The Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise may have an original narrative, but like all Spider-Man stories it’s impossible not to see where it must’ve received inspiration from other related media, sometimes through unmistakably explicit means. Insomniac’s take on Miles Morales alone is steeped in other popular influences, for example, while Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s playable Venom sequence could’ve definitely been inspired by the character being a playable monstrosity wreaking havoc throughout Ultimate Spider-Man.