Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 28 Easter Eggs & References Explained
4. Spider-Man Noir
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Spider-Man Noir, like Spider-Gwen, had previously made the leap from comics to animation before Into the Spider-Verse, and is probably one of the more recognisable versions of Peter Parker today. He was the focus in Beenox's Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game from 2010, and it even looks as though Peter Parker's upcoming stealth suit in Spider-Man: Far From Home is partially inspired by his out fit too.
But anyway - what is Spidey Noir all about? Well for starters this version of Peter Parker matures during the Great Depression of the 1930s. He was still bitten by a spider, but this one contained mystical properties in a throwback to the pulpy tales of the period. He wears a trenchcoat, carries a gun, and Aunt May moonlights as a socialist activist in her spare time.
Oh, and as Nicolas Cage eloquently recounts in the film, he fights Nazis too. It's the perfect Spidey package, and one of the standout characters from Into the Spider-Verse.
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.
