8 Best Comic Storylines Featuring Spider-Man: Far From Home Villains
4. The Amazing Spider-Man #315
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Although it remains to be seen whether or not Hydro-Man actually features in Far From Home, prior to the announcement that the Elementals were involved speculation focused heavily on whether or not the character - who terrified children everywhere in the nineties Spider-Man cartoon - would feature in the film in one way or another.
Going by the name of Morris Bench, Hydro-Man first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #315, where he was promptly knocked overboard at sea and got caught up in a nuclear test. This transformed Bench into the watery monster known as Hydro-Man, and seeing as how Spidey played a part in his accident, the wall-crawler becomes his first target.
Footage from the set of Far From Home (as well as a trademark spoilery Tom Holland Instagram post), showcased a water-based action sequence of sorts, and it would make sense for the film to reimagine Hydro-Man as a part of that group, though presumably as an illusion too.
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.
