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References to and Quotes about
William Shakespeare

Captain America & the Korvac Saga #1 (Feb. 2011): "Strange Days", page 18, panel 3:
Michael Korvac (looking at the slim police report about himself, which Captain America handed him): "The complete works of Shakespeare, huh? How very thoughtful of you, Captain."
Captain America: "That's your police profile. No social security number. No tax records. No evidence of you ever having paid an electricity bill..."

Marvel Knights 4 #8 (Sep. 2004): "Frozen: Part 1", pages 7-10:
Invisible Woman: "A word of advice, class: Never trust a man who quotes Shakespeare. Invariably there are daggers behind the pretty words."

Note: Invisible Storm leads school class in reading and discussing Shakespeare's "King Richard III."

Megaton Man (vol. 1) #1 (Nov. 1984): "They Call the Doctor... Software!", page 3, panel 2:
Liquid Man: "What... was [Revisionist Historian's] diabolical plot?"
Megaton Man: "He was going to give all of Shakespeare's story ideas to Sophocles, thereby diverting the course of history! But I got Sophocles to accept Ingmar Bergman's screenplays instead."

The Ultimates: Against All Enemies (2007), page 8:
As Nick walked past, Tony clapped him on the shoulder and said, "You know me, General. The play's the thing. God, would it be boring just to show you machines."

Note: "The play's the thing" is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet Act 2, scene 2. The line is spoken by Hamlet.

Writer's Block (2014), pages 3-4, 9-10, 14:
Professor: "We are going to be continuing our study of Old English literature this week by examining William Shakespeare's writing style in the Scottish Play."
Milo: [raises hand]; Professor: "Yes, you?"
Milo: "Don't you mean Mac-"
Professor: "Don't! As long as we use this room to peform we do not use the name of that play."
Rob: "Why?" [more]

Note: More discussion of Shakesepare and Macbeth. Other references to Shakespeare in later scenes.