lee. It's Agent Coulson and Lola.

[@77mcgiver]

In the Chrononauts cover I couldn't see a thing, I asked my dad and after like 5 minutes or so he told me he saw a "landscape" the yellow dot is the "sun", the cracks on the left are " a mountain" and on the right there is another "mountain" but also a "road" or a "path" that leads into the yellow dot (the sun, which is in the "horizon"). Tht's the best he could come up with because I just saw a "stadium" haha. Gret video as always :D

[@Purpleyoshisinthesky]

There was a flash in the green lantern comic a little while ago that had galactus and the silver surfer hidden in the bottom right corner

[@DanielJenkinsP]

Man, you make one hell of a show/trip/comic thinking while. It's just so cool your theories and explanations!

[@Chandasouk]

Once again, we get another great video.

[@hatednyc]

1:53 Mark Texeira is in the background of the connection photo! Never forget that first time I saw his work in the 90’s on his Ghost Rider run.

[@Evan-zx2vd]

I love comic Easter eggs

[@batman81022]

Great video as always! Love filling my brain with extra nerdy stuff.

[@ermacmacro7136]

THE DR. STRANGE SANCTUM SYMBOL!

[@_Tafkat]

Funny enough, I have that Spiderman Universe X comic I picked up from a garage sale. I never noticed that little message until this video. thanks for telling me. Where once it was collecting dust on my book shelf I dusted it off and read it again...to which I put it back on the dusty book shelf.

[@RgxSuperSonic]

Dude, I hope you make a part 2 to this. I love these hidden images and the stories behind them. : >

[@NerdSyncProductions]

If I find enough cool ones, I'll definitely make a second video!

[@grooveechainsaw]

This was a cool topic ... making for a cool video ! Along the same lines as swipes are homages -- It would be cool if you could do a video about that. For instance, I'm always amused when a new comic does a cover that's an homage to a classic comic cover ( Action Comics #1, Detective #27, Fantastic Four #1 -- that sort of thing )

[@tobito9730]

I only saw it when you mentioned the symbol.

[@landog6998]

what is it please tell me

[@DaveKrzeminski]

Once again, another fantastic video! This one was great and I'd say my favorite is the Phantom being on those tribal shields in New Guinea. Always interesting. Thanks Scott!

[@leepo9647]

in the clock i saw something that looked kinda like groot jumping at us.

[@killertails1244]

marioluigi510 I thought it was my money going into the subsribe button

[@DinaHayward]

Thanks for sharing this, truly excellent content!

[@ThisChangeIsAwful]

Kind of looks like an hour-glass.

[@419Films]

7:54 - Brilliant! XD

[@akba666]

I bet you would get that many views if you actually uploaded a suicide caught on film.

[@silverdragon1286]

akba666 I mean, just look at Logan Paul. That psychopath did it

[@ZachSchamis]

This is one of your best videos! Great job!

[@UnboxingJon]

But what is Yu is watching this video?

[@christhestampeder]

I would love you to cover the clone saga! That event got me out of comics during it's run and I've only recently come back, due in large part to your videos and other ones like them on KZbin.

[@Pecola1FromScratch]

All you have to do to get that many views, is post a video about a "Bizarre Suicide on film!" Then it will go viral...

[@Noiste497]

Nerdsync rocks! you deserve way more subscribers

[@infinitehoops]

is it x men logo?

[@JmOoAnT]

The same thought crossed my mind

[@lonk2902]

I know that this show is mostly about super hero comics, but I feel like the fact that Don Rosa hid the acronym D.U.C.K. which stands for Dedicated to Uncle Carl from Keno (Uncle Carl meaning Carl Barks, the person that came up with Scrooge McDuck and Keno being Don Rosa's first name) in almost all of his Disney comics could have been mentioned.

[@Lenwardo]

#SnokeNiswander

[@NerdSyncProductions]

You're ruining my plan...

[@Lenwardo]

:P

[@FedericaFanders]

Great show guys, thank you

[@Franciscoe89]

Great video, appreciate you sharing it!

[@baseddeathfafy5030]

This is more of an easter egg than anything but I remember in Superman's Action Comics #721 Mary Jane Watson makes an appearance...sort of. After everyone in Metropolis is having weird good luck Jimmy Olsen gets mobbed by a lot of beautiful women with a certain redhead (or brunette) grabbing him and saying "Face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot." Hilarious and awesome to see a Spiderman reference in a Superman book.

[@CrispusBanks]

Thanks a ton, this was super helpful!

[@Sir_Pual]

Hey Scott you familiar with my gramps Pablo Marcos?He is an old comic artist but just wanted to ask since I got into comics because him obviously but you blew my interest in comics a whole lot about less than a year ago. Ever since I've been reading and watching all of your awesome vids and exploring other KZbinrs who do vids about comics.

[@chickentikka7890]

Fantastic Video, this must be followed up in the future!

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

great episode. loved learning some sly and witty hidden images.

