One of the more telling jokes in the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the existence of a Scott Lang autobiography, Look Out for the Little Guy. Having helped save the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Endgame, Lang has since cashed in with a book deal. An amusing clip just released from the film shows Hope and Cassie discovering the audiobook version in his car and, in a very clever tie-in, actual copies of Look Out for the Little Guy are publicly available for sale.

It's one of those places where the MCU delivers a great deal of humor just by applying real-world logic to its comic book universe. It also beggars the question of how many other characters in the franchise would follow suit. Every superhero has an interesting story, of course, but some have an Everyman origin that makes for a relatable biography. One in particular -- Bucky Barnes -- certainly has a story to tell, and like Scott, money is a concern to him at this point in the timeline. The former Winter Soldier could really use a proper autobiography with a similar tie-in.

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Cashing In on Fame Is Part of Marvel’s Dna

Marvel has always presumed that its characters might seek fame and fortune with their powers rather than selflessly devoting themselves to superheroics. That goes all the way back to Spider-Man's beginnings in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Stan Goldberg, and Artie Simek). Lang aptly represents that side of things in the MCU, with his podcast Big Me, Little Me going alongside his autobiography. Similar characters like Jennifer Walters and Sam Wilson grapple with the realities of publicity and money in their respective adventures.

And it's not hard to envision a torrent of heroes getting in on the action. Presumably, posthumous biographies for the likes of T'Challa and Tony Stark have already flooded bookshelves in the MCU. Figures like Doctor Strange are often short of money -- something which doubtless galls him after the previous luxuries of his surgical career -- while Bruce Banner could readily see therapeutic value in an autobiography confronting his past as The Hulk. Thor, of course, expects people to recount his deeds as a matter of course, and his propensity to go on about himself hints that an autobiography is a "when," not an "if." And poor Steve Rogers has become the subject of an entire Broadway musical about his life, doubtless to his in-world horror.

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Bucky Barnes Has a Story To Tell Like No Other

Sebastian Stan as Bucky in Infinity War surrounded of wakandians

Bucky's story is unique, however, in part because he's one of the MCU's honestly reformed former villains. With a full pardon and a need to atone, he has decades of The Winter Soldier to draw upon for stories, to say nothing of his early days with Steve on the streets of Brooklyn. Like Steve, he's a man out of his time, with a perspective on world events unmatched by anyone else. And his redemption arc would play very well in a post-Endgame MCU, with victims of The Snap and their loved ones getting a second chance themselves.

The geopolitical nature of Bucky's past -- both in the war and as The Winter Solider -- also makes for a captivating military biography, which could distinguish it from Scott's fictional book tie-in. The MCU has its share of formal soldiers, but most lack the inclination to talk about their (often top-secret) work. Bucky is different, and with much of his activity a matter of history rather than current affairs, he can be more open about it all than many of his colleagues.

The faux Look Out for the Little Guy bills itself as the first autobiography written by an Avenger. That doesn't mean it's the last, however, and with the MCU exploring some of the more tongue-in-cheek extensions of superheroic fame, more in-world autobiographies aren't unreasonable. Bucky not only feels the most logical but would do something very different with the concept. And if Marvel intends to repeat the trick with a literal book that fans can buy, there's more than enough content there to justify the exercise.

Get a sneak peek of Scott Lang's autobiography in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens on Feb. 17 in theaters.