Agents Of SHIELD: 20 Easter Eggs And In-Jokes You Probably Missed
5. "With great power comes..."
There are a ton of on the nose references to comics and various Marvel-related things in Agents of SHIELDs pilot episode, from the teams aforementioned journey into mystery and Michael Petersons belief that what is happening to him isnt a disaster, but an origin story. There are none quite so familiar, however, as Skyes words of wisdom to a frightened Mike: With great power comes...a ton of weird crap that you are not prepared to deal with. Now, everyone knows how that famous line from Spider-Mans origin story is meant to go, even if theyve never read a page of Amazing (or even Superior), and Skyes subversion of the overly grandiose sentiment is a nice, very Whedon-y spin on a familiar and overused trope. Whether that was born of the writers wanting to fit as many clever nudges and winks as possible in or simply that the televisual and film rights to Uncle Bens one and only catchphrase lie completely with Sony is uncertain, but Stan Lee probably doesnt mind being paraphrased all that much.
