Spider-Man 2
Marvel2004
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Peter’s powers falter as Doctor Octopus’s fusion experiment threatens New York. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Produced by
- Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad
- Starring
- Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
Spider-Man 2 draws together recognisable comic-story material and reshapes it for a self-contained feature-film narrative. Start with The Amazing Spider-Man #3, #11–12, #50, then compare it with Spider-Man No More!. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
The Amazing Spider-Man #3, #11–12, #50
Spider-Man No More!
Connection: Close character/story synthesis