[@dominicbaron4134]

Hey! Scott, don't forget the Felix the cat in almost all of McFarlaine comics books. It's a great one.

[@mikeh5139]

Keep up the good work! Definitely earned a new subscriber :)

[@Dsepshun]

I don't think this qualifies as a secret so much as just an interesting little tidbit of information but in one of the "Sandman" Annuals, two of the background characters that appear at several points in the book are actually based on two of the artist's professors from university who were a couple for some 40 or 50 years at the time (I forget). This guy I was dating took me to their house one afternoon where we had a nice afternoon of tea and conversation. Afterwords he took me to a comic book shop and grabbed the annual and opened it up to a certain page and asked me to look at the different background characters and of course to my surprise, there they were. One of my fondest memories of that ex.

[@DavidAmrod]

There were multiple Distributors of Comics in the early 90's... Some releasing on Wed, some Thur, some Fri. Around 94, Diamond Deliveries was a special feature Diamond had for SOME stores that would get the earliest delivery/... otherwise, they shipped via UPS, and they were received a day or so later (depending on when holidays fell). By 96, Diamond Deliveries was shipping most of Diamond's comics on Wednesday shipping them out the night before. I have no idea what they do now, as I stopped being a store owner and then stopped being a comic fan around the end of that year, due to the flood of crossovers and the major flux in X-men writers changing... I also do not know if the other two Comics distributors even exist.

[@Musutka85]

It's been a long time since i watched your videos because i thought they were too complicated for me, but this was really cool and interesting.Nice job man i cant wait for mondays video.

[@Roley.Shackelton]

Fantastic vid!!! Thanks a lot!

[@creme8338]

Incredible video, as always. that mustve been immense work to find all those out.. unless you just copied them from a website or something..? nah scott, i trust you. keep up the good work !

[@theamazingspider-man9792]

Great video Scott!

[@Slimshadow457]

I personally love how Brian Micheal Bendis wrote himself into Spider-Man with Kong. It took me years to know what BMB looked like and when I finally saw it I flipped some shit. It's not really hidden tho. More "hidden" are all the superheroes/villains in Mark Millar's Wanted series. Some are reaaaally obvious and are actually referenced, others like the shocker are a lot harder to try to find :3

[@MarcoMakesOfficial]

your videos are truly amazing

[@Guerrilla_Grodd]

My favourite example of this also comes from Todd McFarlane. Spiders aren't the only hidden easter eggs within his historic Spider-Man run. The story goes like this.. Todd McFarlane began to include images of Felix the Cat in the interior art of many issues after meeting someone suffering from post-traumatic stress who carried around a Felix the Cat doll. The man told McFarlane that he was not a fan of superhero books, therefore he didn't purchase Spider-Man comics, so McFarlane asked if he would start reading them if Felix the Cat was drawn into them and the man said, _"Yes"_ .. After meeting this man, it is said that every single comic issue that McFarlane has ever pencilled henceforth includes Felix the Cat hidden away somewhere within it's pages.

[@CarnivoreBruno]

The hidden spiders were on all the Spider-man titles at the time. McFarlane may have started it, but it was across Amazing, Spectacular, and Web of Spider-man...check them out, Bucema and Saviuk were the artists.

[@SuedeStonn]

While it wasn't exactly a secret, Art Adams used to find ways to get 'Gumby' into the comics he did the artwork for... then I read he stopped since he was afraid he might get sued, or something to that effect. One instance is the end of New Mutants: Special Edition #1, where Warlock takes the form of Gumby and asks Brightwind (Mirage's pegasus from the Valkyries) if he's Pokey.

[@AHeroAlmost]

That is so awesome having Nerdsync cameo in a comic..

[@orionmckay4273]

I'm not sure if this counts but in Dynamites The Boys there's a character that runs a comic book shop were a character called " The Legend" lives, what's little known is one of shops owner is based off an actual owner of a comic book shop that Darick Robertson visited when the comic was starting out. Darick liked the shop, so he based the look of one of the Comic book shop owners in the book loosely after the owner of the shop he visited while touring.

[@gejyspa]

Well, as an Old Fogey, I remember Silver Age artist Murphy Anderson, who would always hide his initials (or sometimes whole name) in the stories that he inked.

[@theapplecommunity5021]

you're just so awesome! best youtube channel ever!

[@rowannight8535]

Can you do a video about Zatanna Zatara's parents? I want to know more about them. Like how they met and where her mom is. How Giovanni found magic and became a member of the JLA. Things like that.

[@Kal824]

+NerdSync: Scott! I'm waiting for you to do a video on "Metahumans" and which DC comic/story was the first to use that term.

[@IHJello]

great video. great pace and lots of facts i never knew.

