Giving Avengers: Endgame Credit Where It’s Due (Spoilers)

Avengers: Endgame has plenty of comic book credits towards the end. There’s a big credit for Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Jim Starlin also gets called out for his special contribution – and makes a cameo sitting next to one of the directors in the group therapy session. And there’s a batch of creator names of people who had something, anything, to do with the comic books referenced to make this movie.

And while Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz are noted for one very special moment, there’s a missing name. That of Brett Breeding.

Brett Breeding is an American comic book artist who was mostly active in the industry in the 1980s and 1990s, primarily as an inker and is best known for his work on the DC Comics character Superman. He’s known for inking and finishing the work of Ron Frenz and Dan Jurgens, and is credited as a co-creator of the Doomsday character, as well as Shadowdragon, Saviour, and Blaze and Satanus.

Bleeding Cool mentioned the moment in Avengers: Endgame when Captain America picks up Thor’s hammer Mjolnir and throws it to Thor in battle. And how this seemed to reflect the scene in Thor #390. We noted that copies were selling at around $70 a few days ago. That has now rocketed further to $90.

But the artist of that scene, Ron Frenz, has got in touch to tell us where the idea actually came from. He tells Bleeding Cool

Simply put, if Brett hadn’t suggested the possibility that of all the characters in the Marvel Universe, Steve should be the the one to challenge the enchantment, (which might seem obvious, but was never until that point suggested) Thor #390 would have played out very differently. Given the recent pop culture landscape I wanted to make sure that Brett gets the credit he’s earned and deserves!

Fair enough, Ron, Thanks for getting in touch. And congratulations, Brett. Plenty of people in the comments on that earlier article eulogise that moment…