Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 - 10 Comic Stories It Could Adapt
Backdrops for Peter Parker's graduation.
Spider-Man: Homecoming's sequel was announced before the original had even hit cinemas, which speaks volumes about Marvel's confidence in its latest Peter Parker.
The comic book giant was right to have faith in Tom Holland after his show-stealing, shield-stealing antics in Captain America: Civil War, since his solo debut didn't disappoint, critically or commercially.
As things stand, Homecoming is the second-highest grossing Spidey film so far, and its still doing big business in China having opened in the territory last weekend.
The future is bright for Holland's wall-crawler. Next up for him is a pair of Avengers outings in Infinity War and its untitled follow-up, with the latter leading directly into Homecoming's sequel.
Little is known about Marvel's next Spider-Man movie. Jon Watts will be back in the director's chair, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are on scripting duties, and it will be the first film to rise from the ashes of the MCU's Phase 3.
One thing's for sure, though - Watts and his team are spoilt for choice when it comes to potential comics to adapt for Homecoming 2 (or whatever it ends up being called), and here are the places they should start mining for inspiration...
10. Back In Black
Nobody knows how the Marvel Cinematic Universe will look after Thanos has smashed his way through it in Infinity War and its sequel. Perhaps it will be a darker place, in which case Spider-Man story Back in Black would be ripe for adaptation.
Tom Holland's arc as the arachnid superhero is a coming-of-age tale, so a loose take on this 2007 event could easily be the next chapter of it, a period in Peter Parker's life where he grapples with darker urges.
An assassin's bullet entering Aunt May is the catalyst for a more badass Peter, a revenge-hungry Spider-Man who dons a back suite not unlike his infamous symbiote get-up and ends up only a love of firearms away from becoming The Punisher.
This grittier Spidey tale would only really make sense on screen in its purest form if the symbiote was introduced to the MCU in one of the upcoming Avengers sequels, which isn't completely off the table considering they will be rich in cosmic elements.
The Kingpin's role as the main antagonist is more problematic since he's tied up in Marvel's television universe, which has so far remained separate from the MCU, but there's no reason why he couldn't be substituted for another villain.
It makes sense for Holland's Spider-Man movies to go darker and maturer with each sequel, and cherrypicking aspects of Back in Black would put the series on this path.