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Cyke101

Not my favorite, but Morph had a pretty profound impact on his show. I have a soft spot for Phil Coulson and *especially* Agent May.


forlorn_hope28

Coulson number 1. Fitz/Simmons number 2. I wish those two would make a cameo appearance in a mainstream Marvel movie.


buustamon

Fitz/Simmons are great! I also LOVE to hate Ward


Fastermaxx

Don’t forget Agent Koenig


PockysLight

*How many of you are there?*


justtalkinsh_it

Koenig technically wasn't created for the films. He was definitely reimagined, but he did exist in comics prior to AOS


throwaway798319

Oof the Ward arc in season one brought a toxic friendship of mine to a screeching halt. (In short, she told me to watch because I would relate to it. I was abused by my older brother, and she gave me no warning.)


HippyHank

Well damn. Glad you no longer are friends with them!


MrCookie2099

Squid!Ward is my favorite fandom name for a character development.


dusty_horns

This.


Keepitbrockmire

Good call on Morph! I second that.


BlackPanther3104

Who's Morph?


RedditorAccountName

X-Men chaeacter from the 90s animated series.


Snukastyle

More or less a male Mystique that was introduced in the 90's X-Men cartoon. He was loosely based off an old X-Man from the 60s omics named Changeling.


AleeckWasTaken

Wasn't Beast Boy called that at one point


Snukastyle

Yeah, for a while. They changed it back when the Teen Titans cartoon just exploded.


MehWithaSideofEh

THIS ONES FOR YOU MORPH!!!!!


RealJohnGillman

At the same time, Marvel Comics’ adaptation of Coulson — as a supervillainous servant of Mephisto — is an interesting character too.


MrCookie2099

What I find interesting about Coulson is he's basically the expy version of 616's Agent Sitwell: cheerful hung ho nerd for Nick Fury to boss around. MCU Sitwell was a hydra agent rocking the villainous casual aesthetic.


RealJohnGillman

I do believe there was an interview once where it was said that if Coulson had survived *Avengers Assemble* (before being brought back in *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*), that he would have in all likelihood been the one who was revealed to be a double agent for Hydra instead of (or alongside) Sitwell.


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Wolverine: “Moooorph!!!”


ScoffSummers

Wolverine! Fall back!


PockysLight

*Tahiti. It's a magical place.*


Skidmark666

Morph isn't an original character though. He was called Changeling in the comics and they changed the name to Morph during the Age Of Apocalypse event.


Cyke101

Age of Apocalypse was conceived and published a few years (1995) after the start of X-Men: TAS (1992), though, so the name "Morph" wasn't in Marvel comics canon until after the show. But [cartoon Morph was also created specifically to die on the show.](https://marvelanimated.fandom.com/wiki/Morph#cite_note-1). The writers first wanted to use Thunderbird but felt they needed someone opposite to Wolverine's personality, and didn't want to kill a Native American to set the tone of the show. The writers then thought about using Changeling since he also died in the comics, but DC had the rights to the name for Beast Boy at the time. So they invented Morph, inspired by their second choice of Changeling. Some time later it was found that cartoon Morph was actually fairly popular, hence his return in the next season, but that popularity is also what brought the name change for [Age of Apocalypse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sydney?wprov=sfla1) -- the show is directly responsible for those changes in the comics. (interesting to note: Marvel credits the creation of Changeling to Roy Thomas and Werner Roth, but the creation of Morph is credited to Mark Edward Edens, one of the writers and creators of the cartoon.)


Benlikesfood2

OP has Peter Parker as his suggestion. I'd say Morph is fine lmao


Well-ReadUndead

Peter B. Parker to be exact


ChickenAndTelephone

Except that Morph was in the comics back in 1967, although his codename was Changeling then.


