20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Marvel
8. A Beatles Song Inspired The Creation Of Rocket Raccoon
In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy taking the movie-world by storm, Rocket Raccoon has become one of Marvel’s most recognizable characters. But long before he was being voiced by Bradley Cooper, and even before he debuted in a comic, he was being created...by the Beatles!?
It was the 1968 song by the rock group entitled “Rocky Raccoon” that would serve to help inspire both the name and characterization of Rocket. The song chronicled a freewheeling gunslinger who chased after his wife when she ran out on him. He deals with his abandonment by shielding it with hardened anger and some formidable weaponry. Any of that sound familiar?
From his first appearance in Incredible Hulk #271 titled “Now Somewhere in the Black Holes of Sirius Major There Lived a Young Boy Name of Rocket Raccoon” (directly referencing the first line of the song) all the way to the big screen, it’s somewhat incredible that so much character came out something as simple as a song.