All that has changed at CCXP, where official day-badges present a first look at Spider-Noir‘s characters. CCXP has released an official video teasing them, which is accompanied by a riff on the Spider-Man theme tune. We don’t know whether this will be the tune for the show itself, but if it is, it’s a tremendous one. You can watch the video below.
Spider-Noir is a gritty, grounded version of the Spider-Man story set in 1930s New York. That means there’s even less spandex than in Fox’s original X-Men movies, with a focus instead on redesigning the characters for a world of mobsters and crime bosses. The badges show:
Sandman previously appeared in Spider-Man 3, played by Thomas Haden Church, while Jame Foxx was Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2; both reprized their roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home. This is, however, the first time either Silvermane or Black Cat have made their way into live-action; Silvermane is a classic mobster boss, while the Spider-Man Noir version of Black Cat in the comics runs a club. Commonly known as Felicia Hardy, Black Cat is something of an antihero and enemy-turned-lover for many incarnations of Spider-Man. It will be thrilling to see what approach Spider-Noir takes.
The various costume designs are tremendous, clearly evoking a sense of 1930s New York. The mystery, of course, is just how the various Spider-Noir villains get their powers. In the comics, Sandman was transformed by exposure to atomic radiation; but this show is set well before the atom bomb was developed. Electro’s electricity-manipulating abilities, likewise, tend to require fairly advanced technology. It’s possible we’ll get origin stories; alternatively, they may well already be active in New York’s criminal underworld when private eye Ben Reilly (not Peter Parker in this reality) gains powers of his own.
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