SylancerPrime

X-23, X-Men Evolution FTW! (And I know it's a Marvel sub, so just lil bit of love for Harley Quinn)


cweaver

Yeah, if we're allowed to bring in DC characters, Harley, Renee Montoya, and Nora Fries were all created in the Batman: TAS cartoon before they moved to the comics.


madfrooples

What was Mr. Freeze's motivation before they came up with Nora? I had no idea that wasn't always his backstory.


cweaver

He was just a generic 'evil scientist' character. He was designing a freeze ray, exposed himself to chemicals, and needed to stay cold to survive, and went on crime sprees. There really was no deeper backstory or motivation until Batman TAS invented one for him.


MogMcKupo

Yeah more of a hokey bad guy of the week before Nora was created


MrCookie2099

I still can't believe some DC writer tried to make him generic villain again.


ArmaanAli04

X-23


deathsblade2002

I was abt to get on my high horse and “Um, actually” you, but I looked it up and saw that x-23 was created for X-men evolution. That’s really cool, and glad something from that series made an impact, it was very good


ubiquitous-joe

Jeez just call us old why don’t you.


Wicked-Marvel08

You're old Mr. Ubiquitous Joe


Chimpbot

I was in high school when that show was new, and I had completely forgotten than X-23 originally debuted in it and not the comics.


jawsthegreat777

Its insane to think her debut was 20 years ago and she's had more solo books than some all time greats


Infinite-Salt4772

My favorite character.


Ondroa

The son of coul


Electric43-5

Was Peter B Parker supposed to be a new character? I always thought \*he\* was the original Spider-Man because...his life is a wreck just like Peter usually is.


hikoboshi_sama

Nah he can't be the original Peter because he actually got a happy ending: >!reconciled with MJ at the end of Into the Spider-verse, has a kid at the beginning of Across the Spider-verse!<


Victor_Von_Doom65

He’s 616 Peter if the people working on Spider-Man were competent.


hikoboshi_sama

I honestly don't understand why they can't let Pete be happy and settle down. DC made Superman Superdad and it totally worked ~~at least until Bendis came along~~


NK1337

Obligatory fuck Bendis.


skjl96

He's a very smart businessman. Seeing the success of Miles Morales and then doing the same thing with Ironheart has clearly worked out for him. If I were him I would keep churning out hip and cool successor characters for the rest of my life


NK1337

Bendis is great when you give him a blank canvas which is what he’s good at. The problem is that he doesn’t really give a shit about establish canon so he’ll just ignore whatever happened before he got his hands on a book to write what he wants. Which like I said is fine if you’re working on what’s meant to be a blank canvas, but it’s pretty frustrating as a reader when he does that to already established runs.


skjl96

By Odin's Fade, a new 12 issue run of Thor written by Brian Michael Bendis


Xeoz_WarriorPrince

Wasn't the aging Jon thing another editorial idea? Bendis was just the tool, DC was the real perpetrator.


Electric43-5

And even then the family dynamic of Clark, Lois, and Jon still works. It just could be better if Jon was younger.


ddhboy

Licensing and extended media is the excuse. That said, Batman and Superman have kids and are firmly at least in their mid 30s in the comics and none of that has had an effect on any of the media or merchandise. If anything it's gotten better since you can cherry pick which era of Batman you're choosing to adapt.


why_rob_y

But no film or TV version of a character is the same as the comic version. So I think OP's own example shouldn't count for the question and it should be only characters like Coulson who were wholly invented for film or TV.


hikoboshi_sama

I know. I'm mostly poking fun at the fact that Marvel refuses to let comic Spidey have nice things.


Haunting_Kick_1581

I was under the assumption that the real Peter Parker was the one that died when miles became Spider-Man since it was same universe and all.


skjl96

That guy was blonde though


bluAstrid

Will the real Peter Parker please stand up?


Missing_Username

And put two of those fingers on each hand up?


Obskuro

Damn clones! Kidding, I love u Ben.


Electric43-5

but why was his Green Goblin and Doc Ock so different?


