Spider-Verse 2's Villain Borrows The Suicide Squad’s Best Trick
The obscure new villain from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse follows in the footsteps of The Suicide Squad's cast of characters. With so many DCEU and MCU movies releasing on a yearly basis, the time came for lesser-known heroes and villains to come under the spotlight. Director James Gunn transformed the Guardians of the Galaxy from an unrenowned group of comic book characters to an A-list superhero team in the MCU. He subsequently did the same with his roster for The Suicide Squad's Task Force X, who went from joke characters to fully fleshed-out oddballs.
2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse beganto do the same with none other than Spider-Man himself. The first movie introduced many of Spider-Man's multiversal variants, such as Spider-Ham, Peni Parker, and Noir Spider-Man, as well as various variants of Spider-Man villains such as Doctor Octopus (Olivia Octavius), and a monstrous version of the Green Goblin. Now, the 2023 sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, promises to dig deeper into Spider-Man's rogue gallery with a villain who hasn't had his chance to shine.
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Besides the highly anticipated introduction of Oscar Isaac's Spider-Man 2o99 and Issa Rae's Spider-Woman, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will introduce Jason Schwartzman's Spot, a villain who weaponizes the interdimensional portals that cover his whole body. Spot's bizarre powers and appearance make him akin to The Suicide Squad's show-stealing Polka-Dot Man, who received a major character development that made him a compelling character, despite his ridiculous (and oft-ridiculed) nature.
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad proved that obscure comic book characters with
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