Spider-Man Noir has a very different origin story than the Spider-Man Noir you know

With Spider-Man’s film future still shrouded in mystery, a highly anticipated version of the character is coming to television. That would be Spider-Man Noir, the fan-favorite 1930s-inspired hero of Earth 90214, and he’ll be played by the one and only Nicolas Cage in live-action. Fans have begun to get a glimpse of what this will look like, and if you’re unfamiliar with the character, there are several major differences between Spider-Man Noir and the main universe’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, including their respective ones Origin.

While the main Spider-Man universe is based in the present, Spider-Man Noir is set in 1930s New York in the midst of the Great Depression. This Peter Parker is also raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben and also tragically loses his Uncle Ben, although the causes and manner in which this happened are completely different.

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In this version of events, Peter’s Uncle Ben is gruesomely murdered by the Goblin (aka Norman Osborne) in retaliation for organizing a strike against Goblin’s businesses. Even though there is no evidence, Peter knows that it was Goblin who killed Uncle Ben and sets out to figure out how to prove it. This leads to an encounter in which they are rescued by Ben Urich of The Daily Bugle, who takes Peter in as a protégé.

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This sets the stage for Peter to develop his powers, but again the tone is much darker than in the main universe. In this story, Peter discovers that Ben is a drug addict after finding him unconscious, thus intercepting a lead on one of Goblin’s deliveries. Peter goes to the pier and thanks to a fallen spider idol, many spiders are freed and one of them bites Peter.

Turns out it’s no ordinary spider, of course, and the god-like creature gives Peter the powers of a spider we’ve all come to know. He has enhanced strength, speed, reflexes, and his signature spider sense, and he can also create webs from his wrists. This leads to Peter returning to Ben and confronting him. He learns that he was blackmailed by Osborn in order to satisfy his drug addiction.

After this encounter, Peter creates his Spider-Man costume based on Uncle Ben’s flight uniform and is determined to take down the Goblin. Unfortunately, he can no longer rely on Urich since Urich is dead the next time he finds him, and then he becomes implicated in the death of Jonah Jameson, but we learn that there is much more to the story than what initially appears Appears.

This is the origin of Spider-Man Noir, and you can see how it retains the core elements of Spider-Man while making big changes in a darker tone. We’ll have to wait and see what the live-action film does with the material, but it’s easily one of the most exciting Spider projects on the horizon.

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