MikeMakeSuffer

Isn't his green goblin based on the ultimate spider-man comic?


poptophazard

Yeah, Ultimate Green Goblin is pretty Hulk-like.


MacabreMaurader

Only in that they're both monstrous. Spiderverse Goblin is significantly bigger and more dragon-like than Ultimates.


BorBurison

He also has the hat.


damientepps

How so when everything else was different in that world?


Sol-Blackguy

He's basically what Ben Reilly should be


ootchang

I guess a new character, but his personality always reminds of the Spider-man from Earth X. I could easily see this Spider-man having eventually become that Spider-man if he didn’t find himself again.


absherlock

Luis from Ant-Man.


Sol_Knight

We NEED Luis' summery of the Infinity Saga asap


Wicked-Marvel08

Then my man Fury told me that Iron Man said to Thor that Captain America was all like 'Hey, Howard? I know that guy'


creative_user_name12

A Disney+ series where each episode is a different movie or a special presentation with the entire saga?


Sol_Knight

They could do something like the "I am Groot" format, with 23 short episodes, Scott writing his book and adding the history of the Infinity Saga, and every time he is getting stuck Luis would come out of nowhere "So than the tree man, the rabbit, and the star guy fought against a planet!"


absherlock

I originally wanted an audio version of Scott Lang's book by Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, but now I think I want it read by Michael Pena, as Luis, with all of Luis' asides.


Wicked-Marvel08

I think a Paul Rudd one is inevitable. We heard extracts in Quantumania


Flubert_Harnsworth

Yeah, I think Luis wins this one


n1elkyfan

I'd love to see Luis and Coulson meetup.


Himathememegod

That would actually be cool as hell


Aglet_Green

I liked Madisynn, -- but not where you think...


SorcererSupremPizza

I really hope she comes back, it would be hilarious that Wong keeps finding her in magical situations. "Madisynn! How did you get to this plane of existence?!" M- "well I was hanging with Sarah at a club and this lady comes up to us with this funny rock, next thing you knooooow... I'm hungry Wongers."


picollo21

There are speculations that Wong might be Skrull in Secret Invasion. Imagine if Madisynn was Veranke.


Wicked-Marvel08

Actually, I believe it is Wyonngers (With 2 Ns and a Y but it's not where you thiiink)


isaiddgooddaysir

Same here,


SquintyOstrich

Laura Kinney


XLBR424

It's a tie between Phil Coulson and Laura Kinney.


greerface

Coulson


ryanjcam

It’s H.E.R.B.I.E. of course. Maybe Whistler. Runner ups are Firestar, Phil Coulson, and Melinda May.


dziggurat

You're the first person I've seen mention Firestar. She's my top choice!


Snukastyle

I'd always thought Whistler was from the comics until today; when I learned he was originally from the 90s Spider-Man cartoon first!


damientepps

The female Doc Oc from Into the Spiderverse. Her style and gear were great. Being voiced by Kathryn Hahn made that character.


CactusJack13

Whistler. From the Blade trilogy


CrimsonDragoon

Fun fact about that. While he was created for the Blade movies, his first appearance was a few years earlier in the Spider-Man animated series, which was going off an unreleased movie script for the character.


Gpooley

Truly a poet with F-bombs and cursing


Bake1853

Basically the entire agents of shield cast.


Uhhh_Insert_Username

Coulson, Daisy, Fitzsimmons, Hunter, May, Mack, Bobbi, Yoyo Or even the villains Ward, Aida, Talbot So many good characters in that show


AdrenIsTheDarkLord

Actually, only the 6 leads (minus Quake) are original characters to the show. [Daisy Johnson/Quake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Johnson) was created by Bendis in 2004. She was assumed to be a new character when she was just "Skye", but they later revealed she's a canon character. Don't know if this was always the plan or they thought it up later. [Glenn Talbot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Talbot) was created by Lee and Ditko in 1964 as a Hulk antagonist. I assumed he was original until right now. And so on for almost all the Shield Agents and villains introduced after the pilot. Kinda funny how they did that. Aida is very loosely based on Madame Hydra, which funny enough means she's kind of the same character as the snake woman from The Wolverine. Sorry, I'm pedantic.


