On Twitter, director Rodney Rothman noted that the Spider-Verse filmmakers reached out to a handful of creators to ask what they'd be making in an alternate universe. One of the beautiful things about animation is the sheer amount of gags you can stick behind the action. Real name Peter Porker-because of course it is-Spider-Ham is actually the oldest of the alt-Spideys, first appearing in 1983's Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Mark Armstrong. A darker take on the character, Noir's Peter Parker fights crime during the Great Depression of the 1930s.įirst appearing in Edge of Spider-Verse #5 from artist Jake Wyatt and writer Gerard Way, Peni Parker of Earth-14512 adopted the Sp//dr suit-a robotic vehicle powered by a radioactive spider-from her father, who died in an explosion while acting as his universe's Spider-Man.
The Spider-Man of Earth-90214 was created by writer David Hine and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico for the series Spider-Man: Noir in 2009. The character of Gwen Stacy has been around since The Amazing Spider-Man #31 in 1965-she is, unfortunately, best known for dying horribly at the hands of the Green Goblin-but the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, a "What If?" scenario where Gwen was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker, first popped up in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, written by Jason Latour and penciled by Robbi Rodriguez. Parker, of course, who is just a rounder, sadder version of the Peter Parker whose been swinging around New York since 1962). The host of Spider-People who arrive from different universes aren't exactly a hidden Easter Egg, but they're all fantastically real characters with their own comic book origins and histories. We're talking surprise characters, specific plot points, the after-credits scene, the whole shebang. Thwip out of here if you're not caught up.* The Spider-Team Here's everything we spotted in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Directed by Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, and Bob Persichetti, Spider-Verse's acid-trip art style is a blast to just look at, so we completely understand if you missed any of the dozens on dozens of Easter Eggs, comic nods, and shout-outs that pop up over the runtime.īut in case you were still curious, we rounded up all those Easter Eggs we could find. Parker ( Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Man Noir ( Nicolas Cage), Peni Parker ( Kimiko Glenn), and Spider-Ham ( John Mulaney).
A neon-colored love letter to comic books, the film introduces the world to Miles Morales ( Shameik Moore), as well as a whole host of alt-universe Spideys like Peter B. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse not only nabbed the highest December opening ever for an animated film, it's also just a straight-up triumph of a movie.