Spoilers

“Nobody’s Hero”

“The Man in the Mask”

The final two episodes of Spider-Noir wrapped up our story with Ben Reilly in the final showdown with Silvermane and the other superpowered henchmen.

This show does a great job of building towards everything. Ben came out of episode six in a bad place, at a bar, drinking heavily, and getting into a bar fight with some loud mouths.

The finale gave us some Spider-Man action, with a big time battle with Sandman and Megawatt.

Nicolas Cage is amazing in this. There is a scene in the bar that Cage is completely stunning with his performance. A shoutout needs to go to Lamorne Morris, whose performance as Joe “Robbie” Robertson was excellent.

There were some great moments in the trope of mirrors, like a funhouse when Cat Hardy is confronting Silvermane. I will say that Silvermane’s death felt a little anti-climactic. Still, I was pleased that Cat was able to get the final shot on Silvermane.

Another shoutout for this series is Karen Rodriguez, who played Ben’s secretary Janet Ruiz. This secondary character was awesome and she felt like she was the glue holding everything together. The montage of Janet finding out the “truth” about The Spider (over and over) was hilarious.

I also loved how this show was full out fil noir without any excuses or apologies. The black & white version that I watched was so beautiful. I am curious about the color version, so I may have to watch that some time during the summer.