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Venom Is Spider-Man 2’s Big, Sticky Wild Card
Ever since the post-credits of Marvel’s Spider-Man nearly five years ago, it’s been quite clear that Insomniac Games was going to bring some version of Venom into the fold. The post-credits for 2020’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales further planted the seeds, and then the first trailer for Spider-Man 2 did away with the teasing and just…
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Across The Spider-Verse Wants You To Take Its Villain Seriously
When it was announced that the main villain of the Into the Spider-Verse sequel was going to be D-List Spidey foe the Spot, many people shrugged their shoulders at the thought that someone who looks like a walking dalmatian zoot suit with portal powers could be a major threat to Miles and his amazing friends.…
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Marvel’s Midnight Suns Seems Good Enough To Turn Me, A Hater, Into A Fan
I tend to land on the Martin Scorsese side of the superhero craze — “The problem is the amusement park films,” he said in 2019 — and so I admittedly went into Marvel’s Midnight Suns feeling bratty. The tactical role-playing game, which was delayed twice before finally landing on its current December 2 release date,…
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This Spider-Man Meme Statue Points Accusingly At Whatever You Want
Was the sight of the three cinematic Spider-Men recreating the much-beloved pointing meme from the classic 1967 Spider-Man cartoon responsible for Spider-Man: No Way Home’s massive success and $US1.9 ($3) billion box office? No, absolutely not. But it was likely enough to make Iron Studios realise that people would very likely want to purchase a…