10.

Hulk was originally grey, but turned green because it was an easier colour to print.

11.

Iron Man's armour includes Rollerskates.

12.

Captain America's shield is round because his original shield was too similar to the costume of a rival publisher's hero, The Shield.

13.

Hulk is one of the original Avengers, but he was removed after the first issue only to rejoin the team when movie came out.

14.

Stan Lee included hyphen in Spider-Man so that people would stop mixing him up with Superman.

15.

Captain America, Black Widow and Loki have wielded Thor's hammer at some point in the comics.

16.

Before setting on Spider-Man, Stan Lee considered calling his new hero Fly-Man or Insect-Man.

17.

Stan Lee wrongly referred to The Hulk as Bob Banner, for which he later had to change the character's full name to Robert Bruce Banner.

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