Marvel Comics Is Ignoring The Lessons Of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Marvel Comics is ignoring the lessons of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Versewith its treatment of Spider-Man and his love interests. It's a good time to be a Spider-Man fan. On the big screen, Tom Holland's iteration of Peter Parker has essentially become the face of the MCU, with Spider-Man: No Way Home breaking $1 billion in the global box office — in spite of the continuing global pandemic, a remarkable achievement. That fan-pleasing blockbuster even saw Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield return as their own respective Spider-Men, courtesy of the multiverse. Meanwhile, Sony's plans to build a universe of Spider-Man spinoffs look set to be another remarkable success, with Tom Hardy leading the charge as Venom.
But one of the most delightful hits of the last few years was the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, essentially a meditation on the legacy of Spider-Man. This focused not upon Peter Parker but instead upon Miles Morales' Ultimate Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy's Spider-Gwen, celebrating the idea of Spider-Man as the ultimate "Everyman Hero." Delighting critics, it won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and at least two more films are in the works.
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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse may have been a celebration of Spider-Man, but it actually had quite an edge — with several subplots making quiet criticisms of the comics themselves. Surprisingly, the latest twists in Marvel's Spider-Man saga suggest the comic book publisher simply hasn't taken those criticisms on board. The editors of the Spider-Man franchise would do well to put Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse on play and pay attention.
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