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Warning : Spoilers for Edge of Spider - Verse ( 2024 ) # 3 ahead!TheRhinomay be one ofSpider - Man’smost canonic foes , but that does n’t entail translating the character to other mediums is always easy . A glimpse across the WWW of Life designate one excellent version of the Rhino that stomach as a notable course correction forthe villain ’s notoriously poor designin the 2014 film , The Amazing Spider - Man 2 .

" birdie of a Feather , " the 2nd taradiddle inEdge of Spider - Verse ( 2024 ) # 3 , returns to Earth-71490 and its version of Spider - Man : Cooper Coen , the mythologic Web - Weaver . When Cooper ’s roomie , Peter , teases him for being out all dark , Cooper flashes back to the intellect why : an encounter with Earth-71490 ’s Rhino .

The design of this Rhino is impeccable : a large , jeopardize mech that wait sleek enough to be mobile , yet armored enough to suggest unbelievable might within .

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" Bronx cheer of a Feather " is by the creative team of Steve Fox , Kei Zama , Antonio Fabela , and Joe Caramagna .

One of Marvel ’s dumbest baddie just proved that he ’s been outwit Spider - Man for year without the Web - Slinger even realizing it .

The Right And Wrong Ways To Portray A Mechanical Rhino

On paper , a mechanical or mechsuit adaptation is a natural fit for the Rhino , a power plant villain who is all but unstoppable in full charge . His depiction inEdge of Spider - Verse#3 is scarcely the first time the Rhino cause has been portray as more mechanically skillful in nature ; video game adaptations in special like to lean to a great extent in this direction , withUltimate Spider - Man ( 2005),Marvel ’s Spider - Man ( 2018)andMarvel ’s Spider - Man : Miles Morales ( 2020)featuring the character in heavily armoured , political machine - based exosuits that emphasise his power and musculature .

By contrast , the version of the Rhino inThe Amazing Spider - Man 2is a slow , lumbering political machine that relies more on its twin political machine gunman than its forcible force . Rather than enhancing the wearer ’s physique or completely hiding the wearer inside , the film ’s version of the Rhino manages to immix the worst of both worlds , keeping Paul Giamatti ’s doughy version of Alexi Sytsevich on show for all the world to see . The Rhino is a character famous for his strong-arm forte and unstoppable nature , andThe Amazing Spider - Man 2captures neither .

Edge of Spider-VerseGets Right WhatThe Amazing Spider-Man 2Gets Wrong

The Rhino inEdge of Spider - Verse # 3is everything thatThe Amazing Spider - Man 2 ’s Rhino should have been . The suit is still large and bulky , but the mech - inspire , mental block - jointed limbs suggest power and mobility , coalesce upper and effectiveness together . The suit also altogether bedim its wearer , stay fresh the full visual impact of its power in the head , regardless of whether the pilot is as muscular within or not .

Out of all of Spider - Man ’s villains , the Rhino arguably lives and dies by how his suit is depict , so it ’s honorable to see that writer and artists are still willing to experiment with his look . A mechanically skillful Rhino is a completely natural , even compelling , angle to explore ; but if Marvel wants to keep press theRhino’sdesign , it should definitely look more toward theSpider - Manvillain ’s fashion - forward smell inEdge of Spider - Verse#3 , and aside fromThe Amazing Spider - Man 2 .

boundary of Spider - Verse ( 2024 ) # 3is uncommitted now from Marvel .

Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) looks at Yoda (offscreen) on Dagobah, edited over a sci-fi background.

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Spider-Man grabs his head in shock as he sees a terrible version of Rhino’s suit.

A massive Rhino-themed mech threatens Web-Weaver.

Spider-Man vs Rhino

Edge of Spider-Verse #3 Cover Art by Chad Hardin