Marvel has only gotten bigger as time has gone on. From its noble beginnings with comics to the movies that were produced, to the establishment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and then the expansion of it on Disney+, superheroes have never been more a part of mainstream culture than they are now. But for a long time, there was one Marvel superhero that I knew before any of them, and that was Spider-Man.
Spider-Man is a superhero that I was very familiar with because he was my dad’s favorite superhero. As someone who grew up in Alphabet City, he always loved Spider-Man because he was a simple hero – a kid from New York City who was just trying to do his best as a hero and use his powers for good. And of course, I loved Spider-Man too because he did. However, both of our lives were changed when we watched Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and we found a new version of Spider-Man to love even more – Miles Morales.
