No Way Home Makes Spider-Man A Bigger Multiversal Character Than The Avengers
One surprising reveal from Spider-Man: No Way Home suggests that Spidey is more important to the multiverse than the Avengers. The MCU evolved into a multi-billion dollar franchise even with the initial absence of Spider-Man, who only made his MCU debut until 2016's Captain America: Civil War. Since then, Spider-Man has become a central figure in the MCU, though it was already clear that the character doesn't need to rely on the Avengers to be a massive pop culture phenomenon.
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy played a key role in the rise of superhero movies long before the MCU officially took shape. The self-contained trilogy followed Peter Parker's double life as New York's greatest hero and a humble photographer, all without the aid of other superheroes. Similarly, the Amazing Spider-Man movies introduced fresh takes on iconic characters without the need for a shared universe. When Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Men returned for Spider-Man: No Way Home, they subtly confirmed that they're the only known superheroes in their home universes.
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The fact that these two Spider-Men failed to recognize the Avengers when Tom Holland's Spider-Man mentioned his time with the team proves that Earth's Mightiest Heroes don't exist in the universes that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Men hail from. Considering that some characters and events seem to be constant throughout the multiverse, it's surprising to know that some universes are not inhabited by the Avengers. It's possible, then, that there are more realities with one or more Spider-Man than those with any iteration of the Avengers. After all, the multiversal rift at the end
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