One of the beautiful things about animation is the sheer amount of gags you can stick behind the action. Real name Peter Porker-because of course it is-Spider-Ham is actually the oldest of the alt-Spideys, first appearing in 1983's Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong. A darker take on the character, Noir's Peter Parker fights crime during the Great Depression of the 1930s.įirst appearing in Edge of Spider-Verse #5 from artist Jake Wyatt and writer Gerard Way, Peni Parker of Earth-14512 adopted the Sp//dr suit-a robotic vehicle powered by a radioactive spider-from her father, who died in an explosion while acting as his universe's Spider-Man. The Spider-Man of Earth-90214 was created by writer David Hine and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico for the series Spider-Man: Noir in 2009. The character of Gwen Stacy has been around since The Amazing Spider-Man #31 in 1965-she is, unfortunately, best known for dying horribly at the hands of the Green Goblin-but the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, a 'What If?' scenario where Gwen was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, first popped up in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, written by Jason Latour and penciled by Robbi Rodriguez. Parker, of course, who is just a rounder, sadder version of the Peter Parker whose been swinging around New York since 1962). The host of Spider-People who arrive from different universes aren't exactly a hidden Easter Egg, but they're all fantastically real characters with their own comic book origins and histories. We're talking surprise characters, specific plot points, the after-credits scene, the whole shebang. Thwip out of here if you're not caught up.* The Spider-Team Here's everything we spotted in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Directed by Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, and Bob Persichetti, Spider-Verse's acid-trip art style is a blast to just look at, so we completely understand if you missed any of the dozens on dozens of Easter Eggs, comic nods, and shout-outs that pop up over the runtime.īut in case you were still curious, we rounded up all those Easter Eggs we could find. Parker ( Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Man Noir ( Nicolas Cage), Peni Parker ( Kimiko Glenn), and Spider-Ham ( John Mulaney). A neon-colored love letter to comic books, the film introduces the world to Miles Morales ( Shameik Moore), as well as a whole host of alt-universe Spideys like Peter B.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only nabbed the highest December opening ever for an animated film, it's also just a straight-up triumph of a movie.

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