JUST IN: SHADOWY WEBBED VIGILANTE SPOTTED IN NYC ALLEYWAY—IS THIS THE BIRTH OF SPIDER-MAN NOIR?!
EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OBTAINED BY THIS REPORTER HAS SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE COMIC BOOK WORLD!
A GRAINY, BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO, LEAKED FROM A MYSTERIOUS SOURCE, SHOWS A FIGURE CLAD IN A TRENCH COAT AND FEDORA, PERCHED ON A FIRE ESCAPE! BUT LOOK CLOSER—YOU’LL SEE A SINISTER, SKULL-LIKE MASK PEERING FROM BENEATH THE BRIM!
WITNESSES HEAR A DEEP, GRAVEY VOICE ECHOING THROUGH THE FOG: “THE CITY’S ROT RUNS DEEP… AND SO DO I.”
SOURCES CLAIM THIS ISN’T YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN. THIS IS A RUTHLESS, PROHIBITION-ERA AVENGER! A DETECTIVE ON THE CASE WHISPERS, “HE DOESN'T SAVE CATS FROM TREES. HE DROPS MOBSTERS INTO THEM.”
IS THIS A RIP IN THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM? A GLITCH IN THE MULTIVERSE? OR HAS A BROKEN-DOWN, GUM-SHOEING SPIDER-HERO FINALLY CRAWLED OUT OF THE 1930S AND INTO OUR WORLD?
STAY TUNED, AMERICA. THE TRUTH IS DARKER THAN THE UNDERWORLD HE HAUNTS. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!