What Spider-man: Brand New Day can teach us about loss and grief

This article contains spoilers for Spider-man: Brand New Day Spider-man’s origin story in the comics is rooted in the death of his Uncle Ben. He is a hero driven by grief – on a mission, to begin with, to avenge his uncle’s death. In the latest iteration of Spider-man, however, his grief is different. In the cinematic Marvel Universe, Spider-man’s loss comes later in his hero’s journey – in the second film, ⁠Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). And instead of Uncle Ben, this Peter Parker loses his…