Call it Amazing, call it Spectacular — what sets Spider-Verse sequel apart is the storytelling

Spider-Man, Spider-Man. Does whatever a spider can.

Exploding onto screens in a meta marvel of comic-book inspired animation, 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse redefined what and who Spider-Man could be. 

Five years later Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse builds on the groundbreaking film, suggesting it’s what you do with your power that truly defines a hero. 

Thanks to the infinite play chest of content that is the multiverse, the sequel is positively plagued with Spider-Men, Spider-Women, Spider-Gals and Spider-Cats — even an anthropomorphized Spider-Car. There’s seemingly no concept or creature that hyphen can’t connect. 

WATCH | The official Across the Spider-Verse trailer: 

But whether he’s a man