Spider-Man Did No Way Home's Multiverse Story 24 Years Before The MCU
Spider-Man: No Way Home and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse were (rightly) applauded for their multiverse stories, but it was the animated series simply known as Spider-Man that tackled the topic of multiple Spider-Men first, 24 years before No Way Home. Spider-Man was the entry point for many young Spider fans, and it brought many classic Spidey stories to a new generation. However, it also pioneered the concept of the Spider-Verse well before Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, or even 2014's Spider-Verse comic.
Spider-Man was beloved for its re-telling of Peter Parker's most classic adventures. It notably included several major comic arcs including The Night Gwen Stacy Died, though the series replaced Gwen with Mary Jane Watson and saw her lost in the multiverse, as opposed to killed by the Green Goblin. The series came to the end of its five-season run with the two-parter known as «Spider-Wars», which saw Spidey work with various versions of himself from across the multiverse, including a version of himself that more closely resembled Iron Man in technology and arrogance, a Spider-Man who took Doc Ock's arms for himself, and one on the verge of becoming the monstrous Man-Spider. The group teamed up to defeat Spider-Carnage, a Spider-Man bonded to the Carnage symbiote who had developed into a merciless killer intent on destroying all worlds.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse may have been more successful and well-regarded, but they owed their success to this game-changing series finale. Spider-Man was an incredibly ambitious series, and developing a story like this was practically unheard of at
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