Why the number 42 was hidden in plain sight throughout 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'

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• The number 42 appears in key scenes throughout "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," and it's also present in the original comic book.

• Some fans believed it was a nod to Douglas Adams' book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," but it's actually a reference to baseball legend Jackie Robinson's jersey number.

• "He was a barrier-smashing black superhero in baseball, and [Miles is a] color-smashing black superhero in Spider-man comics," director Peter Ramsay said in an interview with INSIDER.
  
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