10 Unbelievable Comic Book Cameos Nobody Saw Coming
10. The Cast of Saturday Night Live in Spider-Man Marvel Team Up
“You know who would be a great team-up for Spiderman? The cast of a comedy skit show” said nobody, approximately ever.
Surprisingly, however, the vast majority of the comic is pretty good - the plot makes sense, everyone's in character, and Stan Lee and Bill Murray get to exist in the same comic, which is unexpectedly delightful.
That said, there's also a whole heap of weirdness on practically every page. At one point, Parker witnesses a man be attacked in the projection booth, but tries to write it off as part of the show - despite the fact that this is happening in the place behind the audience. It's fairly standard stuff for an older comic, but combine that with a surreal cameo, and the whole thing seems like a nightmare you'd get from watching too much TV.
It's also a little strange to see the cast of SNL taking out thugs - not that a young Murray doesn't look totally capable of being in a fight, but if some comedy sketch writers can take out these henchmen, then it makes Spider-Man doing so a fair bit less impressive. Then again, maybe being a superhero is just easier than we all thought.