The ending of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse left fans with many clues but a strange final conclusion. The creators had mentioned before that this movie was going to be released in two parts, and the last act will be Beyond The Spider-Verse. However, there is much to discuss Spider-Verse 2 ending and how the story would go after all the things that Miles Morales went through. Let’s dive into the details!
Spoiler Alert! The following post will include heavy spoilers for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.
In the Spider-Verse 2 animation, we get to see Miles back in action. But there are certain truths about him that we did not know. Miles found some friends from other worlds and dimensions, and in this sequel, we learned that there are Spider-Mates out there too. In fact, there are a ton of Spider-people walking around and living in a Spider Society.
Miguel O’Hara, AKA Spider-Man 2099, is the creator of this society. And since the first Spider-Verse movie, he reckoned something wrong going on in the multiverse. As he explains, certain events in each Spider-Man or Spider-Woman story are supposed to happen. This is much similar to what TVA said in the Loki MCU series. Miguel calls these the Canon Events, and they are mostly the sacrifices that every Spidey makes. In other words, these events must happen so that the multiverse remains intact.
However, Miles’ story is much different from the other Spider-people. For sure, he was bitten by a radioactive spider too. But where did that spider come from? This is where we get a clue on what happened at the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ending.
What Happens in The Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Ending?
In the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ending, we see Miles returning home through a multiverse traveling machine. Spider-Man 2099 tries his best to stop him, but Miles Morales runs away to save his father in his home universe. In fact, this machine takes every Spider-Man to where his radioactive spider originates from. And that’s where things get more interesting.
The Miles Morales we know is from Earth 1610. And where he travels to is Earth 42. Now if you remember from the first movie, the spider that bites Miles has the number 42 on it, which means that it is from Earth 42. Now when this spider bites Miles, Earth 42 is known to be his home Spider universe, and when he tries to travel back, the machine sends him to this dimension.
That is why Miguel says that Miles is an anomaly. The thing that happened to Miles shouldn’t have happened in the first place. His existence as a Spider-Man happened through the events of another universe. This is also known as a Nexus event, where something should not happen in a universe, and when it does, it changes the timeline and might put it in danger. Miles Morales from Earth 1610 is, in fact, a Nexus Being.
Where is Earth 42?
When Miles reaches Earth 42, he runs toward home. He does not know that he’s not in his own universe. Hence when he tries to explain being the Spider-Man to his mom, she doesn’t have a clue who the Spider-Man is. Earth 42 does not have a Spider-Man to be reckoned with, and the spider that should have bitten Peter Parker or someone else in this universe bit Miles instead.
Now in New York without a Spider-Man in it, we see that Jeff Morales (Miles’ dad) is dead, instead of Aron Davis. And it gets even more interesting when we see that Earth 42’s Miles Morales is, in fact, the Prowler — a villain role that Aron Davis had in Earth 1610.
What Happens Next?
In the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ending’s final moments, we see Miles being held captive by the Prowler on Earth 42. But he ran away from the Spider Society to save his dad, right? So a classic villain won’t stop him from doing so.
We see Miles getting his electricity powers ready to break loose. And that’s what probably happens in the next sequel story. But as for Earth 1610, we know that the Ghost-Spider, or Spider-Gwen as fans call her, has gathered a group to save Miles and his father. Gwen does not follow Miguel’s plans for sacrificing her loved ones anymore, but the procedure on how to do so remains unknown.
If Miles keeps on stopping canon events from happening, worlds may get destroyed. Some sacrifices are meant to be in every Spider-Man story — or are they? He questioned this theory and said it is too messed up to think about, meaning that there should be a way to prevent these events from happening and keep the multiverse safe.
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But aside from Miles trying to change the route of canon events, there’s also the Spot. The Spot is the main villain that we get to see next year in Beyond The Spider-Verse. This animation is now far more anticipated, as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ending left fans petrified in the movie theatres.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is playing now in the theatres.
