


Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk Image: Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason/Marvel Comicsįirst appearance: Amazing Spider-Man (vol. Power-responsibility score: No Uncle Bens here. Spider-Verse’s Jess is thus a wholesale reinvention of the concept - though comics Jess did famously have a book in which she did superhero stuff while pregnant - that owes a certain debt to her elder counterpart. Created in 1976 in a rush to stop an animation studio from grabbing the trademark to the Spider-Woman name, comic book Jessica actually has no real relation to either Peter Parker or Miles Morales, having instead acquired her powers in a bewilderingly arcane origin involving HYDRA, her geneticist father, and possibly a talking cow. What’s her deal?: Across the Spider-Verse’s Jess Drew is an original creation, but she owes her name (and overall look) to comic book predecessor Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman. Jess Drew/Spider-Woman Image: Sony Picturesįirst appearance: Marvel Spotlight #32 (sort of) Power-responsibility score: 4 Uncle Bens out of 10.

An inverse of the classic Spider-Man, Miguel is taciturn and surly in his superhero alter ego and something of a wisecracking lothario in real life. A researcher working for the nefarious and powerful Alchemex corporation, he ultimately found himself a victim of his own experimental, spider-themed research, giving him creepily spider-derived powers and eventually a costumed identity as a hero. What’s his deal?: Miguel O’Hara lived in the far-flung Marvel future of 2099, a world dominated by corporations run rampant and dangerous innovations in genetic engineering and virtual reality. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse goes bigger, bolder, and more ambitious Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 Image: Sony Picturesįirst appearance: Spider-Man 2099 (vol.