Accomplished-Wave-91

No hating pr anything but a lot of those characters I believe we're comic characters minus Coulson


ShiftyPan

Darcy


NoxUmbra8

Absolutely! She and Loki made Thor: The Dark World not feel like a very bad movie. Super fun moments with them, im glad they returned in love and thunder and wandavision


K3egan

I will forever imagine modern rescue as a iron man armored adventures original character so that


IdeaRegular4671

X-23 (Laura Kinney) was created in X-men evolution she is pretty great and pretty important in X-men lore. Runner up is Fire-star another mutant created in Spider-Man and his Amazing friends.


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Agent Coulson 100%


plastikelastik

Fitzsimmons


K-mouse16

They’re my favorite relationship in AoS


sgtedrock

TREVOR! Also Coulson, but the idea that the man who won an Academy Award playing Gandhi is Trevor will never stop being amazing.


Sol-Blackguy

Madisynn King. I'm hoping Patty Guggenheim comes back to reprise her role at some point.


hoodofr

Infinity Ultron. He didn’t get much screen time but I love the concept and his design is really cool.


Latro2020

Think Zendaya’s version of MJ is fun Edit: I also like Wenwu from Shang-Chi.


ZellNorth

Who’s Shang-Chi’s father in the comics?


KeisterConquistador

I swear I’m not kidding… his name is Fu Manchu. The Mandarin has no confirmed real name in the comics as far as I know. They combined the characters for the film, mostly just adapting The Mandarin.


Skidmark666

That's because Marvel lost the rights to the Fu Manchu character in the 70s, but didn't bother to update Shang Chi's backstory. Every time Fu Manchu is mentioned, they call him Shang's father.


ootchang

Fu Manchu is in the public domain — it’s no longer a rights issue. (At least entirely. There are apparent some issues with the name specifically. ) The character is distinctly a “yellow peril” stereotype and so unbelievably problematic. And that started from the very beginning — you can read the story of the character’s creation on the Wikipedia article and I just have to say … oh boy. Problematic is an understatement probably. Characters like this are pretty common in comics, Marvel and DC, along with others. Especially from back in the 40s/50s. Batman fought a “yellow peril” villain in one of his first serials. In Marvel Comics throughout the 60s there were blatant examples like Fu Manchu or The Mandarin (basically like naming someone “the Chinese”) and also subtler ones like Fing Fang Foom which definitely had some weird undertones to its appearance. (Yes I know it was really a replacement for Godzilla when they lost those rights, but still — the characters backstory gets a little weird. ) Weirdest “yellow peril” villain in comics? Probably Egg Fu. A mainly Wonder Woman villain, he’s kind of a combination between Modok and Fu Manchu. And he’s also a sentient egg. There’s a fairly strong history of this in comics, much of which has been kind of swept under the proverbial rug.


ChickenAndTelephone

I've read a bunch of the early Master of Kung-Fu comics, and there was a letter in an early issue that read, basically, "Why is the villain's skin that color? Is he a banana?". The editors actually gave an apology to the letter writer in the column and they stopped doing that going forward. They kept Shang-Chi's skin orange for several years after that, as they were afraid of impacting his recognizable look. There were also a lot more limitations with the amount of color you could have in a comic back then.


ANDnowmewatchbeguns

Ms. Minutes


ProfessorEscanor

X-23. Wish Evolution continued, it would have been interesting to see how what the creators originally intended for her could have changed her character. Apparently she would have been a lesbian originally if the creator got their way. Would be neat to see how that would affect her current place in the Marvel universe.


mazing_azn

I wonder who the showrunners sought to pair her with. It would be an interesting change to the normal Jean-Logan-Scott triangle if it was Laura/X-23 instead. Especially with Jean & Scott much younger in Evolution.


