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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 28, 2026, 10:16am EDTMay 28, 2026, 03:27pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Spider-NoirAmazonTo relatively little fanfare, Amazon Prime Video just launched Spider-Noir, the new Nicholas Cage series about “The Spider,” an alternate universe Spider-Man with a private detective day job. The project always seemed rather ambitious, attempting to emulate decades-old noir films, and it would have been easy to have things go wrong.

Instead, things have gone very, very right. Spider-Noir is fantastic, thanks in part to the unparalleled Nicholas Cage, and it has now set an audience score record for all of Marvel, not just the MCU (it is not an MCU show), on Rotten Tomatoes. At a 92%, at the time of this writing, that places it above every single other Marvel series in recent memory, including the biggest fan-favorites like X-Men ’97, Agents of SHIELD and the original Daredevil.

Here’s the full list of every Marvel series, where none measure up.

Despite criticism of Marvel TV, its history is actually full of quite a lot of wins. More than half of these shows (13) have an 80% audience score or above. Eight have above a 90% from critics.

Spider-NoirAmazonAs for Spider-Noir, the series has been dropped as an eight-episode binge on Amazon Prime Video. Here’s the official synopsis:

The show will give you two options to watch, color or black and white. I cannot recommend black and white enough, as it is absolutely gorgeous and captures the noir vibe excellently. Enjoy.

Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.