Miles Morales
Miles Gonzalo Morales
Character profile
Spider-Man Noir
Peter Parker (Earth-90214)
Depression-era New York, a Web of Shadows, and a hero who carries a gun.
Biography
On Earth-90214 it is 1933, the Depression is grinding New York down, and Peter Parker is a young activist journalist working with Ben Urich to expose a crime boss called the Goblin — a man who literally eats his enemies. Bitten by a spider that emerges from a smuggled artefact, Peter takes the powers, a trench coat, a fedora and a revolver, and becomes something considerably closer to the Shadow than to the friendly neighbourhood original.
The tonal shift is the appeal. Noir Peter kills, works with a Felicia Hardy who runs a speakeasy, and operates in a world where the villains are gangsters, eugenicists and fascists rather than costumed eccentrics. He became a breakout of Marvel's short-lived Noir imprint, joined the Spider-Army in Spider-Verse, and Nicolas Cage's performance in Into the Spider-Verse — a black-and-white man who cannot see colour — turned a deep cut into a fan favourite, leading to a live-action Noir series with Cage attached.
Vital statistics
- Real name
- Peter Parker (Earth-90214)
- Also known as
- The Spider-Man, Spider-Noir, The Spider
- Species
- Human mutate
- Place of origin
- New York City, 1933 (Earth-90214)
- First appearance
- Spider-Man Noir #1 (February 2009)
- Created by
- David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico
- Affiliations
- Spider-Army, Web Warriors, The Daily Bugle
- Groups
- Heroes Spider-Verse
Power grid
Intelligence4
Strength4
Speed3
Durability3
Energy1
Fighting4
Rated 1–7 on the classic Marvel power-grid scale.
Powers
- Spider Powers
Strength, agility and wall-crawling derived from a mystically charged spider bite.
- Web of Shadows
He manipulates darkness itself, using shadow the way other Spiders use webbing.
- Spider-Sense
A danger precognition he interprets through hard-boiled instinct rather than tingles.
- Firearms Proficiency
He carries a revolver and, unlike almost every other Spider-Man, uses it.
- Investigative Journalism
His actual method — most cases are solved with a notebook, not a fist.
Abilities
- Trained investigative journalist
- Experienced street fighter
- Skilled at 1930s-era infiltration and surveillance
- Multiversal operative through the Web Warriors
Weaknesses
- No mechanical web-shooters — he relies on natural webbing and shadow
- Willingness to kill isolates him from other Spiders
- Operates in a world with no superhuman allies
- Cannot perceive colour when displaced into other universes
Comics history
David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico launched Spider-Man Noir in 2009 as part of Marvel's Noir line, reimagining the origin against the Depression, Tammany-era corruption and rising fascism. He returned in Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face, became a mainstay of Spider-Verse and the Web Warriors, and the animated films made him one of the most recognisable alternate Spiders in the franchise.
Allies
- Ben Urich
- Felicia Hardy
- Miles Morales
- Spider-Gwen
Enemies
- The Goblin
- Chameleon
- Vulture
- The Inheritors
Weapons & equipment
- Revolver
- Web of shadows
- Trench coat and fedora
- Goggles
Trivia
- His Vulture is a cannibalistic sideshow performer, and his Goblin is a crime boss who eats people — the Noir line played the rogues gallery as genuine horror.
- Nicolas Cage's Into the Spider-Verse version cannot perceive colour, a gag the film commits to completely.
- A live-action Noir series with Nicolas Cage was developed for Prime Video, moving the character outside the Spider-Man name.
Famous quotes
I'm a private eye with a spider problem.
Where I come from, the monsters wear suits and sit on the city council.
Timeline
- 2009
Debuts in Spider-Man Noir #1.
- 2010
Returns in Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face.
- 2014
Joins the Spider-Army in Spider-Verse.
- 2018
Nicolas Cage voices him in Into the Spider-Verse.
Gallery
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Related characters
Spider-Gwen
Gwendolyne Maxine Stacy
Spider-Ham
Peter Porker
Spider-Man
Peter Benjamin Parker
Spider-Man 2099
Miguel O'Hara
Frequently asked
Who is Spider-Man Noir?
The Peter Parker of Earth-90214, operating in Depression-era 1933 New York. He debuted in Spider-Man Noir #1 (2009), fights gangsters rather than supervillains, manipulates shadow instead of relying solely on webbing, and carries a gun.
Does Spider-Man Noir kill?
Yes, which is the sharpest break from other versions. His world is one of organised crime and rising fascism, without the superhero conventions that keep other Spiders from crossing that line — and Spider-Verse stories use it as a point of friction with the rest of the Spider-Army.