New Delhi, June 5 -- "It's just a migraine," says the private investigator, touching his hand to the back of his neck as images flood in and out. Are these actual premonitions of danger-part of a heightened superhuman sensitivity to the web of life-or are they the result of a hard-boiled old gumshoe hitting the bottle of bourbon too often and too hard? The fact that the question can even be posed is testament to this brand-new Spider-Man series working its unlikely charm.

Spider-Noir, an Amazon series produced by Across The Spider-Verse directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and created by Oren Uziel, is a gorgeously old-school reimagining of the Spider-Man mythos set in Depression-era New York. Nicolas Cage plays the washed up Ben R...