Alternative versions of Spider-Man

Web of Spider-Man #118Image: Steven Butler/Marvel ComicsA brand new superhero potentially coming to the big screen has been revealed in the way most of them are: a toy. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won’t be in theaters until June 2, 2023, but since it was originally supposed to be out in October, merchandise is finding its way on shelves. One such piece of merch, the board game Trouble, has revealed that one of our favorite Spider-characters may be joining the fun.On the Spider-Verse themed Trouble you’ll see…

Thwip.Screenshot: Insomniac/SonyWhen Andrew Garfield’s first picture as Spider-Man was revealed, webheads around the world were agog at what has become one of the most, if not the most, controversial of Peter’s many movie costumes over the years. The long spider-logo, the rubbery, basketball-esque texture, the balance between red and blue. But I can’t help but love it—and Spider-Man Remastered’s latest release is making me love it even more.Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered—a graphical overhaul of the 2018 PS4 game first…

Image: Humberto Ramos/Marvel ComicsOn August 1, 1962, Marvel Comics’ Amazing Fantasy #15 by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee debuted, and with it, Spider-Man.The Marvel hero was a notable introduction back then, just on the simple basis of him being a teenager who wasn’t the sidekick of an already established hero. While that sounds like a small change in the grand scheme of things, it meant that unlike fellow contemporaries Dick Grayson or Bucky Barnes, Peter Parker had to learn the ropes of heroism without an older man to look…

Image: Marvel EntertainmentSpider-Man is, at this point, just a constant force of nature who will outlive us all and possibly the heat death of the universe. While he’s plenty popular across films, comics, and video games, it’s animation—and more specifically, TV animation—where some of his most enduring work lies. Of the many shows to bear his name, it’s Spectacular Spider-Man that is one of, if not the absolute best. And it’s recently made its way over to Netflix, so it’s as good a time as any to discuss why it’s so…

Image: Mark Bagley/Marvel ComicsWriter Dan Slott has had a long, sometimes controversial history with Spider-Man. He’s the man behind the story for the Shattered Dimensions video game, along with the architect behind the “Superior Spider-Man” arc where Peter Parker died (technically) and had his body jacked by Doctor Octopus. When he jumped ship over to Iron Man and the Fantastic Four in 2018, it seemed like his time with the webhead had come to an end, but this being comic, things aren’t always as final as they seem.Come…

Image: Marvel StudiosDoes it feel like we’re getting too much Marvel? It feels like we’re getting too much Marvel.Just a few days ago, we got the Disney+ release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with Thor: Love & Thunder finally hitting theaters next week, just a few days after the penultimate episode of Ms. Marvel. Come August, we’re meant to be getting She-Hulk, later to be followed by Black Panther 2 in November, the mysterious Halloween special, the holiday special for Guardians of the Galaxy, and…

Photo: Jesse Grant (Getty Images)Sony Pictures continues to take chances on its extended Spider-Man universe of characters with the Dakota Johnson-led Madame Web, adding yet another name—Emma Roberts, star of American Horror Story and Scream Queens—to its cast in yet another undefined role. This news comes courtesy of Deadline. Roberts joins recently announced co-stars Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, and Tahar Rahim. S.J. Clarkson will direct from a screenplay by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.The film…

Screenshot: Sony PicturesBeloved Spider-Man Miles Morales is set for some highs with the upcoming release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One), a sequel to the Oscar-winning animated hit which propelled the Afro-Latinx character to break out into mainstream popularity. On the comics side of things, however, there’s been a very disappointing low with the release of a comic based around Morales where he’s re-imagined as Thor. The comic—What If...? Miles Morales—was met with backlash over writer Yehudi Mercado’s…

Image: Sony Pictures/MarvelPerhaps you recall a movie by the name of Spider-Man: No Way Home from late last year. Little indie darling that it was, it was a pretty big win for the box office to close out 2021, serving as the highest grossing movie of the year and one of the biggest box office films of all time. Unless you’re doing it for a world record, you probably have no real reason to see it in theaters again. And yet...Come September 2nd, No Way Home’s making a second theatrical run with the “More Fun Stuff” version.…

Image: Ron Lim and Israel Silva/Marvel ComicsSpider-Man has been through more costume changes and alternative suits over the years than most Marvel heroes, rivaling Iron Man for a wardrobe that could fill out several floors of Avengers Tower. But his prominence in Marvel’s upcoming Zero War crossover with Fortnite is giving him yet another—and it’s not half bad.Ahead of tomorrow’s release of the first issue in writer Christos Gage, Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard, and artist Sergio Davíla’s five-book…