![]() although you might have to be aware of the weird classifications of Marvel’s multiverse in multiple forms to catch it. If you want an actual, textual, direct connection between Across the Spider-Verse and the MCU, it’s right there in the dialogue of the movie. Miguel O’Hara might have visited, or is at least aware of, the MCU Image credit: Image Courtesy Marvel Studios (Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer) If only there was, like, something in the dialogue to connect the two or something. Chen at all, and it was just a fun Easter Egg with no deeper meaning. After all, like the Glover cameo, it’s possible that Peggy Lu was playing an entirely different character that wasn’t Venom’s Mrs. Maybe that’s too tenuous for some people, though. It only follows, then, that if the Spider-Verse movies share a multiverse with the Venom movies, then they have to share a multiverse with the MCU… right…? That crossover, which didn’t even see Venom come anywhere close to meeting any of the Spider-Men in the latter movie, established that Venom and the MCU were part of the same multiverse. Sure, Venom doesn’t take place inside the MCU - instead, it’s part of Sony’s undefined sub-Spider-Verse that includes Venom, Morbius, and the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie, but no actual Spider-Man of any sort - but the character did visit there, in a stealth crossover between the two universes via the post-credit sequences of both Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021. ![]() Chen (Peggy Lu), the bodega owner who’s appeared in both of Sony’s Venom movies to date. After all, while discovering his multiversal powers, he visits a live-action reality where he meets Mrs. While the Spot (Jason Schwartzman) doesn't get to visit the MCU proper in Across the Spider-Verse, he gets relatively close. Two Degrees of Peter Parker Image credit: Sony (My audience audibly gasped when he appeared on the screen.) If nothing else, it's a hell of an Easter Egg for fans who know their Spider-Man mythology, and a nice surprise that no-one knew of ahead of time. Short of an explicit confirmation that this Prowler is the same one who worked with Adrian Toomes and interacted with a Spider-Man who also worked with the Avengers - something that might, admittedly, be somewhat difficult given rights situations - there's always the wiggle room that this Donald Glover character is entirely different from the one in Spider-Man: Homecoming. (And was, like the animated version, the uncle to Miles Morales the MCU Aaron Davis referred to a nephew, but he was never named.) It wasn't explicitly stated, but this is almost certainly Glover reprising his Spider-Man: Homecoming role of Aaron Davis - a low level criminal counterpart to the Marvel comics Aaron Davis, who would go on to become the Prowler. The most obvious connective tissue between the two universes is the appearance of Donald Glover as a Prowler in Across the Spider-Verse. Just Prowling Image credit: Marvel Studios ![]() Spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse below Image credit: Sonyĭespite a lot of rumors and speculation ahead of time, there was no cameo appearance from Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to officially connect the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the Spider-Verse as a whole - but that doesn't mean that there aren’t strong arguments to be made to connect the two… but are they convincing arguments? Read on and be the judge for yourself, dear reader.
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