10 Weird Alternate Versions Of Spider-Man
Webbed Wonders from all across the Spider-Verse.
Spider-Man is a character who has changed very little since his first introduction. While other characters may have had their costumes upgraded or their origins tweaked over the years, Peter Parker has remained pretty consistent.
The blue and red underoos have remained a constant staple (apart from the occasional foray into the also stylish black costume) and his origin has stayed true to its key points of a radioactive spider, a dead uncle and a guilt complex that can be seen from space.
However, as we've seen in comics like Spider-Verse, there is a whole multiverse filled with arachnid-themed superheroes. While a lot of these characters may only be a slight variation on the Spider-Man formula, others take it in a completely new and often strange direction.
With an infinite amount of universes there are an infinite amount of possibilities and sometimes that results in a version of Spider-Man who is a punk rocker or a man who is an actual spider.
And it's not just true of comics, there have been some pretty crazy versions of the wall crawler from the big and small screens too.
10. Spider-Punk
Spider-Verse was the event that really opened the floodgates for alternate versions of Spider-Man as hundreds of them came together to stop the multiverse-hopping murderers the Inheritors. One of the standout stars of the book was Spider-Punk.
A big part of what makes Spider-Punk great is simply his design, a Spider-Man costume with a torn denim jacket and spiked mohawk. However, his tie-in issue also revealed a lot about what makes him one of the best Spider-Men out there.
Hobart Brown (the anti-hero Prowler in the main Marvel Universe) comes from a world that was trapped under the tyrannical regime of President Norman Osborn. As Spider-Man, he fought the regime by inciting the common people to rebel as part of his Spider-Army of anarchists.
In the final battle between the two, Osborn led an army of symbiote enhanced cops to crack down on the rebellion. Luckily, as every Spider-Man fan knows, Venom is especially weak to loud noises.
Blasting his music through 15,000 watts worth of amps (all set to 11), Spider-Man defeated Osborn's army with the power of punk rock. Then he smashed his guitar over Norman's head because that is the only acceptably rock and roll way to beat your nemesis.