Marvel Scrapped a "Very, Very Dark" Spider-Man Episode for WHAT IF...? Season 2
The second season of Marvel’s What If…? Season 2 almost features a great Spider-Man episode that is described as being “very. very dark.” But, head writer and showrunner A.C. Bradley revealed that they scrapped the story, which he compared to the film Children of Men.
While speaking with IGN, Bradley discussed the episode, which will unfortunately never see the light of day. He said:
“It felt like the world was already ending and we didn’t need to add to it, and so it became kind of an escape and a fun release. However, I did write an episode, which is forever going in a drawer, that was very, very dark. I was calling it ‘Children of Men with Spider-Man.’”
That’s a shame. Why do these creative types tease us with this shit!? Hey, we created a great new story for Spider-Man, but you’ll never get to see it!? Just don’t say anything! Keep it to yourself if you’re going to keep it in a drawer! Anyway, I wish we would have seen this episode get made, I wish he would have shared some additional details!
Regardless, What If…? Season 2 ended up being a great series filled with some fantastic and fun alternate universe Marvel stories.