10 Wild Versions Of Spider-Man That Could Actually Work On Film

Spider-Cop's three-panel appearance in Spider-Geddon serves as little more than setup and payoff for a joke aimed at PS4 Spider-Man fans. While it's easy to imagine him making a brief leap to the big screen, it'd likely only happen as a brief cameo in Sony's Spider-Verse, and only for the sheer amusement of seeing Spider-Man with a fake moustache. A longer appearance would require much more depth and backstory than the comics have bothered to give him.

Surprisingly, however, that's where he becomes one of the few Web-slingers on this list suited for an appearance in the more grounded MCU. His origin would merely need to borrow from another police-oriented Wall-crawler, The Spider.

Appearing in the same Vault of Spiders issue as Spiders-Man, the black-suited Spider is a pistol-wielding George Stacy who seems (although it's never stated outright) to be fighting in honor of a deceased Gwen. In the comics, Spider-Gwen is the one to bring both Spider-Cop and The Spider into the Superior Spider-Army, but the potential for her interactions with an alternate version of her father is never fully explored. Into the Spider-Verse could adapt this story faithfully while also plumbing its emotional depths in a new way.

As for the MCU? Well, if No Way Home really does throw former big-screen Spideys into the mix, then the MCU can begin providing them some closure on the losses they suffered in their own films.

While Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man seemingly overcame Gwen's loss over the length of a single montage, her father's death haunted him throughout much of his second outing. Getting the chance to speak with George Stacy one last time, even if not technically the "real" George Stacy, could provide his character some much-needed closure.