Spider-Verse Art Proves It's the Most Versatile Multiverse in Fiction
If there's one thing the Spider-Verse is built upon it's diversity in art. This concept is perfectly exemplified in a new variant cover for Silk #5. The cover was illustrated by Nayoung Wooh.
Although the original Spider-Verse event was about stopping the vampiric family of Inheritors from traveling the multiverse and consuming spider totems, the thematic foundation for Spider-Verse was a lot simpler. The concept was basically to utilize all these different versions of Spider-Man that have been created over the decades and bring them together in a wild and crazy story. None of the characters were created for the purpose of the crossover, yet Marvel Comics was able to seamlessly create a tone for it that allowed them all to come together in a comfortable manner.
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That basic idea is used as inspiration for Silk's variant cover. It appears to be based on ancient Asian art styles. With Green Goblin and Mysterio hiding in the background, the cover features Silk, Ghost-Spider, Peter Parker's Spider-Man as well as Miles Morales. They are all dressed in clothes that fit the art style's time. On its own and without a story, the artwork makes little sense. But that is kind of the point of the Spider-Verse. There are so many different variations of Spider-Man that almost any kind of style and concept exists.
This is in contrast to a hero like Batman. There are different versions of Batman such as Flashpoint Batman, Gotham by Gaslight, and Ninja Batman. But these characters are still isolated and grounded in a very human way. Spider-Man takes this concept to its utter extreme. There's a pig Spider-Man and a cubist Spider-Man and a noir Spider-Man. Not to
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