
While many of the film-inspired characters just use comics depicting the Earth-616 versions of the characters, at times their covers will be film posters or specially commissioned artwork made by Demiurge's artists. For instance, all four variants of X-Men #1 (1991) are present - A is Beast, B is 5-Star Gambit, C is 4-Star Cyclops and D is 3-Star Magneto.
Every character is represented by the cover of a comic. Spider-Man, Hawkeye and Black Widow are the only characters represented in all five character tiers. One instance was based on another game, 5 star Gamora, inspired by the Guardians of the Galaxy video game. The film's second delay also didn't stop the debut of Red Guardian, along with a new Black Widow-inspired campaign that even featured Taskmaster's look from said film. The Black Widow version of Yelena Belova ended up released before the film itself given the movie was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the character's development was already advanced enough. Mysterio has the story set up in the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailers of an interdimensional warrior and is grouped as part of the Heroes, when the movie reveals that is a ruse and he's still a villain. However, on occasion Demiurge will create without having the full film as reference, and thus there are discrepancies. Many characters have appearances based on their Marvel Cinematic Universe versions, and specific iterations have even been released alongside new films (Ghost with Ant-Man and the Wasp) and television (Elektra and Daredevil coinciding with Marvel's The Defenders). Deadpool (Spirit of Vengeance), a Deadpool that after refusing to kill a Mexican food salesman that made a deal with Mephisto, was turned into a Ghost Rider. Wolverine (Samurai Daken), who is stated to be an alternate reality version of Daken that killed his father with the Muramasa Blade, and took on his codename for atonement. Another two characters exist only in the game:. This version eventually got a comics counterpart as part of the Exiles. As his friend, Peggy took his place and became her world's Captain America. Captain America (Peggy Carter) is from a world where Steve Rogers was assassinated before being injected with the Super-Soldier Serum. In honor of Captain America's 75th anniversary, Marvel Puzzle Quest introduced an alternate reality counterpart of Peggy Carter known as Captain America.
It is also the only iteration that features the Iron Patriot.
The console version has not changed from the game's original Dark Reign incarnation. It is part of the Puzzle Quest video game series, and the initial storylines were based on 2009's Dark Reign event, before expanding. Marvel Puzzle Quest (formerly, Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign) is a 2013 video game released for Android, iOS, and Windows.