Spider-Punk (Hobart Brown) is a
superhero appearing in
American comic books published by
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...
. He is an alternate version of
Hobie Brown and
Spider-Man who opposes President
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn is a fictional character, fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #14 (July ...
,
V.E.N.O.M., and the
Inheritors.
Spider-Punk is set to make his film debut in ''
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', voiced by
Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya (; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor. Prominent both on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and no ...
.
Publication history
Spider-Punk first appeared in ''
The Amazing Spider-Man
''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bimonthly per ...
'' #10 (January 2015), created by writer
Dan Slott
Dan Slott (born July 3, 1967) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics books such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', as well as ''She-Hulk'', ''Silver Surfer'', '' The Superior Spider-Man'', '' Tony Stark: Iron Man'', ''Th ...
and artist
Olivier Coipel
Olivier Coipel (; November 7, 1969) is a French comic book artist, known for his work on books such as ''House of M'', ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Thor''.
Career
Olivier Coipel started as a movie animator, working as an assistant on '' Balt ...
. According to Slott, the original design of Spider-Punk was intended to be
Spider-UK
Spider-UK is the name of two British alternate-reality superheroes appearing in American comic books published in Marvel Comics.
The Billy Braddock version of Spider-UK is introduced as a Spider-Man endling of the Captain Britain Corps from Eart ...
by Coipel, but Slott disapproved of him being Spider-UK, describing the character as "all punk". Slott, however, liked the design and help utilize the character for Coipel.
Fictional character biography
Spider-Verse
During the "
Spider-Verse
"Spider-Verse" is a 2014– 15 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. It features multiple alternative versions of Spider-Man that had appeared in various media, all under attack by Morlun and his family, the Inheritors. The event ...
" storyline, the Earth-138 version of Spider-Man is revealed to be Hobart Brown, originally operating as Spider-Punk. He is a homeless teenager who was transformed by a spider that was irradiated as part of President
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn is a fictional character, fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #14 (July ...
's toxic waste dumping. He becomes the punk-rock inspired Spider-Man, leading the downtrodden people of New York against Osborn's
V.E.N.O.M. troops. Spider-Punk managed to kill Osborn during a riot by bashing the President with his guitar. After President Osborn's death, Spider-Punk unmasked himself to the viewing crowd as their savior. Spider-Punk was later recruited by
Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius's mind in Peter Parker's body) to join an army of Spider-Men.
Spider-Geddon
During the "
Spider-Geddon
''Spider-Geddon'' is a 2018 comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics featuring multiple alternative versions of Spider-Man that had appeared in various media, and his supporting cast. In this sequel to ''Spi ...
" storyline, Spider-Punk is shown to be fighting
Thunderstrike while the other Web Warriors are dismantling Loomworld. Spider-Punk (who is starting to call himself Spider-Man) takes down Thunderstrike. When Spider-Punk states to Eric Masters to carry a message to the
Red Skull
The Red Skull is an alias used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and its predecessor Timely Comics. The first version, George Maxon, appeared in ''Captain America Comics'' #1 and #4. The main ...
about taking the Bowery, Eric is then reduced to a skeleton by
Kang the Conglomerator who claims that he has the rights to his name in the future for his company KangCo. When Spider-Punk goes on the attack, Kang summons some Spider-Punk dolls to assist him. After fighting them, Spider-Punk gets away from them and asks for a tape from
Captain Anarchy who is busy fighting the Annihilation Wave when they emerged in Harlem from the Negative Zone. When the Spider-Punk dolls catch up, they get into a fight with the Annihilation Wave where one of them eats the tape that Captain Anarchy was going to give to Spider-Punk. After getting the tape out of the insectoid's mouth, Spider-Punk is surprised when Kang catches up to him. As Captain Anarchy holds Kang off, Spider-Punk swings away. Meeting up with
Robbie Banner, Hobie tries to convince him to help while reminding him of how he helped in battles against the
U-Foes
The U-Foes is a supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually depicted as enemies of the Hulk. The group consists of four members: Vector, the group's leader, who can repel matter telekinetica ...
, the
Universal Church of Truth, and Hydra. When Kang catches up again, Robbie plays the tape and becomes the Hulk to attack Kang. When Kang is defeated, he states that Captain Anarchy is not marketable and died old while Hobie died young. After Kang disappears with Hulk confused on what Kang meant,
Spider-Girl shows up and states that something big is coming, and Spider-Punk agrees to go with her. Spider-Punk later visited an unnamed reality and saved the Norman Osborn version of Spider-Man from the collapsing Oscorp Tower. Seven months ago, Spider-Punk assisted
Spider-Girl,
Pavitr Prabhakar,
Spider-UK
Spider-UK is the name of two British alternate-reality superheroes appearing in American comic books published in Marvel Comics.
