New Delhi, May 27 -- For decades, Spider-Man stories have largely belonged to bright skylines, teenage awkwardness and heroes learning responsibility the hard way. Spider-Noir takes that familiar mythology and drags it into something far moodier - a rain-soaked 1930s New York filled with corruption, cigarette smoke and men who look permanently haunted by their own decisions. And somehow, it works brilliantly.

Developed by Oren Uziel for Amazon MGM Studios's MGM+ and Prime Video, Spider-Noir reimagines Marvel's cult-favourite noir character as an ageing private investigator trying to outrun his past while violence and corruption consume the city around him. Set within Sony's expanding Spider-Man universe, the series feels less interested ...