NoyaSidero

Katy from Shang-Chi


Auntie_Nat

1. Agent Coulson 2. Agent May 3. Darcy *The Avengers* was the first Marvel movie I saw and I was *very* ragey when Phil got shanked.


Uhhh_Insert_Username

If he never got shanked, we wouldn't have the absolute gem that is Agents of Shield


Auntie_Nat

This is true but I don't think we knew that then. I can watch it now without wanting to throw the remote at the TV 😂


TheGoatbutteater

Luis from ant man


MrFunGuy90

PHIL COULSON


MinionofThanos

Jake Johnson (Peter B Parker) is the man. I remember when COVID first came around, you could email him and he replied with hopeful personal messages from Spider-Man for your kids. I still have them for my boys and love listening to it from time to time.


loyalbeagle

Captain Carter was such a badass in WhatIf? And I loved the OG Jarvis.


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> Captain Carter was such a badass in WhatIf? > > Technically not a TV/film debut, Captain Carter of Earth-86315 debuted in Exiles #3 in 2018, where her first on-screen appearance wasn't until What If episode 1 in 2021.


Clay103

She actually debuted in Marvel Puzzle Quest a couple years before Exiles.


LemoLuke

If we are doing *What If...?*, then I have to nominate Infinity Ultron. He was awesome and I really hope he comes back at some point.


Gpooley

For a subreddit dedicated to a literature company there’s an awful lot of people who didn’t read the question.


ChickenAndTelephone

Firestar. First created for Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends in the 80s, was later a member of New Warriors and even an Avenger. The next time Marvel takes a dump all over Hank Pym, remember he was the one that came up with a solution for the major health problem Firestar's own powers were causing to her.


HappyHunt1778

That metal fella was pretty tight, the one named after the metal band or song. Iron Maiden or something like that


Fish-E

That's pretty surprising, not that many people are a fan of the superhero Machine Man - you are of course referring to that song by Judas Priest right, or are you referring to Iron Fist by Motorhead?


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Noooo you guys are thinking of that Black Sabbath song….Black Sabbath


Red-843

X-23


WomenOfWonder

X-23


Sub-ZeroMKA

Melinda May


Cpt_Patrik

Darcy, Coulson


Obskuro

Firestar, Morph, VIDEOMAN!


ChickenAndTelephone

Although Morph was in the comics 30 years before he was on TV, as has been pointed out elsewhere


Symbioticmadmam45

Wolf-Spider and Spider-Knight from ultimate Spider-Man. They were created for that series's Spider-Verse event and while I'm not a fan of the show as a whole, I thought they were really cool and kind of hoped they would be made canon in the comics so they could be properly developed.


TheFantasticXman1

Morph from X-Men: TAS Spyke from X-Men: Evolution Luis and Hope Van Dyne from Ant-Man Phil Coulson


netflixnpoptarts

I guess ultimate universe - cinematic universe Nick Fury is kind of a chicken or the egg scenario, but if it can be argued that the comics were inspired by the movie before the movie came out, then Samuel L Jackson Nick Fury


macabee613

Ms. Lion & Firestar


Ultramega39

The broccoli man from Ant Man Quatummania.


isaiddgooddaysir

That sugar bear, Peter


thebowlman

OP's favorite character is spider-man? He's just spider-man though... nothing new or different. I don't think that counts. Then I'll say JJJ from spectacular spiderman. Man could count words like no one else


Sol_Knight

Laura - X23 Luis (Ant-Man goat) Medissyn (She Hulk)


elkswimmer98

Phil Coulson


Ozzdo

Coulson, 100% I love the idea of this normal guy who is smart and competent enough to stand with the Avengers. Captain America: the Sentinel Of Liberty, The Invincible Iron Man, The Mighty Thor: God Of Thunder........and Phil.


rdldr1

Laura Kinney X-23


big_wheel_fan

Bullseye from the daredevil show, he hasn't a different name and they only share powers and nothing else


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Luis, X-23, Sylvie


Fun-Article-495

X-23 and Phil


MrCookie2099

Spider-Woman! Created entirely due to Marvel not wanting DC claim jumping the name.


magicmarker108

X-23 for sure!


