Spider-Man (Peter Parker) from the

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is an

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of Spider-Man created by

Kaare Andrews Kaare Andrews is a comic book writer, artist and filmmaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. His work includes '' Spider-Man'', '' Iron Fist'', '' Renato Jones'', and '' Incredible Hulk''. Andrews has a diverse drawing style, which ranges from hyper ...

. He is just one of many examples of different cultural Spider-Men much like

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, and

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. The character will make his cinematic debut in the 2023 feature film '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', depicted as a member of

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's Spider-Forces.

Publication history

The

is a comic book universe which was set in the

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created by

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. The universe's incarnation of Peter Parker would debut in ''Marvel Mangaverse: Spider-Man'' (2002) the first of a five part mini-series, which was created, written and drawn by

. Andrews depicted this version of Spider-Man as a ninja and the last of the Spider Clan after his

Uncle Ben Benjamin Franklin Parker, usually referred to as Uncle Ben, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in association with the superhero Spider-Man. He is the husband of May Parker and the pa ...

was killed by

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. The character is the third depicted

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version of Spider-Man after '' Spider-Man: The Manga'' and ''

Spider-Man J is a manga by Yamanaka Akira. It ran in the Children's manga, children's magazine, ''Comic BomBom'', from November 9, 2004 to May 11, 2005. The manga is not connected to Ryoichi Ikegami's ''Spider-Man: The Manga''. Plot In the year 200X, a sup ...

''.

Fictional character biography

The Mangaverse

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first appeared in the first series (created, written and drawn by

) where his origin was very different from the regular Marvel Spider-Man. In the Mangaverse Peter Parker is the last member of the Spider Clan of

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s and has been taught martial arts by his

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. After Ben's murder by

, an underling of the Kingpin, Peter starts to train in secret so he will be strong enough to exact his revenge. In this version of Spider-Man,

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is Peter's mother's sister instead of Uncle Ben being his father's brother. The Mangaverse Spider-Man was brought back for his own mini-series (again written by original creator Kaare Andrews) in which he encounters a cybernetic version of the

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, as well as the Venom symbiote. This symbiote does not become Venom and has mystical origins and connections to an 'evil' clan of Ninja who are affiliated with Spiders, apparently a counterpart to Spider-Man's own ninja clan.

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, better known as the

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, has a minor appearance in the series. In ''New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate'', references are made to both the death of Captain America and in the ''Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider Clan'' miniseries which introduced his black costume and the Mangaverse Black Cat. During the course of this series, Spider-Man develops the unexpected ability to shoot webbing, which surprises him entirely. He is also the object of affection for both the Black Cat (though she later turns out to have been in league with the Mangaverse

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, her true loyalty unknown), and Mary Jane Watson, who becomes the Mangaverse version of Spider-Woman, and is shown to be being trained by Peter in the ways of the Spider-Clan. Unlike in the mainline Marvel Universe where Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, and Felicia Hardy are now adults, all three of them are in their early to mid-teens at this point, and possibly their mid-to-late teens by the time of New Mangaverse. This version of Spidey has wrapped gloves, a backpack emblazoned with the spider symbol, and tennis shoes.

Spider-Verse

The Mangaverse incarnation later appears in the crossover comic book storyline entitled

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. He was one of the starred characters in the

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comic book ''Spider-Verse'' #1 starring in the story "Spider Clan: The Many" continuing the Marvel Mangaverse series that starred him before. The story is written by

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and Jake Andrews. Jesse Schedeen of

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explained that despite that "fans of the Mangaverse Spider-Man will be pleased to see that Peter Parker return", he expressed Kaare Andrews not returning as unfortunate and also expressing disappointment with the new writers. He felt that Young "goes through a lot of effort in sending Peter on a journey to confront his heritage, only for it not to matter much in the end." He also compared it as ''

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''-lite than being truly manga-inspired. Meanwhile, comic book writer

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Other versions

An alternate version of Peter Parker from the Mangaverse appears in the series ''

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Featuring Spider-Clan''. He also appears in ''

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'' (vol. 3) #12 teaming up with The Manga's Spider-Man and SP//dr. Jesse Schedeen praised that scene, describing as one of the highlights of the comics book issue.

In other media

Film

The Mangaverse Spider-Man will appear in the upcoming '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' as a member of

's Spider-Forces.

Video games

* The Mangaverse Spider-Man's suit appears as an alternate suit for the

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in '' Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''. * The Mangaverse Spider-Man appears as an unlockable playable character in ''

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''. He is depicted as the first alternate dimension recruit to help the main version of Spider-Man. * The Mangaverse Spider-Man's suit appears as an unlockable DLC costume for the

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of '' Marvel's Spider-Man'' as part of the " Turf Wars" DLC.

Reception

Shane Denson of ''Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives: Comics at the Crossroads'' was negative on the mini-series starring the comic book character feeling that it did not offer enough transnational and transcultural themes unlike the other manga series starring Spider-Man. He also compared it to ''

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'' with Uncle Ben being much like

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, Spider-Man being like

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and Venom being like

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with him being revealed as Spider-Man's cousin.

References

External links

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