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Spider-Punk (Hobart Brown) is a
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appearing in
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s published by
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. He is an alternate version of Hobie Brown and
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; frequent antagonists are President
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, V.E.N.O.M., and the Inheritors. Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk made his film debut in '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', voiced by
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, and is set to return in '' Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse''.


Publication history

Spider-Punk was created by writer
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and artist
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. The idea of a
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Spider-Man emerged when Coipel proposed the look for Spider-UK. Slott rejected the look as wrong for a member of the
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corps but used it to develop a new character that would be "all punk". Spider-Punk first appeared in ''
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'' #10 (January 2015).


Fictional character biography


''Spider-Verse'' (comics)

During the " Spider-Verse" storyline, the Earth-138 version of Spider-Man is revealed to be Hobart Brown, originally operating as Spider-Punk. He is a homeless teenager who was transformed by a spider that was irradiated as part of President
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's toxic waste dumping. He becomes the
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inspired Spider-Man, leading the downtrodden people of New York against Osborn's V.E.N.O.M. troops. Spider-Punk managed to kill Osborn during a riot by bashing the President with his guitar. After President Osborn's death, Spider-Punk unmasked himself to the viewing crowd as their savior. Spider-Punk was later recruited by Superior Spider-Man to join an army of Spider-Men.


''Spider-Geddon''

During the " Spider-Geddon" storyline, Spider-Punk is shown to be fighting Thunderstrike, while the other Web Warriors are dismantling Loomworld. Spider-Punk (who is starting to call himself Spider-Man) takes down Thunderstrike. When Spider-Punk states to Eric Masters to carry a message to the Red Skull about taking the Bowery, Eric is then reduced to a skeleton by
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who claims that he has the rights to his name in the future for his company KangCo. When Spider-Punk goes on the attack, Kang summons some Spider-Punk dolls to assist him. After fighting them, Spider-Punk gets away from them and asks for a tape from Captain Anarchy who is busy fighting the Annihilation Wave when they emerged in Harlem from the Negative Zone. When the Spider-Punk dolls catch up, they get into a fight with the Annihilation Wave where one of them eats the tape that Captain Anarchy was going to give to Spider-Punk. After getting the tape out of the insectoid's mouth, Spider-Punk is surprised when Kang catches up to him. As Captain Anarchy holds Kang off, Spider-Punk swings away. Meeting up with Robbie Banner, Hobie tries to convince him to help while reminding him of how he helped in battles against the U-Foes, the Universal Church of Truth, and Hydra. When Kang catches up again, Robbie plays the tape and becomes the Hulk to attack Kang. When Kang is defeated, he states that Captain Anarchy is not marketable and died old while Hobie died young. After Kang disappears with Hulk confused on what Kang meant,
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shows up and states that something big is coming, and Spider-Punk agrees to go with her. Spider-Punk later visited an unnamed reality and saved the Norman Osborn version of Spider-Man from the collapsing Oscorp Tower. Seven months ago, Spider-Punk assisted
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, Pavitr Prabhakar, Spider-UK, and Karn as the Master Weaver have been keeping a surveillance on the Inheritors as they send a Spider-Bot to Earth-3145 to check up on the Inheritors. Spider-Girl and Pavitr consider Spider-Punk to be the worst Spider-Man. Spider-Punk is among the spider-powered characters that recruit
Miles Morales Spider-Man (Miles Gonzalo MoralesAhmed, Saladin (w), Garrón, Javier (a). ''Miles Morales: Spider-Man'' #1 (2018) Marvel Comics (New York). ) is a superhero and the third predominant Spider-Man to appear in American comic books published by M ...
to confront Superior Octopus when it was discovered that his cloning machine was made from the Inheritors' technology. They try to warn Superior Octopus, but it was too late as the Inheritors start to emerge as they kill Spider-Man Noir and Spider-UK. After the Inheritors emerge, Spider-Punk and Superior Octopus come up with a plan to kill the Inheritors. Spider-Punk informs the rest of Superior Spider-Man's group the bad news as Octavia Otto of Earth-1104 discovered that Solus lives again. As Miles Morales' group joins Superior Spider-Man's group in fighting the Inheritors, Spider-Punk notices that Jennix was driven insane and Verna is missing.


''Spider-Punk: Banned in D.C.''

Spider-Punk's first solo mini-series, written by Cody Ziglar and drawn by Justin Mason, fleshes out Earth-138. After defeating Kraven and the Hunters, Spider-Punk and Captain Anarchy head back to their base to reconvene with Riri Williams/Riotheart to show her a weapon they pulled off of Kraven's group and determine where it came from. However, they are later attacked by Taskmaster.


In other media


Television

Spider-Punk makes a cameo appearance in the ''
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'' episode "Return to the Spider-Verse: Part 4", voiced by
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. This version speaks with a
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accent. He is among several alternate reality Spider-Men that the villainous
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took hostage to siphon their powers before the "prime" Spider-Man, Kid Arachnid, and Spider-Woman arrive to save them.


Film

* Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk appears in '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', voiced by
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. This version is a
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who, like Kaluuya, comes from Camden. ''
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'' noted a positive general consensus around him, saying he is one of the characters in the film "that's been blowing everyone's minds with just how wild he looks". Spider-Punk has been described as the "most entertaining Spider-Man variant we meet" in the film, as well as "one of the coolest". Ayan Artan of
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(DS) saw the introduction of Spider-Punk into
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's story as positive
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representation: "His character design is jagged around the edges and consistently shifting, while his personality swings between that classic
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sensibility and immeasurable Black-British street swagger. He's simply the coolest Spider-Man in ''Across the Spider-Verse'' and perhaps even more refreshingly, he knows it, revels in it". * Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk will appear in '' Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse''.


Video games

* Spider-Punk appears as an unlockable playable character in '' Spider-Man Unlimited''. * Spider-Punk's suit appears as an alternate skin for the titular character of '' Marvel's Spider-Man''. * Spider-Punk appears as an unlockable playable character in '' Marvel Strike Force''. This version is a member of the Web Warriors. * Spider-Punk, as he appears in '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', appears as a purchasable skin in '' Fortnite Battle Royale''.


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