The series, set in the shared Marvel Universe (and some of its alternate worlds), is a spin-off from the Spider-Verse event and its sequels, which saw Spider-Man meet an Alliance of Alternates and join forces against a common foe.
The first few arcs focus on some of the variants popularised by the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse animated film.
The series also follows in the footsteps of the equivalent X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic, adopting much the same approach - there is no single story binding the whole series together, and its cast and creative team may change completely between arcs.
As with Marvel's other Infinity Comic webcomics, it's a single-column vertically scrolling comic that's designed to be readable on a phone screen, rather than using a traditional comic book approach to panels and pages.
As an Infinity Comic, the series is initially only available via the Marvel Unlimited app.
Storylines
- The Parker Luck (#1), written by Anthony Piper, with art by Bruno Oliveira and color by Pete Pantazis.
- Miles Morales (#2-6), written by J. Holtham, with art by Nathan Stockman and color by Pete Pantazis.
- "Peni Parker after school!" (#7-14), with story and art by Ken Niimura.
- Miles Morales (#15-20), written by J. Holtham, with art by Nathan Stockman and color by Pete Pantazis.
- Spider-Man Halloween story (#21). Writing and art by Gustavo Duarte.
- Spider-Ham Halloween story (#22). Writing and art by Gustavo Duarte.
- "Run Rabbit Run" (#23-25). Spider-Man's chasing the White Rabbit, but Tombstone's using her as a distraction. Written by Alexandra Walker with art by Zé Carlos and color art by Erick Arciniega.
- "The VIP Experience" (#26-29). A trip to the MC2 continuity, where we catch up on what Mayday Parker and her family have been up to. Written by Stephanie Williams, with art by Nathan Stockman and color by Pete Pantazis.
- "43" (#30). A Christmas Episode starring Miles Morales. Written by Carlos Hernandez, with art by Zé Carlos and color art by Erick Arciniega.
- "Jackpot Question" (#31). A New Year Has Come story starring Madame Web. Written by J. Holtham, with art by Fend Hamilton and color art by Pete Pantazis.
- "A Tale Of Two Cities" (#32-36). Ghost-Spider needs to deal with a new obnoxious villain.
- "Spectacular Spider-Date" (#37). Peter has a date with Felicia.
- "Vacuum" (#38).
- "Sea Shenanigans" (#39).
Spider-Verse Unlimited contains examples of the following tropes:
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Miles Morales stories
- Alliance of Alternates: Miles Morales, Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. Three different Spider-heroes, originally from three different worlds, against the Syndicate.
Peni Parker after school!
- Alternate Universe: The story's set in Peni's world, Earth-14512, not the usual Marvel Universe (Earth-616).
- Asleep in Class: Peni dozes off at school. Her double life as a superhero means she doesn't get much sleep at night.
- Breath Weapon: Atomic Lizard, the Not Zilla that rampages through the city, has some sort of breath weapon.
- Brown Bag Mask: Peni wears a popcorn bag on her head to protect her secret identity when she has to abandon Sp//dr during the battle with Mecha D.O.O.M..
- Dungeon Bypass: Rather than play along with R. Cade's games, May uses one of his laser-shooting clown heads to burn a hole in the wall to his control room, forcing him to flee rather than continue assailing them with death traps.
- Groin Attack: An out of control Sp//dr rockets directly into Atomic Lizard's groin.
- Not Zilla: The huge reptilian monster that rampages through the city is called Atomic Lizard.
- The Show Must Go Wrong: The final episode of its Show Within a Show, The Tony Stark Show is disrupted when Mecha D.O.O.M. and his minions storm the studio during a live broadcast.
- Show Within a Show: Peni's classmates are fans of The Tony Stark Show, a murder mystery series.
Tropes from other stories and more general tropes
- Age Lift: Benjamin "Benjy" Richard Parker is Mayday's younger brother and has been previously depicted as an infant. In "The V.I.P. Experience", he's grown up to be an energetic and cheerful child who already has a strong handle on his spider powers. The plot begins when he asks Mayday to take him to a new arcade while their parents have a night out.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Benjy immediately runs off to enjoy the arcade as soon as May's classmate Jason gives them a complimentary point card for him to enjoy the attractions. May doesn't even see Benjy leave until she looks up to find him crawling his way up a rock wall without a harness.
- Badass Adorable: Benjy Parker is a cheerful, fun-loving child who also inherit the powers of his father, Spider-Man. He's more than capable of taking care of himself in a fight, smashing a giant mallet with one punch, dodging lasers via Combat Parkour, and helping May blast their way out of a deadly arcade attraction.
- Cheerful Child: Benjy Parker is a happy-go-lucky kid stoked to try out the new C.A.D.E. arcade. He instantly runs off to start climbing up the rock wall the first chance he gets and generally marches to the beat of his own drum.
- Disappointed by the Motive: When May and Benjy are kidnapped by R. Cade III to participate in his Death Trap-laden "V.I.P. experience", Cade explains his Freudian Excuse: He developed a vendetta against superheroes solely because a superhero battle destroyed his favorite arcade. May is less than impressed. Cade doesn't even try to justify himself any further.May: That's the most ridiculous villain origin story I've ever heard.
Cade: Perhaps, but it's the least of your worries now. - Dramatic Irony: The first issue shows the main Marvel Universe Peter Parker saving the day, but losing the pie he was taking home to Aunt May in the process. He laments that no one understands how things always go wrong because he's Spider-Man - and the comic cuts to four of his Alternate Universe variants having the same experience and voicing the same complaint.
- Evil Uncle: May has a crush on his nice, good-looking, and outgoing classmate Jason Cade, who invites her to have fun at his uncle's arcade. Unfortunately, said uncle has a grudge against all superheroes and forces May and Benjy to play his deadly, super-sized arcade games for his own amusement. There's no indication that Jason is aware of his uncle's villainy and laments that he's out of a job when the place is shut down.
