Miles Morales and five other Spider-People; the film that changed how animation looks.
Tobey Maguire in the three films that started the modern superhero run.
The Avengers split at an airport; the crossover that worked.
Doctor Octopus, the train scene and the best superhero sequel of its era.
A surgeon learns magic and the buildings fold; Marvel's Inception.
Raimi, Tobey Maguire and the upside-down kiss in the rain.
The black suit, Sandman and Venom at once; the last of the Raimi trilogy.
Three Spider-Men in one film; the multiverse as nostalgia machine.
Wakanda, Killmonger and the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture.
Thanos collects the stones and snaps; half the audience gone.
Miles Morales across a hundred Spider-worlds; the animation gets even wilder.
The time heist and the portals; the highest-grossing film for a while.
Robert Downey Jr. builds a suit in a cave and the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins.
Taika Waititi turns Thor into a comedy with a gladiator Hulk and Led Zeppelin.
An old Wolverine and a dying Professor X on a road trip; the superhero film as western.
Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk together for the first time; the Battle of New York.
A 1970s paranoid thriller inside a superhero film; the elevator fight.
Ryan Reynolds' foul-mouthed mercenary breaks the fourth wall; the R-rated superhero hit.
A talking raccoon, a tree and a Walkman; Marvel's space opera comedy.
A dystopian 2013 where Sentinels rule and Kitty Pryde goes back to stop it; Claremont and Byrne.
The Kingpin learns Daredevil's identity and takes everything apart; Miller and Mazzucchelli.
Kraven buries Spider-Man alive and takes his place; the darkest Spider-Man story.
The Marvel universe seen from a photographer on the pavement; Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross.
A co-operative card game where each hero deck plays completely differently.
Harlem at Christmas, venom powers and a shorter story told a good deal better.
Peter and Miles, the symbiote and Venom across two boroughs.
Web-swinging through Manhattan done right; Insomniac's Peter Parker.
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