Spider-Man has been officially referenced in the DC Universe, with Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6 bringing an iconic meme to life. The James Gunn-directed installment uses Vigilante’s encounter with his variant to recreate the famous scene, confirming the wall-crawler’s existence, supposedly as a fictional figure within the DCU.
Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6 reveals Spider-Man exists in DCU, brings meme to life
In Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6, at timestamp -14:12, Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) meets his alternate variant, and by -13:56, the two stand pointing at each other in a shot that mirrors the well-known Spider-Man pointing meme. The exchange includes the line, “We Spider-Man meme’d,” confirming the Marvel character exists in some form within the DC Universe.
The scene establishes that Spider-Man may not be a real superhero in the DCU. Instead, he exists as a fictional figure or meme recognizable to its characters. This treatment mirrors Marvel Studios’ Eternals (2021), where Superman and Batman were mentioned as fictional pop-culture icons. In Peacemaker, Spider-Man’s presence highlights how the meme itself carries cultural weight across fictional universes.
The Spider-Man pointing meme originates from the 1967 animated series in the episode “Double Identity.” In it, a costumed criminal impersonates the wall-crawler, leading to both versions pointing at each other. Over the decades, the image resurfaced online and became a widely used meme.
It later appeared in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire also recreated the meme during Spider-Man: No Way Home promotions.
Social media immediately flagged the moment. MCU Film News posted, “Vigilante recreates the Spider-Man meme in the latest episode of Peacemaker,” alongside comparison shots of Stroma’s Vigilante and the classic meme.
Another user shared side-by-side frames of the DCU homage and the original Spider-Man image.
DiscussingFilm further clarified, “Spider-Man is canon to the DCU. Referenced as a fictional character in the latest episode of ‘Peacemaker.’”
Episode 6 shows Spider-Man exists in the DCU as a fictional reference.
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