Ben Reilly is a fictional private investigator in 1930s New York, a jaded man who was once the city's only superhero, known as The Spider. He is the lead of Spider-Noir, an eight-episode series in which Nicolas Cage plays him. He is a variant of Marvel's Ben Reilly rather than Peter Parker, set in an alternate universe within Sony's Spider-Man Universe. The series opens with Ben taking straightforward cases that pull him back toward his past.

Ben is known for dry, clipped noir wisecracks and a cynical view that self-interest drives nearly everything. He has retired from being The Spider and says he no longer wants the power or the responsibility. He refuses to be treated as a killer or a puppet. His world includ