warn!This article contains spoilers for Loki Season 2 Episode 2
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- Loki Season 2 introduces the obscure Marvel character Telephone Ranger, who appears on the second episode’s movie poster.
- Telephone Ranger is a very minor superhero in the comics, only appearing 3 times and wearing a ridiculous costume.
- Incorporating Telephone Ranger into the canon as a fictional movie superhero opens the door for other obscure Marvel characters to also become part of the MCU’s own superhero movie genre.
Loki Season two makes one of Marvel Comics’ strangest, most obscure characters a part of the official Marvel Universe canon.Thanks to the Time Lag Authority and the wonders of time travel, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Agent Morbius (Owen Wilson) hunt down Sylvie (Sofia Di Marti) on the divine timeline Noor), looking for the Loki mutant gangster who killed Jonathan and left him behind in the Majors. Loki However, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Easter egg has led to the canonization of one of Marvel’s most ridiculous superheroes ever.
as seen Loki Season 2, Episode 2, Loki and Agent Morbius visit London in 1977 for the film premiere Zaniak! Starring actor “Brad Wolf”. However, Brad is actually TVA’s Hunter X-5 (Rafael Casal), who rebelled in order to become a movie star in the Sacred Timeline. Finding Sylvie before he goes AWOL, the episode follows Loki and Morbius’ interrogation of X-5 before the titular God of Mischief reunites with Sylvie at the end. Loki Season 2 Episode 2. However, the episode also features a reference to one decidedly weird Marvel superhero.
Where is the phone ranger in Rocky Season 2?
in the premiere Zaniak!, Loki and Morbius walk past a series of movie posters promoting the upcoming film.This includes an interesting reference Eternals‘ King Wu is here Loki Season 2. Jingo became a movie star after the Eternals disbanded in the 16th century, and over the centuries Jingo appeared in countless films, concealing his longevity by cultivating the family’s cast. Therefore, this movie released in the 1970s is likely to star Kingo’s “father”. However, this isn’t the only movie the theater is promoting.
Following the poster of “Kingo”, another movie poster also appeared Telephone ranger. In the original comics, Telephone Ranger was a very obscure hero with an even stranger origin. While the poster itself is difficult to identify, it does appear that the Telephone Ranger is wearing his red and yellow costume, including the dial number on his chest and the giant telephone receiver/mask on his head. To this end, the film’s tagline is: “Criminals, he has your phone number”. As such, the Phone Rangers appear to be fictional movie superheroes from the MCU canon (unless, of course, the movie is based on a true story).
Who is the Telephone Ranger?Marvel’s Weirdest Superheroes
Unsurprisingly, Telephone Ranger is not a major superhero in the Marvel Universe by any means, having only appeared in the comics a total of three times since 1985, although one of them was in civil war He was arrested for his superhero activities. The real name of the Telephone Ranger is AG Bell (the inventor of the telephone). He was once an ordinary telephone repairman, and he discovered that there was a tiny alien civilization in the cell phone. By reverse-engineering their technology, Bell became a phone ranger, capable of interacting with any communications device… and nothing more. He doesn’t make many appearances, and his absolutely ridiculous costume isn’t explained in the comics.
Regardless, a weird character like Telephone Ranger is a perfect fit for an Easter egg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Loki second season. Although he is now part of the official MCU canon thanks to this new series, the most popular condition is that it is a fictional movie superhero character. Additionally, it does open the door to the question of which random heroes from Marvel Comics’ past have become part of the superhero movie genre within the Marvel Universe itself.
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