IT IS A truth universally acknowledged that putting “Spider” in front of any word makes it 500 per cent cooler. ‘Man’? Yawn. ‘Spider-Man’? Amazing! ‘Multiverse’? Everyone’s got one these days. ‘Spider-Verse’? Now we’re talking. Fizzy with arachnid-people of every conceivable type, plus some that are frankly inconceivable, the sugar-rush concept brought to life by the makers of 2018’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse was so fun, gonzo and inventive, we’re still coming down from the high. It turns out, though, that with that movie we only dipped in our collective big toe. Now, with Across The Spider-Verse, it’s time to take the plunge.
Just look at our cover — beside returning webslingers Miles Morales and Gwen are three more leftfield variants: Spider-Man Manga, Spider-Man Unlimited and Amazing Bag-Man. Yes, you read that right: Amazing Bag-Man. He’s got a bag on his head, and I for one cannot wait to see how he uses it.