[@aqib112]

First time on your channel. And it's awesome. Keep it up :)

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Thanks so much! :)

[@nickpimentel8951]

The number 71 is written under Mcfarlanes signature of issue 13 of the same series, with the cover being reprised for the return of Spidey's black costume. Also, check out the cover of Amazing Spiderman-Man #320 and you'll find Felix the Cat in the lower right corner. Appearently Mcfarlane also liked to sneak him into issues.

[@thenexu836]

Thank you for another great video! I can't see and so finding out about these was interesting.

[@simplyminecraft1000]

Hey Scott, today was a great video! Keep it up! Happy New Years

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Thanks! You too!

[@simplyminecraft1000]

omg omg u replied thx so much!

[@lacrossebap3x6]

I would love for this to be a reoccurring segment

[@TheRandalorian]

Todd McFarlane used to put Felix the Cat in a lot of his books as well. This is my favorite one you've done so far too!!

[@PACR66]

It would be cool to have a cartoon cameo in comics, like Gatnet and Pearl from Steen Universe in a Batgirl issue, Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls in Batman Eternal, and the ComicBook Guy (Jeffery Albertson) from the Simpsons in Spider-man comics, one in Marvel Knights and another in Amazing Spider-man issue 600.

[@KolbyKirk]

Not sure if it was mentioned here yet but along with spiders, McFarlane would also include Felix the Cat into his artwork.

[@willdpe1256]

Definitely in Spawn ...... 1 through 10 That's all I own.

[@sebkim7970]

This video was so interesting! Never seen a video like this!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Yay! Glad you liked it! It was a lot of fun to research!

[@jackrobertwatson]

Invincible has quite a few references to other comics. In particular, there is a part where the tailor (the man who makes all the hero's costumes) says that when he first met Omni Man, he believed he got his power from solar radiation. Omni Man tells him that it was an easy mistake to make, obviously referencing Omni Man's similarities to Superman. Also there is the whole thing with the Guardians of the Globe being very close to Guardians of the Galaxy, and that the original members bear a striking resemblance the the members of the Justice League. Invincible even meets "Batman" in an issue where he is being tossed around the multiverse. If I remember correctly, he says something to the effect of, "You mean to tell me you're a man that dresses as a bat, and you call yourself.....never mind."

[@karl_alan]

as far as easter eggs, I can't remember what I was rereading the other day but on the background computer screens in offices, they had the publisher's website, and the websites of a bunch of comic book shops.

[@rylanarchuleta6047]

Bryan Quinn from the the tv show Impractical Jokers was put in Spider-Man and Deadpool #12

[@HamzaBoujelouah]

Hey Scott this video just gave me an idea for a video for you to do... infamous typos in comic books, for example in the early Spidey comics they would call Peter Parker Peter palmer for a number of issues. But I'd love to see some more examples XD

[@nuerboi]

+Hammyboy127 he did a video that mentioned the peter palmer thing, but that would be a cool episode. good idea

[@HenriqueVCorreia]

Great new episode, and just in time for dinner too ^^ Keep up the good work :D

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Have a good dinner! Take lots of pictures of it and put it on instagram. If you don't, then it's like you never really ate anything.

[@BarbaraSane]

very helpful, worth the watch

[@zoltankotolacsi6892]

I never even paid attention for this kind of stuff :D Got to read with open eyes from now on, but I1ve too got a nice easter egg. In Scott Snyder's and Jim Lee's Superman Unchained issue #4 i think in the Fortress of sulitude you can spot a needler from Halo in the background. Nice little nod IMO :)

[@joethepianoman]

I once saw hello kitty drawn on commissioner Gordon's mug. It was in one of the installations of the knight fall series. I am still not quite sure why it was placed there but I thought that I would point it out.

[@markkaye226]

Scott thanks for reading all my comments it means a lot😄

[@ZenNeonRazor]

That Chrononauts one is apparently true, it's really interesting but only a small amount of people can see it. That's pretty cool.

[@samleheny1429]

Sean Gordon Murphy is ALSO MY FAVOURIIIIIIITE!!

[@lukepurple02]

I know you're not going to reply but I just wanted to let you know what a great job you're doing! You're by far my favourite youtuber!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Thank you so much!

[@alexl3187]

+Luke Murphy lol

[@alexjarmes7226]

I Know, That You're Wrong

[@lukepurple02]

He replied!

[@SuperVideogamer9]

I like these hidden Easter egg videos you should do more XD

[@valerieyeager9917]

There was a Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed a while back about how McFarlane also hid Felix the Cat in all his comics to get an acquaintance to buy his books.

[@TonksMoriarty]

DR. WEIR: "Yu?" DR. JACKSON: "Don't. Every joke, every pun, done to death, seriously." --Stargate SG-1, S08E01, New Order Part 1

[@nicholasosborne8900]

When you shown the chrononauts picture and told us to look at the watch all I could see was a partial bit of a green line. I could kind of see it better after looking at it for a longer time.

[@TheSqoou]

3:18 If you get any of those issues, have them sealed in a thousand year time capsule so the guy can't track it down and it would be super valuable by then.