Easter Eggs And References You Missed In Secret Invasion

During the show's climax, Gravik and G'iah show off their new powers, which come from the DNA of several different Marvel characters. Both use Captain Marvel's abilities to fly and shoot beams of cosmic energy. Throughout the fight, Gravik's arms shapeshift into the arms of Korg (Taika Waititi), the Abomination (Tim Roth), Cull Obsidian (Terry Notary), and Ebony Maw (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor). He also flaunts Ebony Maw's telekinesis powers. Meanwhile, G'iah also borrows the DNA of Korg and Cull Obsidian, and she flexes a bicep that clearly belongs to Drax (Dave Bautista). While she's at it, she dodges Gravik by phasing out, a power she got from Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), whom you may remember from "Ant-Man and the Wasp." G'iah even uses the empath abilities of Mantis (Pom Klementieff).

Several other character's abilities were not shown in the battle, but their DNA was still clearly part of the Harvest, according to Gravik's computer monitor. These include Captain America, the Winter Soldier, Black Panther, Thor, Valkyrie, Gamora, the Hulk, Thanos, and more of Thanos' minions (like the Chitauri and the Outriders).

If you examine the list closely, it does raise some questions about where Fury got some of the DNA samples. Fury explains in Episode 5 that he collected the DNA from the blood spilled at the Battle of Earth in "Avengers: Endgame." Viewers like YouTuber Cosmic Wonder have observed that a couple of the DNA donors — namely, Ghost and The Abomination — weren't even present at the Battle of Earth, so Fury must have gotten them elsewhere.