Spider-Man Noir is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Part of the Marvel Noir universe, this alternate version of Spider-Man is a noir-themed take on the character. Peter Parker is accidentally bitten by an illegally imported and highly-venomous spider, while secretly investigating a smuggling ring of ancient spider statues. Instead of killing him, the bite gave him super-human abilities, similar to that of a spider. Taking advantage of his new abilities, Parker begins to wage a one-man war against the criminal underworld in New York City as a brutal and feared vigilante, known as the “Spider-Man”, partly to avenge the deaths of his uncle Ben Parker and his mentor, Ben Urich, at the hands of the city’s major crime lord, Norman Osborn.