Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 10 Reasons To Be Excited

2. Those Ultimate Influences

Since the beginning of the millenium, you'd struggle to find a Spider-Man comic more influential - or acclaimed - than Brian Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man.

Conceptualised as a means of modernising Marvel and cutting through decades worth of convoluted continuity, Bendis' comic took Peter Parker to his roots and set about inspiring a whole raft of adaptations afterwards, notably Sony's Amazing Spider-Man films. By far its biggest achievement, however, was the introduction of Miles, which ensured the comic's survival long after the Ultimate Universe had been taken off life-support in 2015.

The popularity of the book proved so great, in fact, that Miles made the jump to Marvel's mainstream '616' continuity shortly thereafter. That's a big deal, and a lot of that comes down to the work Bendis, Bagley and Pichelli did during their stint on the comic from 2000 onwards.

It stands to reason, then, that Lord and Miller will be looking to those comics in their construction of the Spider-Verse story. Those inter-dimensional elements are bound to feature, but the core elements of the character - the ones Bendis and Pichelli established way back in 2011 - will be apparent on the screen as much as they were off it.

It's about time, too. Bendis' series was every bit the galvanising influence it's held to be, and while Spidey is in no need of saving on the big-screen, it looks like Spider-Verse - much like that comic - will provide a hefty jolt to keep the character on his toes.