Hobie was transformed via spider bite into the punk-rocking, trash-talking Spider-Punk. Such was the case for Earth-138’s version of Hobie Brown (better known in our more familiar Earth-616 as Spider-Man’s longtime ally - yes, ally! - the Prowler). What’s his deal?: Every so often, a terrible idea turns out to be unexpectedly brilliant. Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk Image: Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason/Marvel Comicsįirst appearance: Amazing Spider-Man (vol. Power-responsibility score: No Uncle Bens here. Spider-Verse’s Jess is thus a wholesale reinvention of the concept - though comics Jess did famously have a book in which she did superhero stuff while pregnant - that owes a certain debt to her elder counterpart. Created in 1976 in a rush to stop an animation studio from grabbing the trademark to the Spider-Woman name, comic book Jessica actually has no real relation to either Peter Parker or Miles Morales, having instead acquired her powers in a bewilderingly arcane origin involving HYDRA, her geneticist father, and possibly a talking cow. What’s her deal?: Across the Spider-Verse’s Jess Drew is an original creation, but she owes her name (and overall look) to comic book predecessor Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman. Jess Drew/Spider-Woman Image: Sony Picturesįirst appearance: Marvel Spotlight #32 (sort of) Power-responsibility score: 4 Uncle Bens out of 10. An inverse of the classic Spider-Man, Miguel is taciturn and surly in his superhero alter ego and something of a wisecracking lothario in real life. A researcher working for the nefarious and powerful Alchemex corporation, he ultimately found himself a victim of his own experimental, spider-themed research, giving him creepily spider-derived powers and eventually a costumed identity as a hero. What’s his deal?: Miguel O’Hara lived in the far-flung Marvel future of 2099, a world dominated by corporations run rampant and dangerous innovations in genetic engineering and virtual reality. In that interview, the comic book writer addressed Glover’s Community Easter egg and said, “He looked fantastic! I saw him in the costume and thought, ‘I would like to read that book.’ So I was glad I was writing that book.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse goes bigger, bolder, and more ambitious Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 Image: Sony Picturesįirst appearance: Spider-Man 2099 (vol. However, Bendis confirmed in a 2011 interview with USA Today that Glover nonetheless did get to make an impact on the overall history of the Spider-Man mythos. Glover didn’t, of course, end up getting a chance to play the role in that film, which ultimately went to Andrew Garfield. Glover’s Spider-Man pajamas in that episode were famously a reference to the failed online campaign that was run in the hopes that the actor would get an audition for the lead role in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man. That same year, Brian Michael Bendis, who co-created the character with artist Sara Pichelli, revealed that Miles was partly inspired by Glover and, in specific, his brief appearance in Spider-Man pajamas in the season 2 premiere of the NBC sitcom, Community. As Marvel fans will likely remember, Miles Morales made his comic book debut in 2011. Of course, the scene’s importance goes far beyond its connections to Glover’s small role in Homecoming. The scene, in other words, finally lets Glover’s Aaron Davis share a moment with, at the very least, a version of his nephew that he referenced six years ago in Spider-Man: Homecoming. It also lets him interact on-screen with Shameik Moore’s animated iteration of Miles Morales. The cameo lets Glover do what Spider-Man: Homecoming didn’t and wear a live-action version of The Prowler’s armor. With all that in mind, Glover appears very briefly in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as an anomalous version of The Prowler who was captured by Miguel O’Hara and his Spider Society friends. He was, notably, never given the chance to don his character’s iconic Prowler suit in the film, but a largely comedic scene he shared with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker did open the door for him to reference his “nephew,” which well-versed comic book fans immediately knew at the time was a nod to Miles Morales. The Prowler in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. The actor famously played the role of Aaron Davis a.k.a. Outside of his cameo in Across the Spider-Verse, Donald Glover has only ever appeared in one other Spider-Man movie. It also gives Across the Spider-Verse the opportunity to feature a live-action cameo from none other than Donald Glover, an actor whose on-screen Spider-Man history may be a bit limited, but whose offscreen impact on the Spider-Verse franchise cannot be overstated.
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