10 Biggest Fourth-Wall Breaks in Marvel History

Breaking the fourth wall is a common occurrence in Marvel Comics, with Deadpool and She-Hulk leading the charge. Marvel's fourth-wall-breaking superheroes have shaped the universe with their meta moments. Roxxon's MCU parody and She-Hulk's tearing through the pages of her own comic show Marvel's self-aware storytelling.
Breaking the fourth wall is a trope that is deeply rooted in Marvel lore, especially for characters like Deadpool and She-Hulk. The fourth wall is best described as the imaginary, invisible, hypothetical barrier separating the audience in real life from the characters in their fictional universe. To break it would be for a character to address the audience directly or acknowledge that they are not a real person and, instead, are in a fictional story.
Some of Marvel's most popular superheroes today are either capable of breaking the fourth wall or they have appeared in stories with some form of meta-ness to them. This...
Breaking the fourth wall is a trope that is deeply rooted in Marvel lore, especially for characters like Deadpool and She-Hulk. The fourth wall is best described as the imaginary, invisible, hypothetical barrier separating the audience in real life from the characters in their fictional universe. To break it would be for a character to address the audience directly or acknowledge that they are not a real person and, instead, are in a fictional story.
Some of Marvel's most popular superheroes today are either capable of breaking the fourth wall or they have appeared in stories with some form of meta-ness to them. This...
- 5/29/2024
- by Joe Anthony Myrick
- ScreenRant
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