10 Ways To Introduce Spider-Man To The Marvel Cinematic Universe

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There is absolutely no doubt that the biggest and most popular ongoing comic book movie franchise is the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Other current franchises include the DC Cinematic Universe, the X-Men and The Amazing Spider-Man, but the Marvel Studios saga tops them all in terms of popularity, financial success and sheer number of movies.

One of the most disappointing parts about the MCU is that certain characters currently can’t be included due to the fact that they are tied up in a couple of the aforementioned franchises. Wolverine, for example, is a key member of the Avengers in the comics and it would be cool to see him alongside Thor and Hulk, but the most notable absentee is definitely Spider-Man.

The Amazing Spider-Man movies have been distributed by Sony Pictures and, as a result, the ownership to movie rights of one of Marvel’s flagship characters lies away from their flagship movie franchise.

It would be awesome to see the web-slinger doing his stuff on screen alongside the Avengers he so often works with in the comic books and there are rumors that talks have been taking place between Sony and Marvel to make that a realistic possibility.

The Civil War storyline seems like the ideal time to bring Spider-Man in, but, regardless of when and where he first appeared, it would be cool for the fans to have him join the fold.

But how would they do it? The two universes have totally ignored each other’s existence up to this point, so how could it possibly work? Well let’s take a look at a few options Marvel Studios would have.

Here are ten ways to introduce Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

5. Say S.H.I.E.L.D. Have Been Monitoring Him

Even if Andrew Garfield’s version was to be used – the version that would cause the resulting plot holes to be picked apart by fans like a vulture on a carcass – S.H.I.E.L.D. could simply say they’d been monitoring the activities of Spider-Man since he first emerged in the Amazing Spider-Man movie.

It’s not as though S.H.I.E.L.D. are immediately on top of every single superhuman event and Spider-Man – unlike most of the heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – wears a mask and his identity is unknown. It could simply be the case, therefore, that they hadn’t figured out who Spider-Man really was in order to make contact with him until his first potential appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

S.H.I.E.L.D. turning up during a Spider-Man scene and saying “we’ve been monitoring you for some time” or turning up at Peter Parker’s house and saying “we’d like to ask you some questions” would be all it took to suggest they’d been on his case prior to the events of the movie.

4. Say He’s Been Working With S.H.I.E.L.D. All Along

There’s no real reason to suggest that Spider-Man couldn’t appear in a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility and be introduced to the Avengers as their new member by someone like Phil Coulson, having already established an association with them prior to that scene.

Coulson could simply present him to the Avengers by saying “Spider-Man’s been working with us for some time, but we kept it quiet to protect his identity” or something along those lines.

Essentially, while S.H.I.E.L.D. obviously haven’t been mentioned in the Amazing Spider-Man franchise, there is nothing in that franchise that directly contradicts the possibility that they may have had contact with him already.

It’s not as though having an association with S.H.I.E.L.D. means that every hero requires constant contact with them – look at Thor, Iron Man and Hulk, for examples of that – so the fact that Spider-Man hadn’t been seen regularly working with them wouldn’t be a problem.