I almost didn't go to see this film. I dislike animated films and television series, and I particularly dislike the animated versions of Marvel super-heroes that have been made over the last 50 years. The first animated Spider-Man TV series was made in 1967, and I'm unlucky enough to have seen a few episodes. I was surprised to see that it was released on DVD a few years ago, but it's out of print now.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed the film. I knew in advance that I shouldn't try to reconcile it with Marvel canon, because it's set firmly in the post-canon years. Miles Morales is a character who has only appeared recently, first in the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610) and then in the main Marvel Universe (Earth-616). When he first became Spider-Man he was 13 years old, which is presumably the age he's supposed to be in "Into the Spider-Verse". The visual style of the animation is mostly realistic, although I have a few complaints. Wilson Fisk (the Kingpin) looks ridiculous with a head that's lower than his shoulders. Was he ever drawn so badly in the comics? I hope not.
The story takes place in the Ultimate Universe, presumably Earth-1610, although it borrows heavily from Earth-96283. The Kingpin has lost his wife, so he's trying to combine six universes in the hope of finding an alternate version of her in another universe. Spider-Man (Peter Parker) attempts to stop him, but dies in the process. His place is taken by Miles Morales, who has also been bitten by a radioactive spider. Miles has powers that the original Spider-Man doesn't have, namely invisibility and electric shocks ("venom blasts"), but he still hasn't learnt how to control his powers. Luckily he has assistance, because the alternate versions of Spider-Man come to him from the other five universes.
An older Peter Parker comes to him from Earth-616. He says that he's been Spider-Man for 22 years, which would mean he's almost 40.
Spider-Woman, alias Gwen Stacy, is from Earth-65. She's approximately the same age as Miles.
Spider-Man Noir is a black and white version of Peter Parker from Earth-90214.
Spider-Ham is a talking pig who comes from Earth-8311.
Peni Parker is a Japanese girl who uses a robot called SP//dr powered by a radioactive spider. She comes from Earth-14512.
The six Spider-Men / Spider-People / Spider-Things have to team up to battle the Kingpin and his super-powered henchmen.
In case anyone doesn't believe that Spider-Ham is really a Marvel character, here's the cover of Spider-Ham #1 from November 1983. The series ran for 17 issues before landing in the trash can where it belonged. I know that it was meant to be humorous, but I find it embarrassing. Even Stan Lee's mid-1960's series Not Brand Echh was better. I disliked the style, but at least it had an element of satire, something missing from Spider-Ham.
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