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

The Anarchic Spider-Man, Hobart Brown, may strike the more cynical reader as a lazy attempt to rein in fringe consumers by creating the most edgelord Marvel hero ever. Spider-Punk's hobbies include wailing on electric guitar, referring to himself as a "radioactive suicide machine," and totally not selling out. And because low-hanging fruit is the best fruit, he does all of this while leading a revolution against an elected leader with plans to "make America great again."

Despite Marvel's attempt to ruin any possible story immersion with the most thinly veiled political references imaginable, Hobie's improved in the comics since his debut.

Both his character and his universe have been expanded and given some much-needed depth, yet he still hasn't made much of a mark on other media. In fact, some audiences for his most notable animated appearance on Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man might be entirely unaware of his origin as an American freedom fighter, as the series gave him a Cockney accent in apparent tribute to his origin as a prototype design for Spider-UK.

Whether cast as a British punk or an American rebel, Hobart Brown's offbeat design would make him a shoe-in for Sony's Spider-Verse. Perhaps the best use of the character, however, would be on Disney+.

Not only could a rock-oriented episode of What If...? pair Hobie with Captain Anarchy and the punk Hulk seen in the Edge of Spider-Geddon comics, the series could introduce some other crazy takes on classic heroes that the comic didn't have time to give us—such as the briefly mentioned "M.C. Strange."