Could alternate versions of our favourite heroes start popping up in the MCU?
That’s one of the questions that has been on the mind of many ever since the Spider-Man
Far From Home trailer dropped and confirmed the existence of the multiverse.
Like many other superheroes out there, Peter Parker has a whole lot of fascinating alternate
versions kicking around on alternate Earths, and we can’t help but wonder if any of them
will find their way into the prime MCU timeline.
So today, we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 alternate versions of Spider-Man
the MCU needs.
Some of these are likely to never find their way into the MCU and are wishful thinking
at best.
Others are more practical and realistic additions that could potentially find their way But
regardless, this is more of a dream list than one based off of educated guesses as to where
Marvel Studios will take Spider-Man’s story.
So with that in mind, let’s get to it!
Also heads up – mild spoilers for Avengers Endgame in this video.
Very minor.
10 SP//DR The Sp//DR is arguably a creation that could
find its way into the MCU, either via the multiverse or in its own sort of prime timeline
adaptation.
So, for context, SP//DR is from Earth 14512, and is Peni Parker, the 14 year old daughter
of Peter Parker who pilots a mech suit called, you guessed it, SP//DR.
It’s partially controlled by a psychic link with the pilot thanks to getting bitten by
a sentient radioactive spider.
Peni’s father once used the mech suit to protect New York, but when he died, Peni took
up the responsibility of wearing the suit in her father’s absence, voluntarily getting
bit by that spider to do so.
While we think it’s quite early to introduce someone like Peni, having the character and
the mech suit pop in from another part of the multiverse could be quite interesting
– she did appear in the Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse film, so hey, who knows.
9 Superior Spider-Man The Superior Spider-Man is one of the most
controversial Spider-Man characters thanks to the Dying Wish story arc the anti-hero
was spawned from.
Long story short, that arc followed a dying Otto Octavius work through a scheme to switch
his consciousness into the body of the very healthy and very much alive Peter Parker.
Peter, inside Otto’s body, ends up dying, with Otto living on in Peter’s body, taking
over the mantle of Spider-Man.
He begins to call himself Superior Spider-Man, and pretends to be Peter for a while, but
is generally kind of an ass hat.
Thanks to outrage, Peter would be resurrected, but Otto still keeps on kicking on as the
Superior Spider-Man these days in the second volume of his series.
Like some of the other version of Spider-Man that appear on this list, he isn’t from
his own Earth, but rather originates from 616.
Imagine if a version of the Superior Spider-Man slipped into the MCU, and that’s how he
became a villain?
Eventually turning into Doc Oct at some point?
I sense a fan theory brewing.
8 Scarlet Spider If the MCU were to adapt one highly controversial
comic book arc, why not adapt another?
We’re talking the Clone Saga, all to introduce the character of Ben Reilly, aka Peter Parker’s
clone created by Jackal.
While he and Parker initially fight one another, the two end up working together, much to Jackal’s
disapproval.
He also has one of the best alternate Spider-Man costumes, so hey, maybe we’ll settle for
some sort of Spider-Man imposter instead wearing the same outfit as Ben.
7 Spider-Ham Like, just as an Easter Egg, you know?
Could be real funny.
6 The Spider This version of Spider-Man is from Earth 15,
and is part of the Exiles team, making him one of the more likely alternate versions
of the character who could pop up in the MCU.
The Exiles is a team made up of characters from different earths in the multiverse, removed
from space and time in order to correct ‘hiccups’ in the alternate and divergent timelines in
the multiverse.
So it wouldn’t be completely left field if this team were to appear in the MCU after
what just went down in Endgame, and after the news of a tear in the fabric of time becomes
more common knowledge.
So essentially, Spider is quite different from his 616 and MCU counterparts.
He’s a little sadistic thanks to having been bonded with the Carnage symbiote.
He’s been given 67 life sentences, and the character very much feels like an amalgamation
of Parker and Cletus Kassady.
Imagine having the Spider as a villain?
That would be insane.
5 Ghost Spider Remember that bit about wishful thinking we
mentioned at the beginning of this video?
Yeah, that’s this number.
