Across the Spider-Verse is an animated masterpiece that upends Marvel’s Spider-canon

A tight shot of a boy hanging upside down and looking forward solemnly. Behind the boy stand an array of masked people.

Miles Morales and multiple members of the Spider Society. | Image: Sony / Marvel

Sony’s Into the Spider-Verse sequel is a bigger, bolder, more ambitious film than its predecessor — and a powerful deconstruction of Marvel’s Spider-Man mythos.