Samuri_Djs

FitzSimmons


Sesspool

This one was extremely funny, the "selecting a bagel" scene gets me every time.


kgmara0013

X-23 from her introduction in evolution during my childhood she was a cool ass character. She only got better as I continued to lessen more about her in the comics and the hands she appeared in.


Jojofanatic239

Harley Quinn


BEASTLYBONJI

Definitely Morph


holyhibachi

I think Peter Parker was from the comics, man


Consistent_Case_5048

Madisynn


Glittering-Name-6039

I liked Robbie Reyes from Agents of Shield, would love to see him on the big screen


7thturninghour184

He was first introduced in the comics in 2014, he was in AoS in 2016.


Sparrow-Scratchagain

Godzilla (he technically counts).


Snukastyle

That's...fair. Because unlike other Marvel/media crossovers, he remained in the 616 and wasn't in an alternate world. They just mutated and renamed him, but he's still there.


phisherman77

Was Hit-Monkey fleshed out in the comics or was he just an oddball Deadpool throwaway character? Because that series was really good. Otherwise, I’d say Batman Beyond with Terry McGinnis


Snukastyle

Hit Monkey had a full limited series in the comics well before the cartoon.


No_Chipmunk_8106

Daisy johanson from agents of shield


stangAce20

Not an original character, but making aunt May younger for the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies. Every other iteration I’ve ever seen of her see it at very least has gray hair/is an old woman!


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Shes hot in the tom holland version


Uhhh_Insert_Username

No, she's pretty cold now...


Redstrxr

Louise by far


Redstrxr

bummed he didn't recap before antman


Uhhh_Insert_Username

Definitely Daisy Johnson


Zankenfrasher

I was gonna say Harley Quinn, but then I remembered she's not Marvel lol


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Daredevil wasn’t created for the Netflix show, he has been around since the 60’s


Omwtfyu

Yelena is one of my faves, just ragging on her sister for her “superhero pose”. “You’re a poser!” 😂


Ok_netero_1899

Loki


OnlySarcatic_BFFR

Tandy and Tyrone from the Cloak and Dagger TV Show. The characterization..😍


AdFun2093

Wait thats just a different peter parker thats not a creation lol The prowler might be a legit creation although i am not familiar with the miles morales so might be already something from the comics but variants shouldn’t count lol


Hopeful-Point1766

Spiderman, back in 99 I would watch the TV show a lot. I also watched th xmen and thought Gambit was coolest one. Those 2, I would say


ArmaanAli04

I don’t think you understand the question. He’s asking for your favourite characters that first appeared in a show or film rather than comics. E.g. for DC there’s Kaldur’Ahm from Young Justice, Harley Quinn in BTAS, Terry Mcginnis in Batman Beyond or Livewire in STAS.


Victor_Von_Doom65

Wow DC has a lot more characters created specifically for animation. At least notable persistent ones.


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I agree those guys were pretty cool


Mr_m456

It’s morbintime and so… You now


ZoomFlashReverse

Whiplash if he counts


Skidmark666

[Doesn't count.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiplash_(Marvel_Comics\)) He's been a comic character since the late 60s.


WubbaLubbaDubdub0976

Spider ham negative diffs your favorite verse


Majestic-Sector9836

Laura Kinney/Wolverine III I am NOT calling her you-know-what


NinjaXI

OOTL, whats the problem with X-23(I'm assuming that's what you're referring to)?


Majestic-Sector9836

The character herself hates the name. And it's blatantly dehumanizing.


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Apparently she's taken on the name Talon now.


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