As a prequel series to the It movies, It: Welcome to Derry has more than a few nods to the adaptations of Stephen King ‘s novel. There’s relatives of members of the Losers’ Club, including Mike Hanlon’s grandfather and Bev Marsh’s dad. There’s the Paul Bunyan statue that will later terrorize Eddie Kaspbrak. There are even lots of turtle references because of course there are.

But the most surprising easter egg may have nothing to do with King’s world and everything to do with another big Warner Bros. franchise. In an early scene, when the children of Derry are just trying to be kids and not food for the inter-dimensional terror known only as It, we see one reading a copy of Detective Comics #298, first published in 1961.

One could dismiss the comic as just a normal bit of place

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