Marvel Noir
In 2009, Marvel came out with a good amount of comic books with the "Noir" theme, taking many of their superheroes and placing them in the 1930's. The Noir story-lines remained pretty similar to the character's originals, adding many of their already supporting cast, but there were often unforeseen twists and variants from the original.
Name:
Marvel Noir
Aliases:
- Earth-90214
Start year:
2008
First issue:
Marvel Noir takes place on Earth 90214. Here the heroes of the regular Marvel Universe (Earth 616) had appeared decades earlier. Some of the leading titles for the Noir series' were Spider-Man, Iron Man, and X-Men. Most of the Noir books are made of a four-part series of noir comics.
Many standard characters from the main story arcs were also brought along into the 1930's atmosphere. For a better description of these characters' Noir version see their "Alternate Versions" section.
Character Lists:
Daredevil Noir:
- Daredevil
- Battlin' Jack Murdock
- Foggy Nelson
- Kingpin
- Bullseye
Deadpool Noir:
- Wade Wilson (Deadpool)
Iron Man Noir:
- Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Luke Cage Noir:
- Luke Cage
- Willis Stryker
- Tombstone
Punisher Noir:
- Frank Castleione Jr. (the Punisher)
Spider-Man Noir:
- Spider-Man
- Ben Urich
- Felicia Hardy
- Aunt May
- Ben Parker (in memory)
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Goblin (Norman Osborn)
- Vulture
- Kraven
- Chameleon
- Ox
- Fancy Dan
- Montana
Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face
- Spider-Man
- The Crime Master
- Sandman
- Felicia Hardy
- Mary Jane Watson
- Aunt May
- The Robertsons (Robbie and Randy)
- Agent De Wolfe (male version of Jean DeWolff)
- Dr. Connors
- Dr. Octavius
Wolverine Noir:
- Jim Logan (Wolverine)
- Dog (Sabretooth)
X-Men Noir:
- Cyclops
- Wolverine
- Angel
X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain
- Cyclops
- Wolverine
- Angel
- Emma Frost
- Nightcrawler
Volumes:
- Daredevil Noir (2009)
- Daredevil Noir (2010)
- Iron Man Noir
- Iron Man Noir
- Luke Cage Noir (2009)
- Luke Cage Noir (2010)
- Punisher Noir (2009)
- Punisher Noir (2010)
- Spider-Man Noir
- Spider-Man Noir
- Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face (2009)
- Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face (2010)
- Wolverine Noir (2009)
- Wolverine Noir (2010)
- X-Men Noir
Similar Title:
Deadpool Pulp is a lot like the Marvel Noir concept only it takes place in a different world on a later date (after WWII).
Video Games:
In Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, there are levels taking place in the Spider-Man Noir universe. Unlike the other Spider-Man characters, in the Noir game-play there is a focus on using stealth to take down your opponents. This game added a 1930's version of the Spider-Man villain Hammerhead as one of its first main bosses. And, while playing as Spider-Man Noir, you must defeat the Noir versions of Vulture and Goblin.
