Yuri Lowenthal is as Much Spider-Man as Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire
Superhero comic books have been a mainstay of popular culture since Action Comics introduced Superman in 1938. The popularity of these characters has waxed and waned over the decades thanks to moral panics and organizations such as the Comics Code Authority, but modern society is more saturated with superhero media than ever. Marvel's MCU film and television series is a big contributor, but individual characters like Spider-Man have received various live-action iterations well before Marvel Studios' Iron Man teased the Avenger Initiative in 2008.
DC Comics' Caped Crusader, Batman, is one of the clearest examples of how successful different takes on a comic book character can be. Fans have long debated the merits of Bruce Wayne performances, from Adam West's campiness in the 1960s to Robert Pattinson's more serious turn in 2022's The Batman. However, merely voiced takes on the character are just as often part of the discussion, with many expressing love for Kevin Conroy in Batman: The Animated Series and Rocksteady's Arkham games.
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Similarly, voice actor Yuri Lowenthal is becoming as recognizable for playing Spider-Man as the character's live-action counterparts. Lowenthal's experience covers a huge range; from games like Titanfall 2, Injustice, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to TV shows like Young Justice, Ben 10, and Arcane. But as of Marvel's Spider-Man 2's release in 2023 he will have reprised his role as Peter Parker in six different games, with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Though Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko some 30 years after DC Comics' golden boy Superman, introduced in 1962's Amazing Fantasy no. 15, he has received about
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