Synopsis
After sensing that Silk was released from captivity by Spider-Man, Morlun stated that the Great Hunt, where he and his family would kill every Spider-Totem in the Multiverse, had begun.[2]
As the Inheritors killed numerous Spider-themed heroes, the time-displaced Spider-Man (Otto Octavius) created a team to fight the enemies.[3]
Meanwhile, other villains were embarked in similar quests. Earth-12041's Goblin tried to gather the DNA from different Spider-Men across multiple universes,[4] and the Multiversal Sinister Six attempted to conquer numerous universes by taking the Isotope-8 from one in specific.[5]
And while the Great Hunt takes place, the Spider-Army must find a way to defeat Morlun, Karn, and the rest of the Inheritors once and for all.
List of Casualties[]
These are the known forty-five "Fallen Spiders" already hunted down and slain by an Inheritor, as well as those killed during the course of the Totem War. According to Karn, his family has hunted many Spider-Totems, including hundreds of Spiders.[6] For a complete list of casualties, either Spider-Totems or not, see this category.
All of the Fallen Spiders killed by Morlun were later restored to life in End of the Spider-Verse, following Silk cutting Morlun with the Totem Dagger.
- Spider-Man 1602 (Peter Parquagh)[7]
- Fantastic Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[8]
- House of M Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[8]
- Alternate Civil War Iron Spider (Peter Parker)[8]
- Spider-Armor MK I Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[8]
- Alternate Ai Apaec[6]
- Avengers Forever Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara)[9]
- Timestorm Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara)[9]
- Exiles Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara)[9]
- Spider-Monster (Patton Parnel)[10]
- Alternate Spider-Friends Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[11]
- Spider-Cat[11]
- Alternate Spider-Man Unlimited (Peter Parker)[11]
- MC2 Peter Parker[12]
- Spider Moon-Man (Peter Parker)[13]
- Bullet Points Spider-Man (Bruce Banner)[13]
- Man-Spider (Peter Parker)[13]
- Vampire Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[13]
- Forever Yesterday Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[13]
- Spider-Man Unlimited MC2 Peter Parker[14]
- Golden Spongecake Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[15]
- Mighty Defenders Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[16][17]
- Cyborg Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[18]
- Old Man Spider (Ezekiel Sims)[18]
- Assassin Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[18]
- Six-Armed Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[19]
- Spider-Wolf (Peter Parker)[20]
- The Goblin (Peter Parker)[21]
- Spider-Monkey (Peter Parker)[20]
- Captain Spider (Flash Thompson)[20]
- Captain Universe (Peter Parker)[20]
- Prince of Arachne (Peter Parker)[22]
- Arachnosaur[22]
- Spider-Girl (Betty Brant)[22][17]
- Capcom Games Spider-Man (Peter Parker)[23]
- Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) [24]
- Scarlet Spider (Kaine Parker)[25] (though he was later reborn almost immediately)[26]
- The Other [27]
- Negative Zone Spider-Man[23]
- Master Weaver [28]
- Spider-Man Reign (Peter Parker)[15]
- Spider-Woman (Mary Jane Watson)[15]
- Yinsen City Spider-Man[16]
- Life Story Ben Reilly[29]
- Spider-Man (Earth-70134)[30] later resurected as Poison
- Thousands of other Spider-Totems
Issues
Tie-Ins
Edge of Spider-Verse[]
Reading Order:
- Superior Spider-Man #32
- Edge of Spider-Verse #1
- Edge of Spider-Verse #2
- Superior Spider-Man #33
- Edge of Spider-Verse #3
- Edge of Spider-Verse #4
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #7
- Edge of Spider-Verse #5
- Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #5
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #8
Main Event[]
Reading Order:
- Spider-Verse #1
- Spider-Verse Team-Up #1
- Scarlet Spiders #1
- Spider-Woman (Vol. 5) #1
- Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #6
- Spider-Verse #2
- Scarlet Spiders #2
- Spider-Woman (Vol. 5) #2
- Spider-Verse Team-Up #2
- Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #7
- Scarlet Spiders #3
- Spider-Woman (Vol. 5) #3
- Spider-Verse Team-Up #3
- Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #8
- Spider-Woman (Vol. 5) #4
Notes
- The event had a 5-paged prelude in Free Comic Book Day 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy.
- Four teams were formed during this event: Peter's Team, Otto's team, Spider-Men (Earth-TRN461) and the Web-Warriors (Earth-12041).
- When asked on Twitter why the universe designations for Spider-Man Unlimited and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #7 and for Spider-Gwen in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #9 differed from those listed in the Marvel Universe Appendix, Dan Slott responded that "[unless] mentioned in actual stories, designations in wiki entries and handbooks don't count." The validity of his statement is yet to be confirmed, and the wiki has made a policy of treating the "retconned" designations as alternate universes.
- In an official FAQ response in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #12 in regards to the universe designation of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, editor Nick Lowe stated that "There are a lot of universes out there, so maybe there's a version of the Amazing Friends who are still alive. I wouldn't bank on it, though."
