Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - The comic book history of the Prowler (2024)

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Who was the Prowler in Across the Spider verse? ›

Donald Glover's cameo as Aaron Davis/The Prowler in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse could impact the MCU and potentially set up a storyline for Spider-Man 4. Glover's role is significant as he was a major inspiration for the creation of Miles Morales in Marvel Comics, and his cameo acknowledges this connection.

In his final moments, he apologizes to Miles for trying to kill him, failing to be a proper role model for his nephew and encourages him to keep going before dying. This shows that despite being a supervillain, deep down, he was a good man as he genuinely cared about his family.

He is the villainous version of Miles Morales from Earth-42, which is a universe with no Spider-Man and also the home universe of the radioactive spider that bit Miles in Earth-1610B. He has lived through the death of his father Jefferson Davis.

Hobie Brown is the original iteration of Prowler. Born in the Bronx, New York, he was a bright but angry African-American teenager who got fired from his window washer job.

After realizing his identity, Aaron discreetly put the mask on him to hide his identity from Kingpin and refused to kill him, getting fatally shot by Kingpin. Apologised to Miles regarding his acts as Prowler and encouraged him to stay as his best self.

Spoken by Aaron Davis

You're the best of all of us Miles. You're on your way. Just keep going. Aaron Davis' last words.

In the storyline, Peter Parker expands the scope of his activities globally, while the now-16-year-old Miles continues to patrol New York City, and deals with issues such as confrontations with Parker's rogues gallery, the public's reaction to his ethnicity, and his love life.

Appearance. Miles is a teenage boy of African-American and Hispanic descent. He is of average height and weight, standing at 5'8" and weighing 140 lbs respectively, and shares many facial features with his father. He has short black hair with thick eyebrows.

Miles was never supposed to become Spider-Man. His world already had one, and suddenly getting a second instantly led to tragedy. His dimension's original Spider-Man (Peter A. Parker) died saving Miles, who only needed rescuing because he'd been turned into a Spider-Man.

Aaron Davis is known as the Prowler, a world-class criminal and the most dangerous thief in America.

Who is the evil version of Miles Morales? ›

The comics had their own take on an evil Miles Morales through the character Ultimatum. Introduced as the native 616 Universe version of Miles, this criminal would share nothing but his name with the hero fans have come to know and love.

Dalliance with the Dark Side. Despite his dedication to his job, he still ended up laid off. Angry and frustrated, he turned his inventive spirit towards creating a villainous alter ego for himself.

As Miles (and the audience) discovers, there is a Miles Morales on this Earth – but he's the Prowler, not Spider-Man. The absence of a radioactive spider, then, caused Earth-42's Miles to turn to the dark side with his uncle.

For those not familiar with this character, the Prowler is very similar to a young Batman but without the cash; he is intelligent and inventive, but doesn't have the billions Batman does to create superweapons, which makes him even more interesting; how could he ever compete (or survive) in a world with the likes of ...

Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

One of the cheekiest is a cameo from No. 1 Spider-Man fan himself, Donald Glover, as the Prowler, a.k.a. Miles Morales's uncle Aaron — though not the animated version we saw in the last movie.

As we all know, spiderpunk's alter ego is Hobie Brown, but in the comics. he was the original Prowler. As a young man. he worked as a mere window washer, but he was extremely intelligent and physically fit.

Artist confirms Donald Glover's cameo as Live Action Prowler was indeed the MCU Prowler.

For Miles Morales, the idea of wearing a costume and keeping a secret identity around New York City runs in the family, with his uncle Aaron Davis moonlighting as the tech-upgraded master thief Prowler.