- Experienced Protagonist: All of the spider-people in the story have had their abilities for some time and been in the superhero game for a while. Even little Benjy has superhero experience under his belt and can handle himself in a scrap.
- Fair-Play Villain: R. Cade III has video evidence of Mayday and Benjy Parker using their spider powers, but promises to keep their identities a secret if they beat his games. While he vanishes after Mayday attempts a Dungeon Bypass, there's no indication that he broke his word.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: R. Cade's developed a vendetta against superheroes when one battle destroyed his favorite arcade as collateral damage. May points out that not only is his grudge ridiculous, but it doesn't justify kidnapping a teenager and a child and subjecting them to numerous Death Traps.
- Full-Name Ultimatum: When Benjy runs off to enjoy the arcade without supervision, May calls him "Benjamin Richard Parker" in attempt to make him turn around. For his part, he just smiles back at her while continuing to climb up the rock wall.
- Fun with Acronyms: The Classic Arcade Dining Entertainment (C.A.D.E) center is both a pun on the word "arcade" and the facility's owner, R. Cade III.
- The Hero's Idol: Benjy wears a t-shirt with Juggernaut II's face on it, indicating that he likes Juggernaut II enough to wear his merchandise.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: May and Benjy defeat R. Cade's Eye Beam-shooting clown game by ripping the panels off the back of the game to reflect the beams back at the clowns. May then uses one of the clowns' heads to burn a hole into R. Cade's control room rather than continuing to play along.
- Hypocritical Humor: After Benjy scales a rock wall with his Wall Crawl powers and stops a spinning bumper car with his organic webs, May insists they find an arcade game to play without their powers. A few moments later, May uses her own webs to prevent someone from getting beaned in the head by a stray skee ball.
- Infinite Canvas: As with Marvel's other Infinity Comics, it’s presented in the vertical scrolling variant. Each issue is a single long page, with one column of panels.
- Kid Hero: Benjy Parker is clearly very young and barely comes up to his teenaged sister Mayday's waist. But he's already practiced in the use of his spider powers and has no problems handling R. Cade III's deadly games. His comment about not having his superhero suit with him indicates that he has some superhero experience of his own.
- Locked Out of the Loop: In "The V.I.P. Experience", Mayday purposefully neglects to tell her parents that she and Benjy escaped some literally killer arcade games to avoid spoiling their night out. She instead confides in her superhero friends, the Ladyhawks, who suggest tracking Cade down before he strikes again.
- Moral Myopia: R. Cade III complains that May is cheating when she and Benjy use the mirror-like panelling of Cade's Death Trap to turn the Eye Beam-shooting clown machines' attacks against them. May says that's rich coming from a guy who ambushed a teenager and a child and forced them to participate in deadly games for his amusement.
- Mythology Gag: When Benjy catches a giant mallet being swung at him, he strikes a pose identical to one of the most famous panels of his father lifting an enormous amount of rubble in the comic arc, "If This Be My Destiny...!" In the same story, Benjy is shown playing with a toy Spider-Buggy.
- New Year Has Come: "Jackpot Question" is a New Year's Eve episode, with Madame Webb seeing visions of the future at a NYE party.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Benjy is a young child who doesn't even come up to May's waist in some panels. But he already has the full suite of spider powers. He catches the mallet four or five times his size and smashes it to pieces with one punch. He also has a solid handle of his Wall Crawling powers and organic webshooters, clambering up a rock wall with ease and casually stopping a spinning bumper car by webbing it in place.
- Plot Parallel: In the first issue, Peter Parker's attempt to get a pecan pie home for May fails because Spider-Man has to stop a supervillain. In parallel, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Gwen are having much the same experience. Peter's final complaint is echoed in each Alternate Universe.Spider-Man: Who am I kidding? No matter what I do — it's just something in the stars. The Parker luck.
Spider-Man 2099: The O'Hara luck.
Spider-Gwen: The Stacy luck.
Spider-Ham: The Porker luck.
Spider-Man Noir: The Parker fortune.
Spider-Man: No one understands. - Punny Name: Randy Cade III introduces himself as "R. Cade III". As in "arcade".
- Suck E. Cheese's: Downplayed. The Classic Arcade Dining Entertainment (C.A.D.E) center run by Randy Cade III is actually pretty cool facility, with everything from laser tag to rock walls to skee ball. The children present are shown having a blast and even May finds the place fairly charming. But the skee ball machines are designed poorly enough that someone is nearly beaned on the head when a ball flies off a machine and a bumper car spins out of control until Benjy stops it. Then May and Benjy are caught using their powers on camera to prevent accidents and subsequently ushered into the "V.I.P. room" that gets them caught in a series of Death Traps. By the end of the story, the place is shut down for faulty wiring.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Benjy says, "This isn't all that fun." when he's about to be whacked with a giant mallet designed to crush him underneath it. Luckily, he catches it in time and smashes it before it can do him any harm.
- Valentine's Day Episode: "Spectacular Spider-Date" (#37) sees Peter running late for a restaurant date with Felicia. Although the day is never specified within the story, it was released on Valentine's Day 2023 and Marvel's summary states "Love is in the air this Valentine's Day".
- We Will Meet Again: After May and Benjy break into R. Cade's control room, they find it empty aside from R. Cade declaring that they will meet again over the loudspeaker system.
- Would Hurt a Child: R. Cade III has no problems with trying to murder Benjy via deadly arcade games, only showing minor disappointment when it appears that Benjy has already been crushed under a giant mallet.
- Your Size May Vary: Benjy's height fluctuates between panels in Issues #27 to #29. In some panels, he about waist height to May. In others he only comes up to her knees or her thigh.