- Despite having gotten Spider powers from Peter Parker, the Venom symbiote and its progeny from Earth-616 are not counted as Totems.[22] In spite of this declaration, versions of Venom and Carnage still appear alongside the various Spider-Men and Women that are depicted in the Web of Life and Destiny in Spider-Woman (Vol. 5) #3, and it is also contradicted by What If Spider-Man Killed Kraven the Hunter?, which established Venom and Anti-Venom as Spider-Totems. The editorial reason Agent Venom and other symbiote characters weren't included in Spider-Verse was because Marvel had to draw the line somewhere and chose to exclude the symbiotes from the event.[31]
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #14 reveals the event takes place the day before Ultimate Peter Parker was revealed to be alive after being revived by Oz.
- According to writer Dan Slott and editor Nick Lowe, the Spider-Man from Earth-7831 is the one from both the Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Spider-Man: Unlimited cartoons, which they decided were "logically" in the same continuity.[32][33] This is disregarded by X-Men '92 (Vol. 2) #10.
- Spider-Ham is stated to be from Earth-25, but this is retconned in Spider-Verse (Vol. 2) #1 and Spider-Gwen (Vol. 2) #18, which state he is from Earth-8311.
Trivia
- A handful of variants of Spider-Man were forbidden to use by Dan Slott and his collaborators. This includes the following:
- Zombie Spider-Man
- Spider-Boy from Amalgam Comics, which is co-owned by DC Comics
- Any of the Spider-Man variants co-owned by Sony Pictures, which would include:
- The Spider-Man from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy
- The Spider-Man from Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man duology
- The Spider-Man from Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
- The Spider-Man from The Spectacular Spider-Man[34]
- The story "It's the Little Things" in Spider-Verse #2 alludes to the off-panel participation of the Raimi and Webb versions of Spider-Man.[35] Their facial appearances are discussed by two Spider-Man variants with regards to the roles of their live-action actors, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield respectively, in other movies. "It's the Little Things" also features the head and chest of Spider-Boy hidden in a panel crowded by countless Spider-Totems.
- Supaidāman should have been one of these forbidden Spider-Men, but he appeared in the event regardless due to an internal misconception when in reality Marvel didn't have permission to use the character. After Toei Company, the creators and owners of the character, found out, they asked Marvel to not use Supaidāman again. However, the character's acknowledgement in Spider-Verse was acclaimed by his Japanese fans, prompting Toei to change their mind and let Marvel keep using the character.[36]
- Dan Slott was inspired by his own work on the game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions to conceive Spider-Verse.[37]
- Spider-Verse was originally going to be a story set during Superior Spider-Man, and would've run in the place of the "Necessary Evil" and "Darkest Hour" story arcs.[38]
See Also
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Spider-Verse
- 3 minor appearance(s) of Spider-Verse
- 33 mention(s) of Spider-Verse
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Spider-Verse
- 5 image(s) of Spider-Verse
- 48 article(s) related to Spider-Verse
Links and References
References
- ↑ Spider-Gwen (Vol. 2) #31
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #4
- ↑ Superior Spider-Man #32–33
- ↑ Ultimate Spider-Man S3E01
- ↑ Spider-Man Unlimited
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Superior Spider-Man #33
- ↑ Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians of the Galaxy) #1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Superior Spider-Man #32
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #5
- ↑ Edge of Spider-Verse #4
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #7
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #8
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #9
- ↑ New Spidey: Spider-Girl!
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Spider-Verse #1
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #1
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Secret Wars: Official Guide to the Marvel Multiverse #1
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #10
- ↑ Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #6
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #11
- ↑ Spider-Verse Team-Up #2
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #12
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Spider-Verse #2
- ↑ Scarlet Spiders #3
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #13
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #15
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 4) #21
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #14
- ↑ Spider-Man: Life Story #5
- ↑ What If? Spider-Man The Other #1
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #17
- ↑ Slott, Dan (8 October 2014) Dan Slott on Twitter: "Logically, he goes on to become Spider-Man Unlimited. That's my take. RT @noctiscoffemug @DanSlott Is 90's TAS Spider-Man showing up?" Twitter. Retrieved on 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Ching, Albert (8 October 2016) NYCC: Marvel's Spider-Man: The Clone Conspiracy Panel with Slott and More CBR. Retrieved on 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Slott, Dan (28 November 2021) Dan Slott on Twitter: "Excellent question. Honest answer: There wer.... Retrieved on 28 November 2021.
- ↑ Slott, Dan (28 November 2021) Dan Slott on Twitter: "For everyone asking... We did have 1 short story i. Retrieved on 28 November 2021.
- ↑ Slott, Dan (18 April 2020) Dan Slott on Twitter: "Know how I said "got to" in that last tweet? Wel... Twitter. Retrieved on 17 February 2021.
- ↑ Slott, Dan (24 January 2015) Dan Slott on Twitter: "@knightsintheden Nope. Working on SPIDER-MAN: SHATTERED DIMENSIONS did. It had 4 Spider-Men. & I kept thinking "It should have ALL of 'em!" Twitter. Retrieved on 22 March 2017.
- ↑ Richards, Dave (11 March 2015) Slott Unwraps the Twisted Secrets of Peter Parker's "Spider-Verse" Adventure Comic Book Resources. Retrieved on 11 March 2015.