Spider-Man Noir

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Spider-Man Noir (Peter Parker), often referred to as Spider-Noir, Spider-Man, or simply Noir, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky as part of the Marvel Noir universe (Earth-90214), this alternate version of Spider-Man is a reinterpretation of the character inspired by film noir who emerges in New York during the Great Depression. While investigating a smuggling ring, Peter Parker is bitten by what seems to be a highly venomous spider housed inside a spider-god idol. Falling unconscious, Parker has a vision of the spider-god promising him power. He then awakes inside a cocoon and emerges from it, now possessing super-human abilities similar to a spider. As the feared vigilante "the Spider-Man," Parker wages a one-man war against the criminal underworld in New York City, partly to avenge the death of his uncle Ben Parker, killed at the hands of the cannibal Adrian Toomes, and his mentor Ben Urich, at the hands...

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