Who Is The Spot? Into The Spider-Verse 2's Villain Explained
Sony has revealed that the villain of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a character named the Spot. Excitement is building for the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which will continue the interdimensional adventures of Miles Morales's Spider-Man and the spectacular Spider-Gwen. As part of the studio's Annecy Festival panel, Sony gave viewers a fresh glimpse of the film — and even introduced its villain.
Until now, all the evidence had indicated Miles Morales would be going up against another Spider-Man — specifically, the variant Spider-Man 2099. But there were rumors of another villain, a wackier foe from the comics called the Spot. Sony finally confirmed those reports, revealing Jason Schwartzman would voice a character no comic book reader ever expected to appear on the big screen. A first image showed the Spot battling Miles and Gwen, with Miles's attempt to kick him backfiring, his foot unwittingly connecting with Gwen instead.
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The choice of the Spot as a major villain serves as a reminder that not every comic book adaptation has to be 100 percent serious. This is, after all, a foe who made Spider-Man crease up with laughter in his first appearance, even if the Spot did then go on to beat the wall-crawler. New viewers can be forgiven for having the same reaction, but the Spot should not be underestimated.
Spidey's origin is rooted in pseudoscience, and as a result a lot of Spider-Man's villains are scientists. The Spot was introduced as a scientist named Johnathon Ohnn, who worked for the Kingpin and who attempted to scan the powers of the vigilante Dagger to duplicate her abilities. Instead, he managed to get a
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