The Billy Braddock version of Spider-UK is introduced as a Spider-Man endling of the Captain Britain Corps from Eart ...
, and
Karn as the Master Weaver have been keeping a surveillance on the Inheritors as they send a Spider-Bot to Earth-3145 to check up on the Inheritors. Spider-Girl and Pavitr consider Spider-Punk to be the worst Spider-Man.
Spider-Punk is among the spider-powered characters that recruit
Miles Morales
Miles Gonzalo MoralesAhmed, Saladin (w), Garrón, Javier (a). ''Miles Morales: Spider-Man'' #1 (2018) Marvel Comics (New York). () is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, and is one o ...
to confront
Superior Octopus when it was discovered that his cloning machine was made from the Inheritors' technology. They try to warn Superior Octopus, but it was too late as the Inheritors start to emerge as they kill
Spider-Man Noir
Spider-Man Noir (Peter Parker) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Part of the Marvel Noir universe (Earth-90214), this alternate version of Spider-Man is a noir-themed take on the character ...
and
Spider-UK
Spider-UK is the name of two British alternate-reality superheroes appearing in American comic books published in Marvel Comics.
The Billy Braddock version of Spider-UK is introduced as a Spider-Man endling of the Captain Britain Corps from Eart ...
. After the Inheritors emerge, Spider-Punk and Superior Octopus come up with a plan to kill the Inheritors. Spider-Punk informs the rest of Superior Spider-Man's group the bad news as Octavia Otto of Earth-1104 discovered that Solus lives again. As Miles Morales' group joins Superior Spider-Man's group in fighting the Inheritors, Spider-Punk notices that Jennix was driven insane and Verna is missing.
Banned in D.C
Spider-Punk’s first solo mini-series written by
Cody Ziglar, art by
Justin Mason finally fleshed out Earth-138 and gave a look at some characters of this universe.
Spider-Punk and Captain Anarchy are seen fighting
Kraven and the Hunters (Earth-138’s version of
Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff; Russian: Сергей Кравинов) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' issue #15 (August 1964) as an adversary ...
). Soon after they head back to base and there we meet Riri Williams who goes by
Riotheart. Hobie shows her a weapon that was left by Kraven and the Hunters that the two try and figure out its source. Captain Anarchy bursts in and tells the two that Kraven is attacking the base and to prepare to fight. A final battle unfolds and we get our first look at Riri’s Riot Heart armor. Kraven and the Hunters are subdued yet again when Spider-Punk and the gang try questioning him for clues about the weapons until a big explosion erupts. Out of the smoke steps,
Ta$kmaster.
In other media
Television
Spider-Punk makes a cameo appearance in the ''
Ultimate Spider-Man
''Ultimate Spider-Man'' is a superhero comic book series that was published by Marvel Comics from 2000 to 2011. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running Spider-Man comic book franchise as part of the company's Ultimate ...
'' episode "Return to the Spider-Verse: Part 4", voiced by
Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as an actor in the early 1990s at the age of five with his first televised appearance on ''Hom ...
. This version speaks with a
Cockney
Cockney is an accent and dialect of English, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by working-class and lower middle-class Londoners. The term "Cockney" has traditionally been used to describe a person from the East End, or ...
accent. He is among several alternate reality Spider-Men that the villainous
Wolf Spider
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or ...
took hostage to siphon their powers before the "prime" Spider-Man,
Kid Arachnid, and
Spider-Woman
Spider-Woman is the code name of several fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first and original version is Jessica Drew (later impersonated by Veranke), the second version is Julia Carpenter, and the third vers ...
arrive to save them.
Film
Spider-Punk is set to appear in ''
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', voiced by
Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya (; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor. Prominent both on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and no ...
.
Video games
* Spider-Punk appeared as an
unlockable playable character in ''
Spider-Man Unlimited
''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 19 ...
.
* Spider-Punk's suit appears as an alternate suit for the
titular character of ''
Marvel's Spider-Man''.
* Spider-Punk appears as an unlockable playable character in ''
Marvel Strike Force
''Marvel Strike Force'' is a turn-based role-playing mobile game by FoxNext (later acquired by Scopely) for Android, iOS, and iPadOS platforms. The game was launched worldwide on March 28, 2018, and is primarily set in the Marvel Universe.
Pre ...
''.
This version is a member of the Web Warriors.
References
External links
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