Much of the credit for making Spider-Man and Black Cat’s love story as interesting as it is goes to the book’s creators: Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, Matthew Wilson, and VC’s Cory Petit.

Seeing a black cat walk across his yard one night inspired Kirschner to write a children’s book about a boy who was turned into a cat 300 years ago. Of course, it’s rare for a film to be ...