10 Characters That Deserve The 'Spider-Verse' Treatment

Spider-Man isn't the only hero that has numerous other versions.

By Fergal Harte /

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse featured a very novel concept, establishing a fantastic formula for future stories.

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That formula was of course the teaming up of numerous different incarnations of everyone's favourite wall-crawler, an idea that has been explored with other characters in the comics since the Silver Age of Comics.

Spider-Man's lack of participation in such storylines until recently just means that the same concept could easily be applied to other characters - whether they originate from Marvel, DC or outside of comics entirely.

Obviously, the actual likelihood of a comic or movie being made featuring the following characters with this same premise is low, but the point is that they are all characters that would suit tales in the vein of Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon.

This is due to the fact that almost every comic book character has numerous alternate versions, particularly the biggest and most popular ones. For instance, Green Lantern has more incarnations in the main DC universe than the rosters you tend to see on most superhero teams. This is why applying the concept of Spider-Verse to other figures is such a no-brainer, but the question still remains: which characters really deserve the same treatment?

10. Captain Marvel

While Captain Marvel may now be primarily known for the Carol Danvers incarnation, there is actually quite the roster of Captains - ranging from the original Mar-Vell to the more recent Monica Rambeau.

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Factor in the likes of Kamala Khan and a Carol Danvers that remained in the Ms. Marvel moniker and you have a pretty substantial roster already, not to mention all of the alternate reality versions of the character that would inevitably feature in an 'Into the Marvel-Verse'.

In a perfect world, Carol and co. would also be able to team-up with Shazam and his family, who comic book fans will recognise as the first hero to bear the title of Captain Marvel.

Either way, the popularity of these characters would mean that any such story would ultimately be a success.

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