Poor old Peter Parker can't seem to catch a break most days, what with all those deaths, crises and a whole manner of other issues pervading most Spidey storylines.
Back in 2013, in the Dying Wish arc, writer Dan Slott seemingly killed off Pete by having Doctor Octopus swap his conscious with Peter's, placing everyone's favourite wall-crawler in Otto's dying body and having the Doctor take over as a new, 'superior' Spider-Man. With a plan to outdo Peter as the web-slinger, and in an attempt to clear his conscious, Otto set about doing all the heroic things the Spidey of old did, albeit in a brasher, more egoistic way.
Peter found his way back to his old body at the end of the series, however, completing what many see as a clear highlight of Slott's run on the character. Things haven’t been as good since, but Peter’s return as Spidey - complete with the addition of Miles Morales in mainstream Marvel continuity - have ensured that Spider-Man’s in a really interesting place right now.
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.
