Spider-Man

First Look – Spider-Man: Far From Home

  • Title: Spider-Man: Far From Home
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The most notable thing from the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer is the appearance of Spider-man’s old-school web wings (and the lack of a good look at the villain’s fishbowl helmet) as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) heads to Europe on a school trip and gets pulled in on a mission by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jon Favreau also star. The film swings into theaters on July 5th.

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The Superior Spider-Man #1

The Superior Spider-Man comic reviewDressed in a variation of Ben Reilly‘s Spider-Man costume, Doctor Octopus has resumed his role as the “Superior” Spider-Man in San Francisco. The comic opens with Spidey Doc fighting Stilt Man of all people before resuming his day job as a teacher at Horizon University.

The first issue of The Superior Spider-Man #1 offers a short history of Doc Ock while also setting the groundwork for the new series and explaining how Otto ended up a new body living under the identity of Elliot Tolliver. Aside from taking on super-villains and teaching, the villain turned hero will also have to face his past mistakes when Anna Maria Marconi recognizes a familiar swagger underneath a new face.

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  • Title: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie reviewI never expected to see Spider-Ham show up in a theatrical film as a major supporting character. I also never expected Sony to outdo Marvel in producing the best super-hero movie of the year. These are but two of the wonders of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which give us the origin story of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as the new Spider-Man while also offering a few different versions of Peter Parker (Chris Pine, Jake Johnson, Nicolas Cage), Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) and her robot, and Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) as heroes from other dimensions brought to this Earth to help Miles stop the Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) who threatens to destroy reality while furthering his own selfish desires.

With a visual style that looks and feels like a moving comic book, the film by directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman offers everything a Spider-Man fan could want (with the exception of not including the Scarlet Spider, sigh). While staying true to the original characters, small choices such as the breeze to blow Spider-Man Noir’s (Cage) overcoat and adding ballet as a piece of Spider-Gwen’s fighting style are genius.

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