SPOILER WARNING: This week’s Hero Nation column reveals key plot details from Spider-Man Far Home. The obvious legacy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first decade is one of massive …
, in his sixth MCU film) once again bending over backwards to protect his identity from friends, rivals, enemies, and teachers, as well as airport security workers and the citizenry of several European cities.That changes in a post-credits scene starts its surprise with the the revival of a classic character and finishes it with a bombshell plot twist .
Peter is aghast by the involuntary unmasking but, really, his spider-senses should have felt this one coming. Marvel has been dismantling the secret identity tradition sincepost-credits “I am Iron Man” press conference for the original 2008 film. That scene was a product of Downey’s inspired on-set improvisation and it instantly set Tony Stark apart as a fresh, new-era take on American billionaire-as-hero.
Spider-Man had been the only MCU hero keeping a “classic” secret identity but how will the exposure change the hero? Will he still wear his mask, for instance, which has been a tradition since the first Spider-Man issue in 1962? That question will be moot, of course, if Parker’s secret is somehow erased from the public memory by some Marvel miracle but in the meantime its mostly DC Comics characters who are still keeping their secret identities in the closet.
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