Ghost Spider, otherwise known as Spirit spider, is an amalgamation of Ghost Rider and Spider-Man
that appears in Amazing Spider-Man Annual issue 38, hailing from Earth 11638.
For context, this version of Peter is rich, popular, and all of his loved ones are still
alive.
Shocker.
He’s known as the Amazing Spider.
He runs Parker Technologies, where he invents portal technology that brings several characters
from Earth 616 into his reality.
Amazing Spider fights his earth 616 counterpart and ends up in a coma, in which he goes to
hell and runs into the Sorcerer Supreme of that Earth, Bruce Banner, who had gone to
hell after banishing his Hulk self, known as Infernal Hulk, to that realm.
Banner returns Amazing Spider by having him fuse with the spirit of vengeance, with him
becoming Ghost Spider, who then sends all of the Earth 616 heroes back home.
4 Spider-Man 2099 We now know that time travel is a thing that
is possible in the MCU.
So the idea of seeing a future version of Spider-Man who is carrying on the legacy of
the mantle and ISN’T Peter Parker is something that is entirely – theoretically – plausible.
Enter Spider-Man 2099, a character created back in 1999 as part of the Marvel 2099 series.
First appearing in Spdier-Man 2099 issue 1, this web slinger is a fellow named Miguel
O’Hara who works for a corrupt corporation, and much like Parker, is incredibly intelligent.
When he turns on the company he uses one of their machines to splice his DNA with a spider’s,
giving him his powers.
He can shoot organic webs.
He’s got telescopic vision.
And when he bites people, he can cause paralysis thanks to his own unique venom.
How crazy is that?
While we don’t think Miguel has a high chance of finding his way into the MCU, it’s still
a cool possibility to consider.
And like I said, wishful thinking friends.
3 Miles Morales There’s a popular theory online that thanks
to the Snap from Infinity War, and the five year time jump in Endgame, there’s a decent
chance that we might get to see Miles Morales debut in the prime MCU timeline, having grown
up with the legend of Spider-Man all while not being too distant in age from Peter Parker
(thanks to the snap that brought him back 5 years later).
Riding off of the popularity of Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse, the argument here is
that Miles is pretty darn popular right now, and could be a major asset or story arc in
the third Spider-Man movie in the years to come.
He’s also one of the most likely alternate spider-man versions on this list that has
a chance at making it onto the big screen – hell, he even got a pretty big role in
the PS4 Spider-Man game, what more set up does the kid need?
It’s also worth noting that he’s from the Ultimates universe, from Earth 1610, and
that another version of Miles does in fact live on 616, minus spidey-powers, but who
knows which version of Miles we’ll be seeing down the line.
2 Spider-Gwen Spider-Gwen is by far one of the most popular
alternate Spider-Mans.
Back when she was introduced in 2015, the number of cosplayers who donned her white
and pink costume skyrocketed.
From Earth 65, Spider-Gwen is Gwen Stacy, with her being the one who was bitten by a
radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker.
Not only does she have the same powers as Peter, she’s also quite the detective, and
has spent time in the comics hopping around the multiverse thanks to a wristwatch device.
This has landed her on Earth 616 many a time.
So the chances that she might find herself in the MCU prime timeline?
Here’s hoping.
1 Spider-Man Noir To those of you who have seen any of the Spider-Man
Far From Home trailers, this number might look mighty familiar.
It’s because it’s the alternate version of Spider-Man that seems to have inspired
the stealth suit that the web-slinger is repping in the film.
Or, as many have speculated, it could actually be Spider-Man Noir himself, or at least a
version of him from another Earth in the multiverse.
From Earth 90214, this version of Parker was born during the Great Depression, and received
his powers after coming across an ancient artifact that was connected to a spider god.
He’s a master of stealth, and dons a fully black suit.
Since the initial teaser for the film came out, there was a lot of speculation over which
suit this stealth suit in the multiverse was inspired from, but now, since the multiverse
revelation, some wonder if this is a spider-man who has followed Mysterio into the prime MCU
timeline in order to defeat him once and for all.
Oh the questions.
There we have it friends!
Which of these versions of Spider-Man do you think is more likely to appear in the MCU?
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