Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Team Didn’t Credit Marvel Comics Writer For Ideas They Borrowed

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There is a huge debate going on right now in the comics world about what kind of credit people should get when certain adaptations are made of comic properties, not just the “naming credit” in things like movies and TV shows, but the payments that they should get for inspiring some key events that take places in these media. For the longest time, movie and TV studios wouldn’t even do special thanks credits to the famous writers who helped bring the comic characters from Marvel and DC to life, and now, video games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 aren’t paying that kind of respect either.

So what happened? Well, in the title by Insomniac Games, Venom makes a big splash in the latter parts of the game. We all knew Venom was coming, and that’s fine. Simply having the character doesn’t directly mean you need to give credit to a certain someone. After all, Insomniac Games has said multiple times that while they are big fans of the lore of the comics, they tend to go in a unique direction with the story based on their own ideas. That’s totally fine…most of the time.

However, fans noticed that many of the things they do with Venom in the game are taken from the comics, especially those recently written by Marvel Comics writer Donny Cates. When one fan pointed that out and said that Insomniac Games better have paid him for what he contributed, he made a very interesting gif reply:

Donny Cates hints that he did not get paid for his ideas from the comics that were implemented in ‘SPIDER-MAN 2’.

He is also not given any mention in the game’s credits. pic.twitter.com/Q7kQK8AXt9

So yeah, he didn’t get paid for his ideas being used. This is again part of the “credit” debate that is still going on. After all, if Insomniac Games had used 100%