[#item_full_content] Rocket Raccoon’s name traces directly back to “Rocky Raccoon,” the Paul McCartney-penned track on The Beatles’ 1968 White Album. The connection is baked into Marvel canon: the character’s Incredible Hulk #271 story is titled as a parody of the song’s opening lyrics, and Spider-Man himself brings up the link in… 
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A Beatles song created one of Marvel’s most beloved characters
ByMarvelComicBooks.com
August 11, 2026