Marvel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Miles and Gwen T-Shirt

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What’s their deal?: Spider-Man had spent a full decade in the purgatory of tangled Hollywood film rights before a minor miracle occurred in 2002, with director Sam Raimi finally bringing the character to the big screen as portrayed by Tobey Maguire. Though Maguire himself was considered a surprise choice at the time, he managed to impress audiences with his convincingly put-upon and introverted portrayal of young Peter Parker — notwithstanding his questionable dance moves in Spider-Man 3. The same universal praise, alas, was not bestowed on Maguire’s successor, Andrew Garfield, when Spider-Man was rebooted in 2012 as a surlier, skateboarding, Ultimate Comics-influenced Parker. Nevertheless, both actors returned to warm fan reception in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, where they pointed at one another accusingly as the memes foretold. Power-responsibility score: 9 Uncle Bens out of 10 (Maguire). 2 Uncle Bens out of 10 (Garfield). Spider-Byte Image: Sony Pictures Our premium Spider-Verse merchandise, be it limited-edition action figures or high-quality cosplay outfits, truly captures the magic of this cinematic phenomenon. From gifts that impress to personal treats that add a touch of Spidey to your life, our selection promises to please every kind of fan. What’s his deal?: This is merely Spider-Man dressed in the funky skins of the PlayStation video game series launched in 2018. Gamerized versions of both Peter Parker and Miles Morales here make their film debut, in what is no doubt a purely coincidental Sony motion picture production. What’s her deal?: Mayday “May” Parker was the Spider-Girl who was never supposed to live. Created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz, she was intended initially for a What If…? one-shot in 1998, imagining the teenage adventures of the child of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson. That story met with such unexpected success, however, that DeFalco and Frenz were caught off-guard by Marvel’s request to spin May off into an ongoing series.

What’s her deal?: Another of the Spider-Totems who were enlisted to help in the multiversal Spider-Verse events, Charlotte Webber is one of the Spider-characters of more recent vintage. She is, however, distinguished for being a rare instance of a hero with a disability, living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, as a result of which she uses a wheelchair or crutches even in the context of her costumed identity.Power-responsibility score: 6 Uncle Bens out of 10. That horse seems suspicious. Spectacular Spider-Man Image: Sony Pictures Power-responsibility score: 9 Uncle Bens out of 10. She’s new, but she’s got the right stuff. Spinneret (in the white and red costume) Power-responsibility score: 7 Uncle Bens out of 10. Would be higher if he put on some shoes. Insomniac’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man Image: Sony Pictures What’s his deal?: He is Spider-Man, and also a cat. The typical pet of a coterie of gamers from Earth-999, Spider-Cat gained his powers through an encounter with one of the mystical Spider-Totems, in an untold tale that presumably makes as much sense as any other story involving the mystical Spider-Totems. Taking on the costume of his Earth-616 counterpart to fight crimes committed by small mammals and birds, he tragically went on the lose his life at the hands of the vampiric Morlun during the lead-up to Spider-Verse in 2014.

What’s his deal?: A resident of the prehistoric world of Earth-66, wallflower T. rex Pter Ptarker had a chance encounter with a spider-filled meteorite, granting him wonderous spider-like powers. In an early battle against his nemesis Norrannosaurman, Ptarker accidentally allowed a tree branch to take the life of the villain, teaching him an important lesson about responsibility. Only recently introduced to comic book canon, Ptarker survived a trip to our reality and a near-death brush with our own Norman Osborn, and at present continues to fight crime as the toothiest of Spider-Men. Power-responsibility score: 5 Uncle Bens out of 10. We’ll talk when he turns 18. Spider-Man Unlimited Image: Marvel Studios What’s her deal?: Maybelle Reilly was the resident of a 19th-century steampunk universe, where she was bitten by her father’s experimental spider, gaining extraordinary powers. Following the death of her father, and learning the value of freedom and independence, May fashioned herself set a mechanical arms (resembling the Iron Spider outfit of our own Spider-Man), and proceeded to venture into multiversal battle at the side of other Spider-People.

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What’s his deal?: The 2004 Spider-Man: India series was an unusual partnership between Marvel Comics and its Indian licensor Gotham Entertainment that enlisted Indian creators to reimagine Spider-Man in their own cultural context. Thus was created Pavitr Prabhakar, an Indian small-town boy transplanted to cosmopolitan Mumbai who is granted spider powers by an ancient yogi. After he allows his selfishness to take the life of his Uncle Bhim, he devotes himself to the cause of justice, eventually encountering the main Marvel Comics Spider-Man during the 2015 Spider-Verse crossover. Power-responsibility score: 8 Uncle Bens out of 10. Peter Parkedcar Image: Dan Slott, Dono Sánchez-Almara/Marvel Comics Looking at the fourth image, you’ll notice that the title card reads ‘Across the Spider-Verse: Part One’, instead of the updated ‘Across the Spider-Verse’. This leads me to conclude that the merch was most likely in the works before this year’s CinemaCon, where the title for Beyond the Spider-Verse was released.

What’s her deal?: Across the Spider-Verse’s Jess Drew is an original creation, but she owes her name (and overall look) to comic book predecessor Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman. Created in 1976 in a rush to stop an animation studio from grabbing the trademark to the Spider-Woman name, comic book Jessica actually has no real relation to either Peter Parker or Miles Morales, having instead acquired her powers in a bewilderingly arcane origin involving HYDRA, her geneticist father, and possibly a talking cow. Spider-Verse’s Jess is thus a wholesale reinvention of the concept — though comics Jess did famously have a book in which she did superhero stuff while pregnant — that owes a certain debt to her elder counterpart. Power-responsibility score: No Uncle Bens here. Only Bova the talking cow. Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk Image: Cody Ziglar, Justin Mason/Marvel ComicsThus emerged a show revolving around Spider-Man’s arrival on the techno-futuristic Counter-Earth, where he combats reimagined (and extraordinarily late-’90s) versions of Man-Wolf, the Green Goblin, and other recognizable names in unrecognizable forms. After limping through a season that met with lukewarm reception, the series vanished from public consciousness, only to be revived in big-screen stardom this year. Spider-Maguire and Spider-Garfield Photo: Marvel Studios/Columbia Pictures Power-responsibility score: 8 Uncle Bens out of 10. Passengers of Peter Parkedcar are required to wear seat belts at all times. Web-Slinger (the cowboy Spider-Man) Image: Sony Pictures Animation What followed was a seemingly endless series of near-cancellations and fan campaigns to keep Spider-Girl alive, ultimately resulting in a series of May Parker books that ran (against all odds) until 2009. She has appeared in comics sporadically since then (almost invariably under the auspices of her original creative team), and retains the affection of her still-dedicated fandom. As the new movie Across The Spider-Verse (Spider-Verse 2) looms on the horizon, there's no better time to immerse yourself in our expansive Spider-Verse collection. From fan-favorite characters to little-known gems, our merchandise lets you live the legacy of the Spider-Verse in style.