Is Night Monkey from the Spider-Man comics?

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Spider-Man: Far From Home refers to Spidey in his stealth suit as Night Monkey, but is this actually taken from the pages of Marvel Comics?

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Borrowing from my answer to this question over on SFF:

As far as I can tell Night Monkey is an entirely new creation for the film and there is no previous character with the same name. Executive producer Eric Carroll has spoken about the design for the suit and its inspiration but doesn't mention the name.

While this particular stealth suit is a new creation for the MCU, drawing on the visual language established by the movies already, it does have some notable comic inspirations. “It’s inspired by a bunch of different looks in the comics,” executive producer Eric Carroll noted. “We have Noir, Big Time—but of course, when Ryan [Meinerding, concept artist and Marvel Studios head of visual development] was designing this, he has all the past SHIELD agents in mind, so it’s very reminiscent of what a Black Widow or Hawkeye wear. And it’s got all these little details, which Ryan’s amazing at.”

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That said there is a character named Hit Monkey that first appears in a Spider-Man. Deadpool team up. However, this does not appear to be the inspiration for the name.

Hit Monkey on the front of a comic Spider-Man and Deadpool talk about finding Hit Monkey
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As mentioned in the comments there is also Spider-Monkey but like Hit Monkey he doesn't appear to be the inspiration for the name. You can see him in the below panel from Superior Spider-Man Vol 1 issue 32 alongside Spider-Man Noir.

Alternate Spider-Men including Spider-Monkey
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If you want a bit of a stretch the night part could come from Nightcrawler as Spider-Man has interacted with him a bit in the past. And if you want to stretch that theory even further Jake Gyllenhaal starred in a film of the same name but it is unrelated to Marvel as far as I know.


Whilst your question was only about the naming of the character it is worth pointing out that the costume/suit appears to be influenced from Spider-Man Noir.

Spider-Man Noir as seen in Ultimate Spider-Man
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Is night monkey a real Marvel character?

Despite the focus on the name, however, there is no character from Marvel Comics called Night Monkey, even though it does sound like the kind of thing that would come from comic books. There is a character called Hit Monkey, but that's a very different thing.

Who is night monkey in Spider-Man?

During his European tour, Peter uses this suit to hide his identity from his classmates; his best friend, Ned Leeds, refers to him as a European Spider-Man ripoff named Night Monkey, which the public quickly adopts.

Why was Spider-Man night monkey?

Peter Parker's \u201cNight Monkey\u201d costume, a.k.a. his \u201cstealth suit,\u201d was given to him by one of Nick Fury's spy associates, as the one-eyed former S.H.I.E.L.D. director (or rather, the Skrull disguised as him) wanted Peter to keep a low profile while he was vacationing with his classmates.

Where is night monkey from?

Night monkeys can be found in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Venezuela. The species that live at higher elevations tend to have thicker fur than the monkeys at sea level.



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