10 Insane Alternate Versions Of Spider-Man You Won't Believe Exist
10. Ghost Spider
Marvel Comics
Marvel have had an awful lot of fun with the Ghost Rider identity over the years, bonding the Spirit of Vengeance to a whole manner of different heroes and villains at varying points in continuity.
The most recent wearer of the mantle has been Frank Castle - the cosmic Ghost Rider - but a version of Peter Parker has also done the same at one point in time. Called Ghost Spider (which, to his credit, does actually rhyme with rider), this particular incarnation of the wall-crawler boasts a flaming skull, a white costume, and a creepy, bone-like spider-symbol on his chest.
Yes, it all looks rather cool, but potentially cooler is the fact that the Sorcerer Supreme of this universe was none other than Bruce Banner. Ghost Spider's origin actually involves the mystic Banner plucking Peter's soul straight from Hell and setting him on a new path as the Spirit of Vengeance, and it's just as wonderful as you think it is.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
